Tag: Tool Chaining

In traditional software security, privilege escalation is typically divided into vertical and horizontal vectors. A user or process with limited rights exploits a software bug, unpatched vulnerability, or misconfigured permission mask to gain administrative control (vertical) or access peer accounts (horizontal). Traditional access control lists (ACLs) and Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) frameworks are engineered to […]

In traditional enterprise network security, lateral movement is one of the most reliable indicators of a confirmed compromise. When a human attacker or malware breaches an initial perimeter node (such as a public-facing web server), they must actively probe the internal network, steal credentials, scan ports, and exploit adjacent services to move deeper into core […]