Pentesting.Site - Services to Start

Common services I start for data exfiltration, hosting payloads, or anonymizing traffic.

The following are common useful services that I frequently use for data exfiltration, hosting payloads, or anonymizing traffic.

SSH

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# Start service
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service ssh start

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# Confirm with
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netstat -antp | grep sshd

HTTP (Apache Web Server)

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# Start service
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service apache2 start

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# Confirm by checking http://127.0.0.1 in your browser

PostgreSQL

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# Start service
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service postgresql start

TOR

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# Anonymize traffic through the onion network
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service tor start

Metasploit Database

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# Initialize the database
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msfdb init
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service postgresql start

NFS (Network File System)

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# Useful for creating shared folders for exfiltration
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service nfs-kernel-server start

Samba (SMB)

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# Share files with Windows targets
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service smbd start

I usually run these after a fresh install of Kali Linux, Parrot OS, etc. To make them persistent:

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# To start the above services persistently at boot
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systemctl enable ssh
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systemctl enable apache2
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systemctl enable postgresql
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systemctl enable tor
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systemctl enable nfs-kernel-server
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systemctl enable smbd