Having reading this chapter, you should now have a high-level understanding of the post exploitation phase of an attack. By working through the examples and taking on the mindset of an attacker, you should have developed a better understanding of how to protect your files and network. It is primarily about persistence and information gathering. You can also use an exploited machine to perform all of the examples from Chapter 11, Host Discovery and Enumeration.
The bind shell, reverse bind shell, and web shell were examples of techniques attackers use to maintain persistence. Even if you never need to employ a bind shell, it is important to understand what it is and how attackers use it if you want to identify malicious behavior and ...
