This book is intended for students and professionals seeking to deepen their skills in ethical hacking, offensive defense, auditing, and automation using Kali Linux and the main frameworks, tools, and operational flows in the field. Fully revised and expanded, the 2025 edition offers resources and updates that surpass the previous version, including integration with AWS, Azure, and GCP, automation in CI/CD pipelines, new Nuclei templates, practical alignment with MITRE ATT&CK, optimized scanning of networks, web applications, and APIs, and procedures aligned with market standards.
You will apply in practice:
• Preparation and customization of Kali Linux environments for labs, VMs, and corporate cloud.
• Reconnaissance and enumeration with amass, subfinder, nmap, masscan, dnsrecon, theHarvester.
• Vulnerability scanning and controlled exploitation with Nessus, OpenVAS, Metasploit, Nuclei, searchsploit.
• Testing web applications and APIs with Burp Suite, sqlmap, wfuzz, Nikto, zaproxy, feroxbuster.
• Integration with CI/CD pipelines, scanner automation, Shell/Python scripts, and technical documentation.
• Post-exploitation, evidence collection, forensic analysis, and report organization.
Content structured by frameworks, detailed procedures, practical flows, MITRE ATT&CK integration, OWASP Top 10, DevSecOps automation, and applicable examples for audits, pentests, and red team in corporate environments.
kali linux, ethical-hacking, pentest, devsecops, mitre-attck, nmap, masscan, amass, subfinder, dnsrecon, theharvester, burp-suite, sqlmap, nuclei, nessus, openvas, searchsploit, wfuzz, nikto, zaproxy, feroxbuster, pipelines, cloud, ci-cd, forensics, auditing, cybersecurity
Diego Rodrigues
Technical Author and Independent Researcher
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-
StudioD21 Smart Tech Content & Intell Systems
Email: [email protected]
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/diegoexpertai
International technical author (tech writer) focused on the structured production of applied knowledge. He is the founder of StudioD21 Smart Tech Content & Intell Systems, where he leads the creation of intelligent frameworks and the publication of didactic technical books supported by artificial intelligence, such as the Kali Linux Extreme series, SMARTBOOKS D21, among others.
Holder of 42 international certifications issued by institutions such as IBM, Google, Microsoft, AWS, Cisco, META, Ec-Council, Palo Alto, and Boston University, he works in the fields of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Science, Big Data, Blockchain, Connectivity Technologies, Ethical Hacking, and Threat Intelligence.
Since 2003, he has developed more than 200 technical projects for brands in Brazil, the USA, and Mexico. In 2024, he established himself as one of the leading technical book authors of the new generation, with over 180 titles published in six languages. His work is based on his proprietary TECHWRITE 2.3 applied technical writing protocol, focused on scalability, conceptual precision, and practical applicability in professional environments.