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Varonis Seven Part Guide to Penetration Testing

Our sprawling pen-testing series has taken on a life of its own!  For your convenience and blog reading pleasure, we’ve assembled all the links to this six seven part series below....
Michael Buckbee
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Last updated October 14, 2022

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    Our sprawling pen-testing series has taken on a life of its own!  For your convenience and blog reading pleasure, we’ve assembled all the links to this six seven part series below.

    Read consecutively, or since they’re mostly self-contained posts, skip ahead to the topics that appeal to you.

    Part 1: Risky Business

    Part 2: Rats!

    Part 3: Rats & Reverse Shells

    Part 4: Making a Lateral Move

    Part 5: Hash Dumping & Cracking

    Part 6: Passing the Hash

    Part 7: Exfiltration and Conclusions

    By the way, if you just want a list of good pen testing tools for newbies, check out this post.

     

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    Michael Buckbee
    Michael Buckbee Michael has worked as a sysadmin and software developer for Silicon Valley startups, the US Navy, and everything in between.

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