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Linux privilege escalation for fun, profit, and all around mischief - Jake Williams (BSides Augusta 2016) (Hacking Illustrated Series InfoSec Tutorial Videos)

Linux privilege escalation for fun, profit, and all around mischief
Jake Williams

"Linux systems are everywhere. With the increased adoption of IoT devices, the number of Linux systems in a corporate network environments is incerasing at an unprecedented rate. But most penetration testers and red team members today lack the skills to find their own privilege escalations in custom environments. In this session, we'll examine opportunities for privilege escalation that can vault you from zero to hero in a few easy steps. Whether your Linux foo is strong or weak, you are sure to learn at least a few new tricks. "

Jake Williams is a Principal Consultant at Rendition Infosec. He has more than a decade of experience in secure network design, penetration testing, incident response, forensics, and malware reverse engineering. Before founding Rendition Infosec, Jake worked with various cleared government agencies in information security roles. Jake is the co-author of the SANS FOR610 course (Malware Reverse Engineering) and the FOR526 course (Memory Forensics). He is also a contributing author for the SEC760 course (Advanced Exploit Development). In addition to teaching these courses, Jake also teaches a number of other forensics and security courses. He is well versed in Cloud Forensics and previously developed a cloud forensics course for a US Government client.

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