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  • OpenSSL: Tools for TLS, Certificates, and Encryption
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    OpenSSL: Tools for TLS, Certificates, and Encryption

    OpenSSL for TLS, X.509, RSA, and ECDSA certificates, PKI, s_client, and encryption. Practical commands for Linux, Windows, troubleshooting, and pentesting.

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  • Dradis Framework: Reporting, Findings, and Pentest Automation
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    Dradis Framework: Reporting, Findings, and Pentest Automation

    Discover Dradis Framework: import findings from Nessus, Nmap, and Burp, organize evidence, and generate consistent pentest reports. A practical guide.

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  • JTAG: What It Is, How It Works, and How to Use It in Hardware Pentesting
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    JTAG: What It Is, How It Works, and How to Use It in Hardware Pentesting

    What is JTAG and how does it work? Learn about pins, JTAGulator, OpenOCD, firmware dumps, and the risks of an exposed JTAG interface in hardware pentesting.

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  • Nessus: Complete Guide to Scanning, Installation, and Vulnerabilities
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    Nessus: Complete Guide to Scanning, Installation, and Vulnerabilities

    Nessus Guide: Installation, Nessus Essentials, vulnerability scans, credentialed scans, policies, tuning, and reporting. The complete vulnerability assessment workflow.

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  • Sliver C2: Guide to Listeners, Beacons, Implants and Armory
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    Sliver C2: Guide to Listeners, Beacons, Implants and Armory

    Configure Sliver C2 for Red Team: installation, mTLS/HTTP/DNS listener, implant, beacons and sessions, Armory, BOF, pivoting, OPSEC, detection and cleanup.

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  • Cobalt Strike: What It Is, How It Works, Beacon, and Malleable C2
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    Cobalt Strike: What It Is, How It Works, Beacon, and Malleable C2

    Learn how Cobalt Strike works in the Red Team: Team Server architecture, Beacon, listener, Malleable C2, post-exploitation and main detection techniques.

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  • DirBuster on Kali: brute force directory with GUI and wordlist
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    DirBuster on Kali: brute force directory with GUI and wordlist

    Use DirBuster on Kali to find hidden directories and files: GUI and headless configuration, wordlist, recursion, soft-404, and comparison with ffuf and feroxbuster.

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  • ngrok Reverse Shell: TCP tunnels and Metasploit in the Pentest
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    ngrok Reverse Shell: TCP tunnels and Metasploit in the Pentest

    Use ngrok in penetration testing to create TCP/HTTPS tunnels behind NATs and firewalls, receive reverse shells with Netcat or Metasploit, and evaluate OPSEC limits.

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  • XSSer: XSS Scanner, Payload, Fuzzing and WAF Bypass
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    XSSer: XSS Scanner, Payload, Fuzzing and WAF Bypass

    Practical guide to XSSer for testing XSS vulnerabilities: installation, GET/POST scanning, payload, fuzzing, encoding, WAF bypass and results reporting.

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  • WPScan: WordPress Pentest, Enumeration and Vulnerabilities
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    WPScan: WordPress Pentest, Enumeration and Vulnerabilities

    A practical guide to WPScan for WordPress pentesting: installation, scanning, plugin, theme, and user enumeration, vulnerabilities, API tokens, and brute force.

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  • renameMachine.py: NoPac and sAMAccountName Spoofing
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    renameMachine.py: NoPac and sAMAccountName Spoofing

    Guide to impacket-renameMachine to change the sAMAccountName of account computers and understand the NoPac chain with CVE-2021-42278 and CVE-2021-42287.

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  • ticketer.py: Golden and Silver Ticket Kerberos with Impacket
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    ticketer.py: Golden and Silver Ticket Kerberos with Impacket

    Impacket-ticketer guide to forge Golden and Silver Kerberos Tickets with NTLM hashes or AES keys, customize PAC, and save ticket ccache.

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  • smbserver.py: SMB Server for File Transfer and NTLM
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    smbserver.py: SMB Server for File Transfer and NTLM

    A guide to impacket-smbserver for creating an SMB share on Kali, transferring files, registering NTLM authentication, and managing SMB2, logins, and logging.

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  • GetUserSPNs.py: Kerberoasting and TGS with Impacket
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    GetUserSPNs.py: Kerberoasting and TGS with Impacket

    How to use impacket-GetUserSPNs to enumerate accounts with SPNs and request Kerberos TGS with passwords, NTLM hashes, caches, or AES keys for Windows Active Directory

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  • getTGT.py: Getting a Kerberos TGT with Hash or AES
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    getTGT.py: Getting a Kerberos TGT with Hash or AES

    How to use impacket-getTGT to request a Kerberos TGT and save it in ccache format using a password, NTLM hash, or AES key in Active Directory.

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  • GetADComputers.py — Enumerate Active Directory Computers with Impacket
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    GetADComputers.py — Enumerate Active Directory Computers with Impacket

    How to use impacket-GetADComputers to enumerate Active Directory computers via LDAP, -resolveIP ,auth with password, NTLM hash, Kerberos, ccache or AES keys.

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  • GetLAPSPassword.py: Recover LAPS Passwords with Impacket
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    GetLAPSPassword.py: Recover LAPS Passwords with Impacket

    Impacket's GetLAPSPassword.py guide for recovering encrypted Legacy LAPS and Windows LAPS passwords from Active Directory with passwords, NTLM hashes, or Kerberos.

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  • addcomputer.py Impacket: Create Computer Account for RBCD
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    addcomputer.py Impacket: Create Computer Account for RBCD

    Impacket's addcomputer.py guide for creating Active Directory computer accounts via SAMR or LDAPS, verifying MachineAccountQuota, and using them in RBCD chains.

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  • lookupsid.py: Enumerate Users and SIDs via RID Cycling SMB
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    lookupsid.py: Enumerate Users and SIDs via RID Cycling SMB

    Guide to impacket-lookupsid to enumerate users, groups, and SIDs via MS-LSAT over SMB, using passwords, NTLM hashes, Kerberos, or anonymous sessions when allowed.

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  • GetNPUsers.py: AS-REP Roasting with Impacket
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    GetNPUsers.py: AS-REP Roasting with Impacket

    Impacket's GetNPUsers.py guide for finding accounts without Kerberos pre-authentication, extracting AS-REP hashes, and cracking them offline with Hashcat.

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  • samrdump.py Impacket: Enumerate Windows Users via SAMR
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    samrdump.py Impacket: Enumerate Windows Users via SAMR

    Impacket's samrdump.py guide to enumerate Windows users via MS-SAMR over SMB, get RID and account attributes with passwords, NTLM or Kerberos hashes.

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  • GetADUsers.py Inpacket: Enumerate Active Directory Users
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    GetADUsers.py Inpacket: Enumerate Active Directory Users

    Impacket's GetADUsers.py guide to enumerate Active Directory users via LDAP with password, NTLM hash, AES or Kerberos key and parse pwdLastSet and lastLogon.

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  • getST.py Impacket: S4U, RBCD and Constrained Delegation
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    getST.py Impacket: S4U, RBCD and Constrained Delegation

    Impacket's getST.py guide for obtaining Kerberos Service Tickets with S4U2Self, S4U2Proxy, RBCD, and constrained delegation. Payload and errors for AD pentests.

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  • rpcdump.py Inpacket: RPC Endpoint, UUID and Named Pipe
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    rpcdump.py Inpacket: RPC Endpoint, UUID and Named Pipe

    A guide to Impacket's rpcdump.py for enumerating Windows RPC endpoints, UUIDs, named pipes, and dynamic ports. Practical commands and analysis for pentesting.

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  • dcomexec.py - Lateral Movement via DCOM with Impacket
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    dcomexec.py - Lateral Movement via DCOM with Impacket

    impacket-dcomexec How-To Guide: Remote Windows Execution via DCOM with ShellWindows, ShellBrowserWindow, and MMC20 Using NTLM Passwords or Hashes.

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  • Impacket aexec: Remote Execution via Task Scheduler
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    Impacket aexec: Remote Execution via Task Scheduler

    A Guide to Impacket-atexec: Remote Execution on Windows via Task Scheduler RPC with Password, Pass-the-Hash, Kerberos, and Lateral Movement over SMB.

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  • pth-net: Guide to Pass-the-Hash with Samba over SMB/RPC
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    pth-net: Guide to Pass-the-Hash with Samba over SMB/RPC

    Use pth-net with NTLM hash to enumerate users, payloads, groups and shares via SMB/RPC in pentests, compare it with NetExec and Impacket and analyze PtH detection.

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  • impacket-secretsdump: Dump Windows Hashes and Credentials
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    impacket-secretsdump: Dump Windows Hashes and Credentials

    How to impacket-secretsdump: Remote and offline dump of NTLM hashes, SAM, LSA secrets, Kerberos keys, and NTDS.dit in Windows and Active Directory.

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  • PowerView: Active Directory Enumeration with Commands and Examples
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    PowerView: Active Directory Enumeration with Commands and Examples

    PowerView guide to enumerate Windows Active Directory: users, groups, computers, ACLs, sessions, GPOs, and trusts with PowerShell commands and practical examples.

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  • PowerShell for Penetration Testing: The Complete Offensive Guide
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    PowerShell for Penetration Testing: The Complete Offensive Guide

    PowerShell for Windows Pentesters: Commands, Downloads, Remoting, Active Directory Enumeration, Logging, AMSI, CLM, and Post-Exploitation Techniques.

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  • SharpHound for BloodHound CE: AD Data Collection Guide
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    SharpHound for BloodHound CE: AD Data Collection Guide

    SharpHound for BloodHound CE: Active Directory data collection, key flags, stealth options, and import to map escalation paths.

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  • BloodyAD: Privilege Escalation in Active Directory (2026 Guide)
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    BloodyAD: Privilege Escalation in Active Directory (2026 Guide)

    BloodyAD: PTH/PTT authentication, ACE abuse (GenericAll, WriteDACL, RBCD), Shadow Credentials, Bad Successor 2025 and autobloody.Pentest, payload, detection and bypass

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  • reg.py: All Registry Keys for Pentesting and Active Directory
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    reg.py: All Registry Keys for Pentesting and Active Directory

    Impacket reg.py: Query, add, delete, save, and backup the remote Windows registry via SMB/MS-RRP. SAM, LSA, WDigest, RDP, and WinRM keys for pentesting and hardening.

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  • Certipy: A Complete Guide to AD CS Enumeration and Abuse
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    Certipy: A Complete Guide to AD CS Enumeration and Abuse

    Complete guide to Certipy 5.1 to enumerate AD CS, locate ESC1-ESC17, request certificates, use PKINIT, relay, Shadow Credentials and Golden Certificate.

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  • Tool Penetration Testing: A Complete Guide to the Attack Phase"
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    Tool Penetration Testing: A Complete Guide to the Attack Phase"

    All offensive penetration testing tools organized by attack phase: recon, exploitation, post-exploitation, pivoting, AD. With real attack chains for CTF, OSCP, OSEP, and red teams.

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  • Certify: Enumerate and Abuse AD CS from Windows with C#
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    Certify: Enumerate and Abuse AD CS from Windows with C#

    Certify is GhostPack's C# tool for enumerating and exploiting AD CS from Windows without Python dependencies. Learn how to use it to find vulnerable templates and request certificates for escalation to Domain Admin.

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  • John the Ripper: Complete Guide to Password Cracking
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    John the Ripper: Complete Guide to Password Cracking

    Complete guide to John the Ripper (Jumbo): Extract hashes from ZIP, SSH, KeePass, PDF, and Office with *2john; crack with wordlist and rules. Comparison with hashcat and final cheat sheet.

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  • OWASP ZAP: Complete guide to proxies, spiders, active scan and fuzzing
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    OWASP ZAP: Complete guide to proxies, spiders, active scan and fuzzing

    Learn how to use OWASP ZAP to intercept HTTP/HTTPS traffic, map web applications with spiders and AJAX Spiders, perform active scans, fuzzing, and authenticated tests, even in CI/CD with Docker and APIs.

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  • WMIExec: Complete guide to lateral movement stealth with wmiexec.py
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    WMIExec: Complete guide to lateral movement stealth with wmiexec.py

    Learn how to use Impacket's WMIExec and wmiexec.py for lateral movement on Windows with passwords, Pass-the-Hash, and Kerberos, reducing artifacts compared to PsExec and improving OPSEC.

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  • Unix-PrivEsc-Check: privilege escalation auditing on Linux and legacy Unix
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    Unix-PrivEsc-Check: privilege escalation auditing on Linux and legacy Unix

    Learn how to use Unix-PrivEsc-Check to detect misconfigurations, weak permissions, sudo abuse, and privilege escalation vectors on Unix/Linux systems, including legacy environments where modern tools fail.

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  • Wappalyzer: How to Identify a Website's CMS, Framework, and Technologies
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    Wappalyzer: How to Identify a Website's CMS, Framework, and Technologies

    A guide to Wappalyzer for detecting CMS, framework, CDN, analytics, and website versioning clues to guide targeted reconnaissance, fingerprinting, and scanning in pentesting.

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  • Wayback URLs: How to Find Historical URLs, Hidden Endpoints, and Sensitive Files
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    Wayback URLs: How to Find Historical URLs, Hidden Endpoints, and Sensitive Files

    Learn how to use Waybackurls to extract a domain's historical URLs from the Wayback Machine, find forgotten paths, exposed backups, and old endpoints useful for passive reconnaissance.

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  • WhatWeb: A Complete Guide to Stealth and Aggressive Web Fingerprinting
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    WhatWeb: A Complete Guide to Stealth and Aggressive Web Fingerprinting

    Learn how to use WhatWeb to identify a website's CMS, framework, web server, JavaScript libraries, and technologies to guide reconnaissance, fingerprinting, and targeted vulnerability scanning.

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  • WinEnum: Windows enumeration for privilege escalation and comparison with WinPEAS
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    WinEnum: Windows enumeration for privilege escalation and comparison with WinPEAS

    Complete guide to WinEnum for post-exploitation enumeration on Windows: PowerShell and Batch variants, privilege escalation checks, OPSEC, differences with WinPEAS, PowerUp, SharpUp, and Seatbelt.

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  • WinPEAS: Commands and Privilege Escalation on Windows
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    WinPEAS: Commands and Privilege Escalation on Windows

    WinPEAS for Windows privesc: Commands, enumeration, and output to detect vulnerable services, exposed credentials, and misconfigured privilege escalation.

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  • WMIC: Offensive Commands, Lateral Movement, and Persistence on Windows
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    WMIC: Offensive Commands, Lateral Movement, and Persistence on Windows

    Learn how to use WMIC for enumeration, remote execution, lateral movement, and WMI persistence on Windows. This includes the current status of the tool, practical commands, detection, hardening, and a comparison with PowerShell, CIM, and WinRM.

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  • Ssh-audit: How to Analyze Weak Ciphers, CVEs, and SSH Misconfigurations
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    Ssh-audit: How to Analyze Weak Ciphers, CVEs, and SSH Misconfigurations

    Learn how to use ssh-audit to verify SSH server and client configurations, identify weak algorithms, outdated ciphers, vulnerable versions, and find useful findings for authorized hardening or penetration testing.

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  • SSH-KeyHunter: Find Private SSH Keys and Pivot on Linux
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    SSH-KeyHunter: Find Private SSH Keys and Pivot on Linux

    SSH-KeyHunter automates the search for private SSH keys on Linux, detects unprotected files, owners, fingerprints, and targets from known_hosts: an ideal tool for post-exploitation and lateral movement in authorized pentests.

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  • Sshuttle: Transparent Pivoting and Tunneling via SSH to Internal Networks
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    Sshuttle: Transparent Pivoting and Tunneling via SSH to Internal Networks

    A guide to Sshuttle for creating a transparent tunnel over SSH, reaching internal subnets, routing DNS, and using a compromised host as a pivot during lateral movement and post-exploitation in authorized pentests.

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  • Subfinder: Complete guide to passive subdomain enumeration with ProjectDiscovery
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    Subfinder: Complete guide to passive subdomain enumeration with ProjectDiscovery

    Learn how to use Subfinder to find valid subdomains from passive sources, speed up web reconnaissance, and build a more effective recon pipeline with the ProjectDiscovery tool optimized for speed and stealth.

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  • Smbmap: SMB Enumeration and Share Discovery on Windows
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    Smbmap: SMB Enumeration and Share Discovery on Windows

    smbmap explained for pentests: SMB share enumeration, permissions, file access, and credential testing on Windows and Active Directory systems.

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  • SMBExec: Fileless Remote Execution on Windows via SMB
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    SMBExec: Fileless Remote Execution on Windows via SMB

    SMBExec is a remote command execution technique over SMB 445 without dropping persistent binaries. It's a stealthier alternative to PsExec in Active Directory environments.

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  • Social-Engineer Toolkit (SET): A Complete Guide to Social Engineering Attacks
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    Social-Engineer Toolkit (SET): A Complete Guide to Social Engineering Attacks

    SET is a framework for simulating social engineering in authorized environments: phishing, credential harvester, and client-side attacks.

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  • RouterSploit: Exploit Framework for Routers and IoT
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    RouterSploit: Exploit Framework for Routers and IoT

    RouterSploit is a framework for testing vulnerabilities on routers and IoT devices. It includes scanning, exploit, and brute-force modules.

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  • Osquery: SQL-Based Endpoint Monitoring for Linux, macOS and Windows
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    Osquery: SQL-Based Endpoint Monitoring for Linux, macOS and Windows

    Osquery allows you to query operating systems with SQL queries to analyze processes, users, files, and configurations for security monitoring purposes.

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  • Patator: A Modular Brute-Force Authentication Testing Framework
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    Patator: A Modular Brute-Force Authentication Testing Framework

    Patator: A Modular Brute-Force Authentication Testing Framework

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  • Nmap for Pentesting: Port Scanning, Network Recon and NSE
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    Nmap for Pentesting: Port Scanning, Network Recon and NSE

    Nmap for penetration testing and network recon: commands, host discovery, TCP/UDP port scanning, service detection, OS fingerprinting, NSE and enumeration.

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  • Ncat.exe on Windows: Download, Commands, and Reverse Shell
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    Ncat.exe on Windows: Download, Commands, and Reverse Shell

    How to download and use ncat.exe on Windows: listeners, connections, file transfer, SSL, reverse shell with -e cmd.exe, antivirus false positives and detection.

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  • MSFvenom Cheat Sheet: Commands, Payload, Shellcode & Bypass
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    MSFvenom Cheat Sheet: Commands, Payload, Shellcode & Bypass

    MSFvenom exploit for lab and pentest: syntax, staged and stageless payload, EXE, ELF, PHP, WAR and MSI formats, shellcode with bad characters, handler and detection.

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  • LSE (Linux Smart Enumeration): Automated Linux Privilege Escalation Checklist
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    LSE (Linux Smart Enumeration): Automated Linux Privilege Escalation Checklist

    LSE (Linux Smart Enumeration): Automated Linux Privilege Escalation Checklist

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  • Medusa: High-Speed ​​Login Brute-Force Tool for Network Services
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    Medusa: High-Speed ​​Login Brute-Force Tool for Network Services

    Medusa is a parallel tool for brute-forcing authentication over SSH, FTP, SMB, HTTP, and other services. Fast, scalable, and ideal for authorized password auditing.

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  • Metasploit Framework: Complete Guide to Exploits and Payloads
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    Metasploit Framework: Complete Guide to Exploits and Payloads

    Metasploit Framework is the most widely used penetration testing platform for exploits, payloads, and post-exploitation. A complete offensive workflow guide.

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  • Mitmproxy: HTTP/HTTPS Traffic Interception and Manipulation
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    Mitmproxy: HTTP/HTTPS Traffic Interception and Manipulation

    mitmproxy is an interactive proxy for analyzing and manipulating HTTP/HTTPS traffic. Ideal for API testing, debugging, and authorized security assessments.

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  • LaZagne: Password Extraction from Browsers and Applications
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    LaZagne: Password Extraction from Browsers and Applications

    LaZagne is an open-source tool for recovering saved passwords on Windows and Linux from browsers, email clients, and local software post-exploitation.

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  • Ldapsearch: LDAP and Active Directory Enumeration from Linux
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    Ldapsearch: LDAP and Active Directory Enumeration from Linux

    Ldapsearch is a CLI tool for querying LDAP and Active Directory from Linux. It's useful for enumerating users, groups, SPNs, and domain objects.

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  • Httpx: HTTP Probing and Large-Scale Web Analysis in Penetration Testing
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    Httpx: HTTP Probing and Large-Scale Web Analysis in Penetration Testing

    httpx is the HTTP probing tool for filtering active hosts, detecting technologies, status codes and screenshots in pipelines with subdomain enumeration.

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  • Hydra: Brute Force Login for Network Services
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    Hydra: Brute Force Login for Network Services

    Hydra is a brute force tool for testing credentials over SSH, FTP, RDP, HTTP, and other services during authorized penetration tests.

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  • Impacket: Python Toolkit for SMB, Kerberos and Active Directory Attacks
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    Impacket: Python Toolkit for SMB, Kerberos and Active Directory Attacks

    Impacket is a Python suite for interacting with network protocols (SMB, LDAP, Kerberos, RPC) and conducting AD attacks such as DCSync and Pass-the-Hash.

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  • Invoke-Manipulation: PowerShell Obfuscation for Evasion AV
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    Invoke-Manipulation: PowerShell Obfuscation for Evasion AV

    Invoke-Manipulation is a PowerShell module for obfuscating scripts and bypassing static checks during authorized red team operations.

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  • HostRecon: Automatic OSINT Reconnaissance on Single Targets
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    HostRecon: Automatic OSINT Reconnaissance on Single Targets

    HostRecon automates single-domain OSINT and reconnaissance: DNS, whois, subdomain, breach data, and exposure mapping in a single command.

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  • Evil-WinRM: Remote Access and Post-Exploitation on Windows via WinRM
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    Evil-WinRM: Remote Access and Post-Exploitation on Windows via WinRM

    Evil-WinRM: Remote PowerShell shell via WinRM for Windows post-exploitation. Pass-the-hash, Kerberos ticket, AMSI bypass, in-memory execution .NET assembly for lateral movement enterprise.

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  • Cloud_enum: Cloud Asset Enumeration for Recon on AWS, Azure, and GCP
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    Cloud_enum: Cloud Asset Enumeration for Recon on AWS, Azure, and GCP

    Cloud_enum is an OSINT tool for enumerating publicly exposed cloud resources on AWS, Azure, and GCP. It's useful during reconnaissance to map buckets, storage accounts, and assets related to a target domain.

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  • Empire: post-exploitation C2 framework for red team operations
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    Empire: post-exploitation C2 framework for red team operations

    Empire 5.0: A Complete Guide to C2 PowerShell: Stager, AMSI Bypass, Post-Exploitation, Lateral Movement, and Evasion Techniques. Cheat sheet included.

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  • Evilginx2: Bypass 2FA with Phishing Proxy Man-in-the-Middle
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    Evilginx2: Bypass 2FA with Phishing Proxy Man-in-the-Middle

    Evilginx2's practical guide to bypassing 2FA authentication: man-in-the-middle phishing, session hijacking, and credential theft. Advanced attacks against MFA.

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  • Arjun: HTTP Parameter Discovery for Advanced Web Application Recon
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    Arjun: HTTP Parameter Discovery for Advanced Web Application Recon

    Arjun is a tool for discovering hidden HTTP parameters in web applications during penetration testing. It automates the identification of undocumented GET and POST parameters useful for IDOR, XSS, and injection.

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  • Assetfinder: Rapid Subdomain Enumeration for Attack Surface Mapping
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    Assetfinder: Rapid Subdomain Enumeration for Attack Surface Mapping

    Assetfinder is an OSINT tool for enumerating subdomains from public sources during the reconnaissance phase. It's ideal for quickly mapping a domain's attack surface during penetration testing.

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  • Commix: Automated Command Injection Exploitation Tool
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    Commix: Automated Command Injection Exploitation Tool

    Commix is ​​an automated tool for identifying and exploiting command injection vulnerabilities in web applications. It supports blind, time-based, and file-based techniques to obtain RCE during penetration testing.

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  • Plink: Port Forwarding and SSH Tunneling from the Command Line in Windows Environments
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    Plink: Port Forwarding and SSH Tunneling from the Command Line in Windows Environments

    Plink is the command-line version of PuTTY that allows SSH tunneling, port forwarding, and pivoting from Windows systems. A practical guide to its use in penetration testing and red teams.

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  • Searchsploit: Finding Local Exploits from Exploit-DB in Penetration Testing
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    Searchsploit: Finding Local Exploits from Exploit-DB in Penetration Testing

    Searchsploit is a terminal tool for searching for local exploits directly from the Exploit-DB database. A practical guide to identifying exploitable vulnerabilities during penetration testing.

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  • Maltego: What It Is and How to Use It for OSINT and Transform (2026)
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    Maltego: What It Is and How to Use It for OSINT and Transform (2026)

    How to Install Maltego for OSINT and Reconnaissance: Use Entity, Transform, Pivot, and Graph Analysis to Correlate Domains, IPs, Emails, People, and Infrastructure.

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  • Masscan: Ultra-Fast Port Scanner for Large-Scale Network Enumeration
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    Masscan: Ultra-Fast Port Scanner for Large-Scale Network Enumeration

    Masscan is a high-speed port scanner capable of analyzing millions of IP addresses in minutes. A practical guide to its use during reconnaissance and infrastructure mapping during penetration testing.

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  • SpiderFoot: OSINT Automation, Reconnaissance and Attack Surface
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    SpiderFoot: OSINT Automation, Reconnaissance and Attack Surface

    Discover SpiderFoot to automate OSINT and reconnaissance: modules, correlation, subdomain, IP, email, threat intelligence, and attack surface mapping.

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  • TheHarvester: SECRETS to OSINT, Email & Subdomains (2026)
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    TheHarvester: SECRETS to OSINT, Email & Subdomains (2026)

    Learn how to use TheHarvester to harvest emails and subdomains: installation, recon, OSINT sources, API keys, JSON/XML output, and verified troubleshooting.

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  • KeeThief: Master Key and Credential Dump from KeePass
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    KeeThief: Master Key and Credential Dump from KeePass

    KeeThief: How to extract master keys and credentials from KeePass during an authorized pentest. Memory dumps, .kdbx files, operational limitations, detection, and post-exploitation.

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  • Weevely3: PHP Stealth Web Shell for Post-Exploitation and Pivoting
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    Weevely3: PHP Stealth Web Shell for Post-Exploitation and Pivoting

    Weevely3: A practical guide to generating and managing stealthy PHP web shells in penetration testing. Tunneling, evasion, and post-exploitation.

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  • Chisel: TCP Tunneling over HTTP for Pivoting and Post-Exploitation
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    Chisel: TCP Tunneling over HTTP for Pivoting and Post-Exploitation

    Chisel's Practical Guide to Tunneling and Pivoting: TCP Tunneling over HTTP, SOCKS Proxy, and Port Forwarding Through Firewalls. Modern Pivoting for Pentesters.

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  • LaZagne: Post-Exploitation Tool for Application Credential Dumping and DPAPI
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    LaZagne: Post-Exploitation Tool for Application Credential Dumping and DPAPI

    LaZagne: password recovery tool for 87+ applications. Browser, WiFi, email, database, sysadmin tools. DPAPI decryption, credential harvesting post-exploitation Windows/Linux/macOS.

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  • SafetyKatz: Mimikatz Memory-Only Wrapper for LSASS Credential Dumping and EDR Evasion
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    SafetyKatz: Mimikatz Memory-Only Wrapper for LSASS Credential Dumping and EDR Evasion

    SafetyKatz is a Mimikatz wrapper for in-memory credential dumping from LSASS, without writing to disk. It supports EDR evasion, NTLM hash extraction, and integration with Cobalt Strike for post-exploitation in Active Directory.

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  • FFUF: A Guide to Web Fuzzing for Directories, VHosts, and APIs (Pentesting and CTF)
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    FFUF: A Guide to Web Fuzzing for Directories, VHosts, and APIs (Pentesting and CTF)

    FFUF is a fast Go web fuzzer for directory, vhost, and API testing. A practical guide with wordlists, filters, and pentest techniques.

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  • Hashcat: Password Cracking with GPU, Hash, Modes and Rules
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    Hashcat: Password Cracking with GPU, Hash, Modes and Rules

    Hashcat: GPU password cracking practical guide for NTLM, MD5, SHA, bcrypt hashes. Attack modes, mask patterns, wordlist rules and real techniques from CTF and pentest.

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  • CrackMapExec vs. NetExec: CME Commands and Migration to NXC
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    CrackMapExec vs. NetExec: CME Commands and Migration to NXC

    CrackMapExec (cme) to NetExec (nxc) Migration Guide: Translate CME commands to NXC, manage Kerberos, forms, file transfer, and see what's changing today.

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  • ARP-Scan Kali Linux: ARP Scan and Host Discovery
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    ARP-Scan Kali Linux: ARP Scan and Host Discovery

    ARP-Scan guide on Kali Linux to discover hosts on your local network: ARP scanning, IP, MAC, vendor, subnet, output, and network reconnaissance workflow.

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  • Netdiscover: Discover Hidden Devices and IPs on Your LAN
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    Netdiscover: Discover Hidden Devices and IPs on Your LAN

    Netdiscover is an essential tool for identifying active devices on the local network. It's ideal for silent recon via ARP in environments without DNS or DHCP.

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  • Ping and ICMP Techniques and Active Scans for Recon
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    Ping and ICMP Techniques and Active Scans for Recon

    Analyze network behavior with ping, fping, and hping3. ICMP reconnaissance, host discovery, and firewall testing techniques used in pentests.

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  • Rpcinfo: Enumerating RPC Services in Unix Environments
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    Rpcinfo: Enumerating RPC Services in Unix Environments

    Rpcinfo allows you to identify active RPC services on Unix/Linux hosts. It's essential for reconnaissance and analysis of potential remote attack vectors.

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  • Showmount: Discover exposed NFS shares on the network.
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    Showmount: Discover exposed NFS shares on the network.

    Showmount is the perfect tool for enumerating NFS shares. It's used in recons to identify accessible resources and entry points in Unix/Linux environments.

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  • SnmpCheck: Device and Service Enumeration via SNMP v1/v2
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    SnmpCheck: Device and Service Enumeration via SNMP v1/v2

    Snmp-check allows you to extract information from network devices using SNMP. Perfect for low-noise attacks, silent enumeration, and footprinting.

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  • Snmpwalk: Massive SNMP Enumeration on Exposed Networks
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    Snmpwalk: Massive SNMP Enumeration on Exposed Networks

    Snmpwalk is the ideal tool for querying SNMP agents and gathering detailed information about network devices. It's used for low-noise recon and targeted attacks.

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  • enum4linux-ng: SMB and Active Directory enumeration
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    enum4linux-ng: SMB and Active Directory enumeration

    Complete guide to enum4linux-ng for SMB and Active Directory enumeration: users, groups, shares, policies, SID/RID, authentication, and practical commands.

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  • NetExec (NXC): Complete Guide to CrackMapExec's Successor
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    NetExec (NXC): Complete Guide to CrackMapExec's Successor

    Complete Operation Guide to NetExec (nxc): SMB, LDAP, WinRM, RDP, advanced modules, credential dumping, vulnerability scan and lateral movement in Active Directory

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  • Smbclient: Accessing and Attacking Windows Shares
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    Smbclient: Accessing and Attacking Windows Shares

    With smbclient, you can access, read, and write files to SMB shares. Learn how to use it for pentesting, internal attacks, enumeration, and pivoting in AD.

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  • BloodHound Pentest AD: Privilege Escalation and Domain Admin
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    BloodHound Pentest AD: Privilege Escalation and Domain Admin

    BloodHound for privilege escalation on Active Directory: SharpHound, edge abuse, Shadow Credentials and ADCS. Italian guide to AD pentest towards Domain Admin.

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  • ldapsearch: LDAP Commands to Enumerate Users, Groups and ADs
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    ldapsearch: LDAP Commands to Enumerate Users, Groups and ADs

    ldapsearch for pentest: RootDSE, Base DN, LDAP bindings, users, groups, computers, SPN, LDAPS and Active Directory enumeration troubleshooting and cheat sheets

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  • rpcclient Kali Linux: SMB, AD, and SID/RID Enumeration
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    rpcclient Kali Linux: SMB, AD, and SID/RID Enumeration

    Guide to rpcclient on Kali Linux to enumerate users, groups, SIDs/RIDs, trusts, password policies, and SMB shares via SAMR, LSARPC, and SRVSVC, with practical commands.

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  • Inveigh: LLMNR, NBNS, and WPAD to Capture NTLM Hashes
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    Inveigh: LLMNR, NBNS, and WPAD to Capture NTLM Hashes

    What is Inveigh and how does it work? A guide to LLMNR, NBNS, and WPAD for capturing NetNTLM in Windows labs, using PowerShell, relay, troubleshooting, and detection.

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  • Mitmproxy: Intercept and Analyze HTTP/HTTPS Traffic
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    Mitmproxy: Intercept and Analyze HTTP/HTTPS Traffic

    A practical guide to mitmproxy: configure the proxy, intercept HTTPS, install the CA, filter and modify flows, save sessions, and troubleshoot common issues.

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  • NBTScan: NetBIOS Scanning on Linux for the Recon Windows
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    NBTScan: NetBIOS Scanning on Linux for the Recon Windows

    NBTScan on Linux: Learn how to scan Windows hosts, identify NetBIOS names, domains, workgroups, and useful information for network reconnaissance.

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  • Netcat (nc): Commands, Port Scanning, and File Transfer
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    Netcat (nc): Commands, Port Scanning, and File Transfer

    Learn how to use Netcat (nc) on Linux and Windows: practical commands, TCP/UDP listeners, port scanning, banner grabbing, file transfer, and reverse shell.

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  • Responder: Capture NTLM Hash on Linux, LLMNR, NBT-NS and Relay
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    Responder: Capture NTLM Hash on Linux, LLMNR, NBT-NS and Relay

    Responder for Linux: How to capture NTLM/NetNTLMv2 hashes with LLMNR, NBT-NS, and WPAD, crack and relay NTLM in penetration tests and secure Windows labs

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  • Bettercap: What It Is, MITM, ARP Spoofing, and Sniffing on Kali Linux
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    Bettercap: What It Is, MITM, ARP Spoofing, and Sniffing on Kali Linux

    What is Bettercap and how does it work? Discover the framework for network hacking and MITM: tutorials on Kali Linux, ARP spoofing, sniffing, network recon, PCAP, and proxies.

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  • Ettercap: MITM Tutorial, ARP Spoofing and Sniffing on Kali Linux
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    Ettercap: MITM Tutorial, ARP Spoofing and Sniffing on Kali Linux

    What is Ettercap and how does it work? A practical guide to MITM, ARP spoofing, and sniffing on Kali Linux, including installation, filters, packet capture, and commands.

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  • Tcpdump: Network Traffic Sniffing and Analysis Tutorial
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    Tcpdump: Network Traffic Sniffing and Analysis Tutorial

    What is tcpdump and how does it work? A guide to terminal network sniffing with packet capture, BPF filters, PCAP analysis, and pentesting commands.

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  • TShark: Network Traffic Sniffing and Analysis Tutorial
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    TShark: Network Traffic Sniffing and Analysis Tutorial

    What is TShark and how is it used? A guide to terminal network sniffing with packet capture, filters, PCAP analysis, statistics, and pentesting commands.

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  • Wireshark for Pentesting: Filters, NTLM, DNS and TCP Stream
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    Wireshark for Pentesting: Filters, NTLM, DNS and TCP Stream

    Wireshark for ethical hacking: advanced filters, NTLM, DNS, and TCP Stream. Learn how to isolate traffic, read sessions, and find useful indicators in labs and HTBs.

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