Many of you have been having difficulty setting up your hacking environment to practice your hacks. In this chapter, I will show you the simplest and fastest way to set up an lab to practice your hacks before taking them out into the real world where any slip-ups could be devastating.
Download VMware Workstation or Box.
The best way to practice hacking is within a virtual environment. Essentially you setup a hacking system, such as Kali Linux, and some victims to exploit. Ideally, you would want multiple opreating system. Windows XP, Vista, 7 , and 8, as well as Linux/Unix and applications so that you can try out a variety of hacks.Virtual machines and a virtual network are the best and safest way to set up a hacking lab. There are several virtualization system out there including citrix, oracle,s VirtualBox, KVM, Microsoft,s Virtual PC and hyper-v, and VMware,s Workstation, VMware Box, and ESXi. For a laboratory environment, I strongly recommend VMware,s Workstation or Box.
Download Kali VMware Images
Once you have downloaded and installed your virtualization systems, our next step is to download the VMware images of kali provided by Offensive Security, you won,t have to create the virtual machine, but simply run it from Workstation or Box This means that once you have downloaded the VM of Kali, you can then use it in either Workstation or Box without actually installing a new OS.
Open image with VMware
Once all the files have been unzipped, our next step is to the open this new virtual machine. Make note of the location where you have unzipped the virtual machine image. Then, go to either VMware Workstation or Box and go to file >create new machine > Allocate Ram & HDD Space > Select ISO File & Install the new OS in VMware.
Download & Install Targets
For the next step, you need to download and install a target system. Of course, you could se your host Windows 7 or 8 system, but since this is practice, you might want to use an older, easier to hack system. Also, hacking your system can leave it unstable and damaged.
I recommend installing a Windows XP, Vista, server 2003, or and older version of Linux. These systems have many known security flaws that you can practice on and, then when you become more proficient at hackingl, and you can then upgrade to Windows 7 and 8 and newer versions of Linux.
If you or your friends don,t have a copy of these older opreating systems, you can purchase them very inexpensively many places on the internet. Of course,you can also obtain these opreating systems for free on many of the torrent sites, But BEWARE you will likely be downloading more than just the operating systems. VERY often, these free downloads include rootkits that will embed in your systems when you open the file.
Download Old Applicatons
Once you have your operating system in place, very often you will need applications to run on these older versions of the Windows and Linux operating systems. You will likely need a browser, Office, Adobe products, etc. These older products have well-known security flaws that you can hone your skills on.
Download VMware Workstation or Box.
The best way to practice hacking is within a virtual environment. Essentially you setup a hacking system, such as Kali Linux, and some victims to exploit. Ideally, you would want multiple opreating system. Windows XP, Vista, 7 , and 8, as well as Linux/Unix and applications so that you can try out a variety of hacks.Virtual machines and a virtual network are the best and safest way to set up a hacking lab. There are several virtualization system out there including citrix, oracle,s VirtualBox, KVM, Microsoft,s Virtual PC and hyper-v, and VMware,s Workstation, VMware Box, and ESXi. For a laboratory environment, I strongly recommend VMware,s Workstation or Box.
Download Kali VMware Images
Once you have downloaded and installed your virtualization systems, our next step is to download the VMware images of kali provided by Offensive Security, you won,t have to create the virtual machine, but simply run it from Workstation or Box This means that once you have downloaded the VM of Kali, you can then use it in either Workstation or Box without actually installing a new OS.
Open image with VMware
Once all the files have been unzipped, our next step is to the open this new virtual machine. Make note of the location where you have unzipped the virtual machine image. Then, go to either VMware Workstation or Box and go to file >create new machine > Allocate Ram & HDD Space > Select ISO File & Install the new OS in VMware.
Download & Install Targets
For the next step, you need to download and install a target system. Of course, you could se your host Windows 7 or 8 system, but since this is practice, you might want to use an older, easier to hack system. Also, hacking your system can leave it unstable and damaged.
I recommend installing a Windows XP, Vista, server 2003, or and older version of Linux. These systems have many known security flaws that you can practice on and, then when you become more proficient at hackingl, and you can then upgrade to Windows 7 and 8 and newer versions of Linux.
If you or your friends don,t have a copy of these older opreating systems, you can purchase them very inexpensively many places on the internet. Of course,you can also obtain these opreating systems for free on many of the torrent sites, But BEWARE you will likely be downloading more than just the operating systems. VERY often, these free downloads include rootkits that will embed in your systems when you open the file.
Download Old Applicatons
Once you have your operating system in place, very often you will need applications to run on these older versions of the Windows and Linux operating systems. You will likely need a browser, Office, Adobe products, etc. These older products have well-known security flaws that you can hone your skills on.
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