Post-Exploitation

Malware & C2

Living-off-the-Land Binaries (LOLBins) for Evasion

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Malware & C2

C2 Frameworks Compared: Cobalt Strike, Sliver, and Mythic

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Malware & C2

Beacon Object Files and In-Memory Tradecraft

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Linux Privesc

Linux Persistence: systemd Timers, udev Rules, and PAM Modules

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Windows Privesc

Volume Shadow Copies (VSS) for Credential and File Recovery

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Malware & C2

COM Hijacking for Persistence and Privilege Escalation

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Windows Privesc

Windows Access Tokens Deep Dive: Integrity Levels and Privileges

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Tools & Defense

Windows Firewall and WFP Tampering: Risks and Detection

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Malware & C2

Abusing BITS Jobs for Download and Persistence

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Windows Privesc

Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) as an Attack Surface

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Windows Privesc

Looting Windows Secrets: Attacking DPAPI and Credential Manager

How attackers decrypt DPAPI-protected Credential Manager vaults and browser secrets, plus how blue teams detect and stop it.
Linux Privesc

Exploiting SUID/SGID Binaries for Linux Privilege Escalation

How attackers abuse SUID/SGID binaries to escalate to root on Linux, plus blue-team detection and hardening.
Linux Privesc

Abusing Linux Capabilities for Privilege Escalation

How attackers abuse cap_setuid and cap_dac_read_search file capabilities to escalate to root, and how blue teams detect it.
Linux Privesc

Abusing NFS no_root_squash for Local Privilege Escalation

How a misconfigured NFS export with no_root_squash lets a low-priv user plant a root SUID binary and escalate.
Linux Privesc

Abusing a World-Writable /etc/passwd for Root

How a writable /etc/passwd or /etc/shadow leads to instant root, with PoC and Blue Team defenses.
Linux Privesc

SSH Key Hunting and Lateral Movement on Linux

Find SSH private keys, abuse authorized_keys and known_hosts, and pivot via agent forwarding across Linux hosts.
Linux Privesc

Credential Hunting on Linux: From .bash_history to Config Files

A practical guide to hunting cleartext credentials on Linux hosts via history files, config files, and grep, plus defenses.
Linux Privesc

Linux Persistence Techniques: Maintaining Access After Initial Compromise

A practical tour of Linux persistence: authorized_keys, cron, systemd, rc.local, and ld.so.preload, plus detection.
Linux Privesc

Linux Enumeration Cheat Sheet for Privilege Escalation

A practical Linux post-exploitation enumeration cheat sheet covering id, uname -a, sudo -l, SUID hunting, and process inspection.
Security

Reverse Shell Cheat Sheet: From One-Liners to a Stable TTY

A practical reverse shell cheat sheet covering bash, nc, python and PowerShell payloads plus TTY upgrade and detection.