From 051d75c4ec510a50a7807b32c4b3cce06ad2f163 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Shreya Malviya Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2024 16:56:05 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] Docs: Update content on exploiters feature page --- docs/content/features/exploiters/_index.md | 18 ++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/content/features/exploiters/_index.md b/docs/content/features/exploiters/_index.md index 1d1c18cbf30..4b14fc7e754 100644 --- a/docs/content/features/exploiters/_index.md +++ b/docs/content/features/exploiters/_index.md @@ -6,19 +6,21 @@ pre: " " # Exploiters +Exploiters are Infection Monkey plugins that attempt to infect machines +throughout the network by spreading copies of the Agent. + ## -In a network breach, the exploitation phase is a critical stage where attackers -identify specific vulnerabilities in the environment through reconnaissance and -scanning, and accordingly select appropriate exploitation techniques to -compromise the network. By leveraging these vulnerabilities, attackers are able -to gain unauthorized access to systems, escalate privileges, or execute -malicious actions. +During an attack, the exploitation phase is when attackers carry out chosen +exploitation techniques to compromise the network after identifying specific +vulnerabilities in the environment through reconnaissance and scanning. By +leveraging these vulnerabilities, attackers are able to gain unauthorized access +to systems, escalate privileges, or execute malicious actions. Infection Monkey has several exploiters that mimic real-world attack vectors. To the best of our knowledge, most of these exploiters pose no risk to -performance or services on victim machines. The potentially harmful ones are -clearly marked as "unsafe" in the Monkey Island. +performance or services on victim machines. Exploiters that could adversely +impact production workloads are clearly marked as "unsafe" in the Monkey Island. ![Plugin marked as unsafe](/images/island/plugins-page/unsafe-plugin.png "Plugin marked as unsafe")