Post-Exploitation & Lateral Movement Tools

Covenant

Command-and-control framework designed for authorized red-team and penetration-testing operations.

CrackMapExec

Windows/Active Directory network assessment tool used for enumeration, credential testing, and lateral-movement activities.

Impacket

Python toolkit containing tools for Windows network protocols and lateral-movement techniques.

Netcat

Network utility useful for connections, listeners, file transfer, and shell communication.

sshuttle

Tool that creates a VPN-like tunnel through SSH, useful for accessing remote networks during authorized testing.

Proxychains

Tool that routes application network connections through configured proxy servers.

PowerShell ISE

PowerShell development environment useful for scripting and executing administrative or testing tasks.

Metasploit

Penetration-testing framework supporting exploitation, payload handling, and post-exploitation.

PsExec

Utility capable of remotely executing processes on Windows systems.

Mimikatz

Windows credential and authentication testing tool frequently used during post-exploitation.