Bash is one of the first building blocks that expert penetration testers learn. But every hacker, regardless of experience level, should know their way around a bash shell - its powerful scripting language lets you scale your attacks and write your own tools when others aren't available. Black Hat Bash will teach you how to harness this essential pentesting skill set through hands-on exercises that use bash scripting to chain commands together, automate critical tasks, craft successful living-off-the-land attacks, and more. Early chapters cover the bash scripting language's syntax and help you set up a lab environment to test your newfound bash abilities during all stages of the penetration testing process. You'll soon be automating reconnaissance tasks, performing OS command injection, parsing tool output to extract important information, and manoeuvring a restricted network using bash techniques that make your offensive engagements more efficient. This book makes bash easy to learn. And, with its focus on presenting bash in the context of pentesting, you'll not only learn the language but you'll also pick up lots of hacking tricks that allow you to use bash right away as your go-to offensive security tool.

About the Author
Dolev Farhi is a security engineer and author of Black Hat GraphQL (No Starch Press, 2023). He is a distinguished security engineer at Palo Alto Networks, where he uses bash daily to automate security tests and sift through network and application artifacts.

Nick Aleks has served as a distinguished security engineer at TD Bank and is the chief hacking officer at ASEC. He has extensive experience using bash scripting on red teams, in penetration tests, and in software development projects. Aleks is also coauthor of Black Hat GraphQL (No Starch Press, 2023).

Reviews
"[A] much needed resource for offensive security professionals. Having a book that teaches offensive security practitioners and cyber security professionals alike how to harness the power of the native Bash shell is amazing. Thanks to Dolev Farhi and Nick Aleks for writing this excellent resource!"
-Phillip Wylie, offensive security professional and host of The Phillip Wylie Show

"Black Hat Bash does a good job of getting the user interested in the soft-white underbelly of the hacking world. This book, from beginning to end, does a good job of walking a fine line between holding the reader's hand and letting them branch out, explore, and improve on the examples that are given throughout the book."
-Matthew Jerzewski, Cybersecurity Researcher III, Fortra



Book Information
ISBN 9781718503748
Author Nick Aleks
Format Paperback
Page Count 344
Imprint No Starch Press,US
Publisher No Starch Press,US