April 2018
Intermediate to advanced
176 pages
4h 16m
English
In this section, we will have a quick overview of TCP reverse shells, why we need a reverse connection, and what a shell is. The best way to answer these questions is to study the topology shown in the following figure:

Let's say that we have an Attacker connected somewhere on the Internet, and on the right side we have our Target. So technically, we have a PC that is fully patched with a built-in firewall enabled, and we have the corporate firewall in place. And most likely that Corporate firewall is integrated with an IPS module or Antivirus software. So now, for the attacker to access this protected PC, there are two major ...