Practice - Post-Exploitation
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Practice Questions
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What is privilege escalation?
💡 Hint: Think about what happens after you exploit a vulnerability.
List one method of data exfiltration.
💡 Hint: How might an attacker send sensitive information back to their base?
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Interactive Quizzes
Quick quizzes to reinforce your learning
What is the main goal of the post-exploitation phase?
💡 Hint: Consider what happens after a breach.
True or False: Lateral movement involves accessing other machines in the network after a successful exploit.
💡 Hint: Think about how attackers spread throughout a network.
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Challenge Problems
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You are tasked with simulating a post-exploitation scenario where an attacker has limited privileges and finds a way to access more sensitive data. Describe a detailed attack path that includes privilege escalation, lateral movement, and data exfiltration.
💡 Hint: Think through each phase of attack from where they start to where they end.
Discuss the ethical implications of post-exploitation techniques in penetration testing environments. What guidelines should be followed to ensure compliance and ethical conduct?
💡 Hint: What does ethical hacking mean to you, and how does it translate to behavior in tests?
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