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Windows and Linux Penetration Testing from Scratch

You're reading from   Windows and Linux Penetration Testing from Scratch Harness the power of pen testing with Kali Linux for unbeatable hard-hitting results

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Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781801815123
Length 510 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Table of Contents (23) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1: Recon and Exploitation
2. Chapter 1: Open Source Intelligence FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Bypassing Network Access Control 4. Chapter 3: Sniffing and Spoofing 5. Chapter 4: Windows Passwords on the Network 6. Chapter 5: Assessing Network Security 7. Chapter 6: Cryptography and the Penetration Tester 8. Chapter 7: Advanced Exploitation with Metasploit 9. Part 2: Vulnerability Fundamentals
10. Chapter 8: Python Fundamentals 11. Chapter 9: PowerShell Fundamentals 12. Chapter 10: Shellcoding - The Stack 13. Chapter 11: Shellcoding – Bypassing Protections 14. Chapter 12: Shellcoding – Evading Antivirus 15. Chapter 13: Windows Kernel Security 16. Chapter 14: Fuzzing Techniques 17. Part 3: Post-Exploitation
18. Chapter 15: Going Beyond the Foothold 19. Chapter 16: Escalating Privileges 20. Chapter 17: Maintaining Access 21. Answers 22. Other Books You May Enjoy

Maintaining access with PowerSploit

The PowerSploit framework is a real treat for the post-exploitation phase. The framework consists of a goodie bag full of PowerShell scripts that do various bits of magic. A full exploration of PowerSploit is an exercise I leave to you, dear reader. For now, we’re checking out the persistence module.

Let’s understand the module concept first. Modules are essentially collections of PowerShell scripts that together form a cohesive theme or type of task. You can group tools together in a folder, dump that into the module path, and then import the group as needed. A well-written module integrates seamlessly with all of what makes PowerShell special. In particular, Get-Help works as expected with the scripts. Yes, you can run Get-Help on these malicious scripts to understand exactly how to use them. Let’s try it out.

Installing the persistence module in PowerShell

In older versions of Kali, we had to manually pull the latest...

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