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Hosts

Hosts covers attacking network systems from recon and port scanning to exploitation, post-exploitation, privilege escalation, lateral movement, persistence, and data exfiltration via ICMP

9 guides 4 phases
1 min read Updated: Jul 14, 2026

“Hosts” refers to targets discovered on a network with services running. It’s not a single protocol, but the concept used in network enumeration and pentesting.

Common security issues

  • Open services without patches

  • Weak firewall rules

  • Unnecessary legacy services

  • Poor segmentation

Reconnaissance

Guides for mapping hosts via passive OSINT, network sweeps, and active prob

3

Enumeration

Guides on host discovery, port scanning, OS fingerprinting, and NSE scans

4

Vulnerability Discovery

Guides for scanning hosts to find CVEs and misconfigs with Nmap NSE

1

Data Exfiltration

Exfiltrate data via ICMP when TCP and UDP egress is blocked

1