Post-exploitation using Empire

In this section, you will learn how to set up Empire to perform post-exploitation techniques on a compromised host on a network. Additionally, you will learn how to establish C2 connections between an agent on the compromised host and the Empire server.

To get started with performing post-exploitation using Empire, multiple Terminals will be used during this exercise, please use the following instructions:

1. Power on both your main Kali Linux and Metasploitable 3 (Windows-based) virtual machines.
2. On Kali Linux, open the Terminal (#1) and use the following commands to start the MariaDB service and the Empire server:

   kali@kali:~$ sudo systemctl start mariadb.service
   kali@kali:~$ sudo powershell-empire server
   

3. Once the Empire server is running, open a new Terminal (#2) and use the following commands to connect the Empire client to the local Empire server:

   kali@kali:~$ sudo powershell-empire client
   

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