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Penetration Testing Bootcamp
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Penetration Testing Bootcamp

by Jason Beltrame
June 2017
Intermediate to advanced
258 pages
6h 9m
English
Packt Publishing
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CLI tips for hiding your tracks

Whether you are short on time, or whether you just want to do some basic hiding of your tracks, you can use some CLI tips to get the job done as well. When logging into my Linux host, I can see that the .bash_history file keeps track of what I have done. If I look at my file now, I can see my last couple of commands:

root@pi-kali:~# more .bash_history bluesnarfer -r 1-100 -C 13 -b 58:40:4E:50:D1:0Eapt-get install bluepot apt-get install bluemahohcitool -i hci0 rssi 8C:DE:52:1F:F5:07sudo rfcomm connect 0 8C:DE:52:1F:F5:07 10 >/dev/null&

I can just use the Null redirect (>) to clear out this file. This works for any file you may want to clear out:

root@pi-kali:~# > .bash_historyroot@pi-kali:~# more .bash_history ...
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ISBN: 9781787288744