DOMAIN INFORMATION GROPER : DIG@Kali LINUX

1.    Most high-value targets have a DNS name associated to an application. DNS names make it easier for users to access a particular service and add a layer of professionalism to their system. For example, if you want to access Google for information, you could open a browser and type in 74.125.68.138 or type www.google.com

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2.  DNS information about a particular target can be extremely useful to a Penetration Tester. DNS allows a Penetration Tester to map out systems and subdomains. To use Dig, open a command prompt and type dig and hostname, where hostname represents the target domain. 

3.  Dig lookups will show the DNS records for the given host or domain. This gateway allows lookups for network address, mail exchanger, name servers, host information, arbitrary strings and zone of authority records. Please leave the server field blank to query a properly configured internet DNS cache.Dig will use your operating systems default DNS settings to query the hostname.You can also configure Dig to query custom DNS servers by adding @ to the command. The example in the following screen shot illustrates using Dig on http://www.hacklabs.com/

 

4.   The -t option in Dig will delegate a DNS zone to use the authoritative name
servers. We type dig -t ns http://www.hacklabs.com/ in the example in the
following screen shot:

             

5.  We see from the results we have two authoritative DNS servers for the domain http://www.hacklabs.com/; they are ns51.domaincontrol.com and ns51.domaincontrol.com

6.   Thanks to book Web Penetration Testing with Kali Linux by Joseph Muniz & Aamir Lakhani

HTTrack : Clone a Website@KALI LINUX

1.    This post will introduce you with a well known tool to clone a website ..the tool is known as HTTrack...though is inbuilt into Kali but older versions may not have it... The purpose of HTTrack is to copy a website.It allows a Penetration Tester to look at the entire content of a website, all its pages,and files offline, and in their own controlled environment. Needless to emphasize on the importance and usefulness of having a copy of a website that could be used to develop fake phishing websites, which can be incorporated in other Penetration Testing toolsets.To install HTTrack if not already inbuilt in Kali, open a Terminal window and type in the following as shown in the following screenshot.

apt-get install httrack 

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2.  Firstly we will create a directory to store the copied website. The following
screenshot shows a directory created named testwebsite using the mkdir command.

3.   To start HTTrack, type httrack in the command window and give the project
a name, as shown in the following screen shot:

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 4.   The next step is to select a directory to save the website. The example in the
following screen shot shows the folder created in the previous step /root/
testwebsite, used for the directory:

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5.   Enter the URL of the site you want to capture. The example in the following
screen shot shows www.hackershandbook.org. This can be any website. Most attacks use a website accessed by clients from your target, such as popular social media websites or the target's internal websites.The next two options are presented regarding what you want to do with the captured site. Option 2 is the easiest method, which is a mirror website with a wizard as shown in the following screen shot:

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6.  Next, you can specify if you want to use a proxy to launch the attack. You can also specify what type of files you want to download (the example in the following screen shot shows * for all files). You can also define any command line options or flags you might want to set. The example in the following screen shot shows no additional options.Before httrack runs, it will display the command that it is running. You can use this command in the future if you want to run httrack without going through the wizard again. The following screen shots show hhtrack cloning www.hackershandbook.org:

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7.   After you are done cloning the website, navigate to the directory where you
saved it. Inside, you will find all your files and web pages, as shown in the
following screen shot:

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8.   Thanks to book Web Penetration Testing with Kali Linux by Joseph Muniz & Aamir Lakhani