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Post-Exploitation

Mythic: An Introduction to the Open Source Post-Exploitation Framework

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Mythic is a powerful, open-source post-exploitation framework that offers red teamers and pen testers an extensible and customizable platform with numerous modules, agents, and C2 profiles to enhance their engagements and achieve objectives in various target environments.

Covenant: Mastering Red Teaming Tactics

··2271 words·11 mins
This article provides a comprehensive guide to using Covenant, a powerful command and control framework for red teaming and post-exploitation operations.

Nishang: PowerShell Scripts for Penetration Testing and Red Teaming

··7152 words·34 mins
This comprehensive guide explores Nishang, a collection of PowerShell scripts designed for penetration testing and red teaming, covering PowerShell basics, Nishang modules, advanced techniques, real-world applications, and modern evasion methods.

Empire: the open-source C2 that taught a generation

··1429 words·7 mins
A working tour of the BC Security Empire fork in 2026. Listeners, stagers, and the four agent types Empire ships today (PowerShell, Python, IronPython, and Sharpire/C#). Plus an honest read on where Empire still earns its keep in 2026, where Sliver and Havoc have eaten its lunch, and what AMSI evasion actually looks like now that Defender has shipped signatures for the obvious bypasses.

The Swiss Army Knife of Exploitation: Mastering the Metasploit Framework

··2689 words·13 mins
A working operator’s guide to Metasploit. Covers the module taxonomy, why you actually want the database initialized, staged vs non-staged payloads and when each one matters, Meterpreter’s load-bearing extensions (stdapi, kiwi, incognito, priv), pivoting (autoroute, portfwd, SOCKS), and resource scripts for the listener setup you’d otherwise type a hundred times an engagement.

Living off the Land - Advanced Windows CLI Tools for Red Team Operators

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A comprehensive deep-dive into advanced Windows command-line tools. Learn how to leverage modern binaries like curl and tar, abuse legacy tools for download and execution, and perform stealthy data theft and persistence without triggering alerts.