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🔓 Vulnerability Assessment pspy

Monitor processes

pspy command for monitor processes. Copy the command below and use it in your terminal.

pspy — terminal
┌──(kali㉿kali)-[~]
└─$ ./pspy64
Tool
pspy
Category
Vulnerability Assessment
Purpose
Monitor processes

🛡️ Usage Tips

  • Always ensure you have proper authorization before using pspy against any target
  • Replace target with the actual IP address or hostname you are testing
  • Run this command from a Kali Linux terminal or any system with pspy installed
  • Combine with other pspy commands for more comprehensive results
  • Pipe output to a file with > output.txt for later analysis

🔗 More pspy Commands

./pspy64 -i 1000
1 second interval
./pspy32
32-bit version
./pspy64 -p
Print process events only
./pspy64 -f
Print file system events
./pspy64 -r /tmp
Watch /tmp directory
./pspy64 -d /var/log
Watch log directory
./pspy64 -i 500
500ms interval
./pspy64 -c
Color output
./pspy64 --truncate
Truncate long commands
./pspy64 -ppid
Show parent PID
./pspy64 -uid
Show UID
./pspy64 2>&1 | tee pspy.log
Log output

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