Post-Exploitation Techniques

Learn about taking advantage of a system after it's been compromised, including leveraging post-exploitation techniques, using malware and exfiltrating data.

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You’ve exploited a system. Now what? Six videos take you through the fundamentals of post-exploitation techniques, from malware and its uses (to be employed only when absolutely necessary) to malware analysis, rootkits, evasion techniques, covert channels and exfiltrating stored data from an exploited system. Learn about multipartite, stealth, polymorphic and encrypted malware, next-generation attacks, and how to avoid IDS (Intrusion Detection System) and IPS (Intrusion Prevention System).

Course syllabus

MalwareDuration: 13:11

Malware AnalysisDuration: 4:32

RootkitsDuration: 3:02

Evasion TechniquesDuration: 8:38

Covert ChannelsDuration: 7:55

Deep Target PenetrationDuration: 6:24

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