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Glen D. Singh
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Glen D. Singh

Glen D. Singh is a cybersecurity author, educator and SecOps professional. His areas of expertise are cybersecurity operations, offensive security tactics and techniques, and enterprise networking. He holds a Master of Science (MSc) in cybersecurity and many industry certifications from top awarding bodies such as EC-Council, Cisco, and Check Point. Glen loves teaching and mentoring others while sharing his wealth of knowledge and experience as an author. He has written many books, which focus on vulnerability discovery and exploitation, threat detection, intrusion analysis, incident response, network security, and enterprise networking. As an aspiring game changer, Glen is passionate about increasing cybersecurity awareness in his homeland, Trinidad and Tobago.
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Post-exploitation using Empire

In this section, you will learn how to set up Empire to perform post-exploitation techniques on a compromised host on a network. Additionally, you will learn how to establish C2 connections between an agent on the compromised host and the Empire server.

To get started with performing post-exploitation using Empire, please use the following guidelines:

  1. Power on both your Kali Linux and Windows Server 2019 virtual machines within the Red Team Lab topology.
  2. On Kali Linux, open Terminal and use the following command to start the Empire server:
    kali@kali:~$ sudo powershell-empire server
  3. On the same Kali Linux, open another Terminal window and use the following command to start the Empire client:
    kali@kali:~$ sudo powershell-empire client
  4. Once the client starts, it will attempt to automatically connect to the local Empire server. Therefore, it's vital you start the Empire server before enabling the Empire client.
  5. Any commands...
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Glen D. Singh

Glen D. Singh is a cybersecurity author, educator and SecOps professional. His areas of expertise are cybersecurity operations, offensive security tactics and techniques, and enterprise networking. He holds a Master of Science (MSc) in cybersecurity and many industry certifications from top awarding bodies such as EC-Council, Cisco, and Check Point. Glen loves teaching and mentoring others while sharing his wealth of knowledge and experience as an author. He has written many books, which focus on vulnerability discovery and exploitation, threat detection, intrusion analysis, incident response, network security, and enterprise networking. As an aspiring game changer, Glen is passionate about increasing cybersecurity awareness in his homeland, Trinidad and Tobago.
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