So now what in the previous section, you have gained access to the target systems and your new phase
is post exploitation.
So if the scope of the penetration test finishes here, OK, you've got something you can go in, outline
your findings in a report.
However, if the scope allows you to move on, then you can go way deeper and advance your techniques
to see a broad view of the target system.
Post exploitation is arguably the most important way to get a clear picture of a client's security posture.
So what the heck is post exploitation specifically?
It's indeed a phase in penetration testing that you will do the information gathering on the exploited
systems, you can also escalate your privilege and move from system to system.
It actually starts when you get limited or sometimes full access of the target and you want to search
for certain files or folders, dump the user credentials, capture screenshots remotely, dump out the
keystrokes from the remote system, escalate your privileges, and also try to make your access persistent.
So then that means this section will cover the basics of post exploitation.
Now MSF helps you a lot with many of the post exploitation modules and also provides many payloads to
enable you to perform.
Post exploitation.
But what I'm going to do is cover my interpreter for the most part in this next section.
My interpreter is an extension of the Métis Boyd framework that allows you to leverage Métis boy's functionality,
it's also thought to be one of the flagship products in Métis boy, and I think that's absolutely not
an underestimation.
Interpretor is an advanced, multifunctional payload that can be used to leverage your capabilities
dynamically at runtime.
So let's move on.