Antimalware evasion techniques
As an aspiring penetration tester, you will be developing payloads that are specific to your targets, whether these targets are running a client-based operating system such as Microsoft Windows 10 or even a flavor of Linux. These targets can also be running server and even mobile operating systems. Most importantly, you need to consider that these target host systems may have antivirus and antimalware software installed, either a native or commercial solution, that has been designed to detect and block threats. This means there's a very high possibility that the antimalware solutions on a target system may detect your payload as malicious and block it while sending an alert.
Understanding the various techniques that are used by antivirus and antimalware solutions is vital to gain a better understanding of how to ensure your payloads evade detection by security solutions. Since antivirus and antimalware vendors work continuously to detect new...