Backtrack Advance Hacking tutorials

In the world of Linux security, privilege escalation is a critical attack vector that hackers, penetration testers, and security professionals must understand to protect systems effectively. Attack and Defend: Linux Privilege Escalation Techniques of 2016 provides a hands-on, real-world guide to the vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and exploits used to elevate privileges on Linux systems. From SUID abuse and kernel exploits (like Dirty COW - CVE-2016-5195) to sudo misconfigurations, PATH hijacking, and credential harvesting, this book breaks down the offensive tactics used by attackers and teaches defensive strategies to mitigate these threats.

Even though these techniques were at their peak in 2016, many are still relevant today due to outdated systems, overlooked security flaws, and poor configurations. By studying past attacks, you’ll gain valuable insight into modern privilege escalation—empowering you to better secure your Linux environments.

What You’ll Learn:

✅ How attackers exploit misconfigured SUID binaries, sudo privileges, and Linux capabilities

✅ The impact of critical kernel vulnerabilities like Dirty COW and how they were weaponized

✅ Credential theft techniques and how to prevent unauthorized access

✅ Path hijacking and environment variable manipulation for privilege escalation

✅ Detection and mitigation strategies to secure Linux systems against these threats

Whether you’re an ethical hacker, red teamer, penetration tester, system administrator, or blue team defender, this book is your essential resource for understanding how attackers gain root—and how to stop them.