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Hands-On Penetration Testing on Windows

You're reading from   Hands-On Penetration Testing on Windows Unleash Kali Linux, PowerShell, and Windows debugging tools for security testing and analysis

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788295666
Length 452 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Phil Bramwell Phil Bramwell
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Table of Contents (19) Chapters Close

1. Bypassing Network Access Control FREE CHAPTER 2. Sniffing and Spoofing 3. Windows Passwords on the Network 4. Advanced Network Attacks 5. Cryptography and the Penetration Tester 6. Advanced Exploitation with Metasploit 7. Stack and Heap Memory Management 8. Windows Kernel Security 9. Weaponizing Python 10. Windows Shellcoding 11. Bypassing Protections with ROP 12. Fuzzing Techniques 13. Going Beyond the Foothold 14. Taking PowerShell to the Next Level 15. Escalating Privileges 16. Maintaining Access 17. Tips and Tricks 18. Assessment 19. Other Books You May Enjoy

Maintaining Access

We've been on a long journey together through these pages. It's fitting that we end up here, asking the remaining question when you've cracked your way in and proven there's a gap in the client's defense: how do I keep my access? This is a funny question because it's often neglected despite its importance. When a lot of people talk about hacking computers, they think about the excitement of working your way up to breaking open the door. Hacking is problem solving, and sometimes it's easy to forget that being able to persist our access is a problem in its own right. In the context of penetration testing in particular, persistence can be easily taken for granted because we're often working to tight schedules. It seems there's a race to get domain admin or get root, and we stop there to wrap up the report....

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