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Train With CyberQ Skill Pack Challenges
CyberQ Skillpacks are designed to test your skills in a variety of different challenges with limited guidance. Each challenge runs independently as its own “Self-Paced Capture the Flag.” Launching a Skill Pack challenge will reserve your very own space in our CyberQ Data Center, we will raise the Attack Console, as well as the down-range vulnerable targets for you to practice and challenge your skills.
Privilege Escalation Techniques Skill Pack
This Skill Pack will challenge your skills in salient horizontal and vertical privilege escalation techniques including; Command injection, Kernel Vulnerability Exploitation, Script Injection, Privilege Escalation Script, msfvenom Privilege Escalation Exploit, Local Privilege Escalation, and Application Vulnerability Exploitation.
Each challenge contains a fully designed target network with live virtual machines, servers, web hosts, and vulnerable sites and applications. Launching a challenge will open the CyberQ Console and safely connect you to our live attack environment right through your browser. Depending on the challenge, you will land in your attack machine, either Kali or Parrot, where you will have instant access to the full suite of attack tools required to carry out your challenge. Targets are preconfigured with host and application vulnerabilities which you will uncover as you progress through the challenges. CyberQ is a fully automated Cyber Range platform providing you with a self-driven ‘Capture-the-flag‘ experience in each challenge.
Gain direct hands-on practical experience on Industry’s leading Cyber Range Platform – CyberQ. Successful Completion of this Web Application Hacking and Penetration Testing Skill Pack will gain you Job-ready Cyber skills and execution efficiency against cyber challenges.
- Hands-on Experiences with Immersive Scenarios
- Designed for Deep Learning by Cyber Experts
- Latest Threats, Vulnerabilities and Techniques
- Practical Application of Skills on Cutting-edge Cyber Range
- Skills Feedback with Every Exercise
- Fully Loaded Attack Platform
- Preconfigured Live targets and vulnerable Hosts, Sites, and Applications “down-range”
About Privilege Escalation Skill Pack
Privileges are a security role assigned to users for using specific programs, features, OSs, functions, files or codes, etc., to limit their access by different types of users. If a user is assigned more privileges, he/she can modify or interact with more restricted parts of the system or application than less privileged users. Attackers initially gain system access with low privilege and then try to gain more privileges to perform activities restricted from less privileged users. A privilege escalation attack is the process of gaining more privileges than were initially acquired.
In a privilege escalation attack, attackers first gain access to the network using a non-admin user account and then try to gain administrative privileges. Attackers employ design flaws, programming errors, bugs, and configuration oversights in the OS and software application to gain administrative access to the network and its associated applications
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Types of Privilege Escalation
Privilege escalation is required when you want to access the system resources that you are not authorized to access. Privilege escalation takes place in two forms: vertical privilege escalation and horizontal privilege escalation.
- Horizontal Privilege Escalation: In a horizontal privilege escalation, the unauthorized user tries to access the resources, functions, and other privileges that belong to an authorized user who has similar access permissions. For instance, online banking user A can easily access user B’s bank account.
- Vertical Privilege Escalation: In a vertical privilege escalation, the unauthorized user tries to gain access to the resources and functions of a user with higher privileges, such as application or site administrators. For example, someone using online banking can access the site using administrative functions.
Service Exploitation Techniques Covered in the Skill Pack
- RDP Bruteforcing
- SMB Enumeration
- WinRM Bruteforcing
- SSH Cracking
- EternalBlue exploit
- Autoblue exploit
- MySQL Password Bruteforcing
- FTP Password Cracking
Gain related NICE skills for Service Exploitation
S0001
Skill in conducting vulnerability scans and recognizing vulnerabilities in security systems.
S0009
Skill in assessing the robustness of security systems and designs.
S0044
Skill in mimicking threat behaviors.
S0051
Skill in the use of penetration testing tools and techniques.
S0137
Skill in conducting application vulnerability assessments.
S0364
Skill to develop insights about the context of an organization’s threat environment.
Related Job Roles for Service Exploitation
- Blue Team Technician
- Red Team Technician
- Computer Network Defense (CND) Auditor
- Ethical Hacker
- Information Security Engineer
- Internal Enterprise Auditor
- Penetration Tester
- Network Security Engineer
- Reverse Engineer
- Risk/Vulnerability Analyst
- Technical Surveillance Countermeasures Technician
- Vulnerability Manager
Continue on your Cyber Proficiency Journey with Skill Packs Designed by Our Cyber Experts
- Web App Hacking and Pen Testing
- Service Exploitation
- Privilege Escalation
- Red Team Architect
- Cryptography
- Vulnerability Research for Hackers and Pen Testers
- Steganography
- SQL Injection
- Password Cracking