Summary

In this chapter, we learned different system protection techniques. We started by getting an understanding of system protection and how different IDSes/IPSes work. We learned about different types of detection mechanisms. We also learned about using executables with elevated privileges. Finally, we learned how to make our executables persistent. This knowledge, combined with things you learned in previous chapters, will allow you to develop your malware tools without being easily detected. As long as you keep the impact of your malware on the system low, it would not be easy for an IDS to detect your malware. I hope you learned a lot and enjoyed this book! Remember that cybersecurity is an everchanging field and you need to be constantly up to date with modern tools in order to become a successful penetration tester.