EXPLOITING VULNERABILITIES LEARNING : It is always important to update the software we are using, since every update of a software may not have major changes but have some minor patches which may fix these vulnerabilities and reduce the cyber risk. As a system admin it is always recommended to harden operating system as per the standard operating architecture. example of IRCD running on unix machine with out a proper patch can give a back door to hacker. following lab simulates how a vulnerability in unrealIRCD can be exploited by an attacker. steps involved:: step one::: - using metasploit framework -search unrealircd (to check if any exploit is present) step 2:: -use the exploit ...