Redefining Hacking: A Comprehensive Guide to Red Teaming and Bug Bounty Hunting in an AI-driven World

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Advanced Post-Exploitation Techniques

Chapter Objectives

After reading this chapter and completing the exercises, you will be able to do the following:

• Understand post-exploitation

• Explore persistence mechanisms and create backdoors

• Maintain access

• Explore advanced persistence techniques

• Understand local privilege escalation

• Understand network-based privilege escalation

• Explore data exfiltration methods

• Establish Command and Control (C2)

• Understand defense evasion techniques

• Perform pivoting and lateral movement

The phase following a successful exploitation of a target system is known as post-exploitation. This critical stage determines a hacker’s ability to maintain access, escalate privileges, extract valuable data, and evade detection, ...