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Kerberoasting Explained: How It Works in an Authorized Lab
Kerberoasting is one of those techniques that, the first time you see it work, feels almost too easy.…
Pass-the-Hash Attacks Explained for Penetration Testers
Pass-the-Hash has been around since the late 1990s, and I still see it work in modern engagements more…
Windows Privilege Escalation: A Practical Pentesting Checklist
I’ve lost count of how many internal pentests I’ve been on where getting the initial foothold was the…
Linux Privilege Escalation: Techniques and Enumeration Checklist
The first time I landed a low-privilege shell on a Linux box during a real engagement, I remember…
Post-Exploitation in Penetration Testing: Complete Methodology
Getting a shell is the moment most beginners think the job is done. In reality, that’s usually where…
Lateral Movement Techniques Used in Red Team Assessments
One compromised laptop rarely tells the full story. What actually matters in a red team assessment is what…
Command-and-Control Frameworks: A Guide for Red Teamers
Every red team engagement I’ve run eventually comes down to one question: how do I maintain reliable, flexible…
Nmap Tutorial: Advanced Network Scanning for Penetration Testers
I still remember the first time I ran a plain nmap -sV against a client’s network and thought…
Metasploit Framework Tutorial for Ethical Hackers
Metasploit was one of the first serious tools I learned as a beginner, and it’s still one of…
Kali Linux for Penetration Testing: Beginner-to-Advanced Guide
Kali Linux was the first thing I ever installed in a virtual machine when I got serious about…