Post-Exploitation
Noun · Security & Infosec
Definitions
A security attack or exploit technique associated with post-exploitation in real-world systems and networks. It shows up in application security, identity, infrastructure, or incident response work depending on the environment. Teams use the concept to prevent abuse, detect adversary activity earlier, or define stronger control boundaries during engineering, testing, and operations.
In plain English: Post-Exploitation is the practical security idea behind a control, weakness, or safeguard. It matters because it changes how attackers succeed or defenders reduce risk.
Example: "During the review, the team focused on Post-Exploitation after telemetry and testing showed it was the fastest way to reduce exposure, tighten controls, and close a realistic attack path before the next production release."
Related Terms
- Exploit Kit
- Phishing Kit
- Race Condition Exploit
- Ransomware Attack
- Remote Access Trojan
- Replay Attack
- Rootkit Detection
- Serialization Attack
- Session Hijacking
- Side-Channel Attack
- Smishing
- Social Engineering Attack
- Spyware
- Subdomain Takeover
- SYN Flood
- TCP Reset Attack
- Time-of-Check Time-of-Use
- Trojan Horse
- UAC Bypass
- WAF Bypass
- WebSocket Hijacking
- Worm Virus
- Zip Bomb