About the author

Hello!!

Credits for techniques from other researchers belong to the original authors (see references). Kudos to everyone who shares knowledge to improve internet security.

HackTricks is an educational wiki about cyber-security led by Carlos with hundreds of collaborators. It's a huge collection of hacking tricks updated by the community as much as possible. If you find something missing or outdated, please send a Pull Request to the Hacktricks GitHub!

HackTricks is also a wiki where researchers share their latest findings, so it's a great place to keep up to date with the latest hacking techniques.

Who is Carlos "carlospolop" Polop‑Fuster?

Creator and maintainer of PEASS‑ng (winPEAS/linPEAS/macos‑peas) and the broader HackTricks knowledge base.
Red-team consultant and trainer focused on cloud, identity, and endpoint privilege escalation.
Regular instructor sharing reproducible attacker playbooks.

Current focus (2025–2026)

Frequent PEASS‑ng releases add checks for modern OS hardening (e.g., updated sudo/ADCS/Win11 telemetry bypasses) and richer JSON/HTML outputs—use the latest binaries.
Expanding HackTricks Training with hands-on cloud labs (AWS/Azure/GCP) and AI-assisted offensive workflows.
Partnering with training platforms on instructor-led cloud-security courses.

How to follow / contribute

Track updates and changelogs in the PEASS‑ng releases page.
Report new tricks or send PRs to keep HackTricks current.
For structured learning with the author, check the latest calendar at hacktricks-training.com.

References

PEASS-ng releases
Cyber Helmets x HackTricks cloud-security training partnership (Mar 12, 2025)
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