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Cybersecurity – Attack and Defense Strategies - Third Edition

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Product type Book
Published in Sep 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803248776
Pages 570 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
Languages
Authors (2):
Yuri Diogenes Yuri Diogenes
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Dr. Erdal Ozkaya Dr. Erdal Ozkaya
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Table of Contents (20) Chapters close

Preface 1. Security Posture 2. Incident Response Process 3. What is a Cyber Strategy? 4. Understanding the Cybersecurity Kill Chain 5. Reconnaissance 6. Compromising the System 7. Chasing a User’s Identity 8. Lateral Movement 9. Privilege Escalation 10. Security Policy 11. Network Security 12. Active Sensors 13. Threat Intelligence 14. Investigating an Incident 15. Recovery Process 16. Vulnerability Management 17. Log Analysis 18. Other Books You May Enjoy
19. Index

Summary

This chapter has gone through the privilege escalation phase. It has been noted that there are two broad classifications of privilege escalation: vertical and horizontal. It has also brought to light that horizontal privilege escalation is the best luck that an attacker can hope for. This is because the methods used for horizontal privilege escalation tend not to be very complex.

This chapter has gone through most of the sophisticated vertical privilege escalation methods that attackers use against systems. It is noteworthy that most of the techniques discussed involve attempts to compromise legitimate services and processes in order to get higher privileges. This is probably the last task that the attacker will have to perform in the entire attack.

The next chapter will cover security policies, and how they can help you secure your environment.

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