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Kali Linux Cookbook

You're reading from   Kali Linux Cookbook Effective penetration testing solutions

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2017
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ISBN-13 9781784390303
Length 438 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Corey Schultz Corey Schultz
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Table of Contents (11) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Installing Kali and the Lab Setup FREE CHAPTER 2. Reconnaissance and Scanning 3. Vulnerability Analysis 4. Finding Exploits in the Target 5. Social Engineering 6. Password Cracking 7. Privilege Escalation 8. Wireless Specific Recipes 9. Web and Database Specific Recipes 10. Maintaining Access

PowerShell attack vector

In this recipe, we will use PowerShell to connect back to our Kali host. PowerShell has been included with Windows Vista and beyond and has become a very popular attack vector due to the capabilities of the shell. We will not focus on how to get the script there, as we have covered options in other recipes; this will just focus on creating the malicious payload.

Getting ready

Let's ensure the following prerequisites:

  • Kali Linux is running, and you are logged in as root
  • Move the interface of one of your Windows test machines to the NAT network temporarily

How to do it...

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