APT 34 uses the following series of commands strung together in
a batch file that it runs on a victim’s computer. Explain what each
of these commands does and how the results would benefit APT 34
?
whoami & hostname & ipconfig /all & net user /domain
2>&1 & net group /domain 2>&1 & net group
"domain admins" /domain 2>&1 & net group "Exchange
Trusted Subsystem" /domain 2>&1 & net accounts /domain
2>&1 & net user 2>&1 & net localgroup
administrators 2>&1 & netstat -an 2>&1 &
tasklist 2>&1 & sc query 2>&1 & systeminfo
2>&1 & reg query
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Terminal Server
Client\Default" 2>&1
whoami: provides the user name who is logged in
hostname: It provides the hostname of the system.
ipconfig /all: Provides details of all the network interfaces
net user /domain : Provides the users of the active directory users and computers.
net group /domain: provides the group and performs the operation on the domain controller present in the current domain.
net group "domain admins" /domain: Query the users from domain admins in the current domain.
net group "Exchange Trusted Subsystem" /domain: can be checked for the Exchange Trusted Subsystem groups.
net accounts /domain: This command Updates the user accounts into the database and modifies the password and the logon requirements for all the accounts.
net user: it displays the user account information.
net localgroup administrators: It displays the local administrators group on the system.
netstat -an: It displays the active TCP connection.
tasklist: It displays the list of currently running processes on the computer.
sc query: It queries the status of the service.
systeminfo: This displays the OS configuration information.
reg query "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Terminal Server Client\Default": this is used to query the registry.
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