1-Course-Introduction.md

1. Course Introduction

• Nishang ✅

Helps in using PowerShell for Penetration Testing

• Kautilya

Toolkit for using Human Interface Devices in Penetration Tests

• Introduction to PowerShell
• Basics of PowerShell
• Scripting
• Advanced Scripting Concepts
• Modules
• Jobs
• PowerShell with .Net
• Using Windows API with PowerShell
• PowerShell and WMI
• Working with COM objects
• Interacting with the Registry

Uses of PowerShell

• Recon and Scanning
• Exploitation
  • Brute Forcing
  • Client Side Attacks
  • Using existing exploitation techniques
  • Porting exploits to PowerShell – When and how
  • Human Interface Device
• PowerShell and Metasploit
  • Running PowerShell scripts
  • Using PowerShell in Metasploit exploits
• Post Exploitation
  • Information Gathering and Exfiltration
  • Backdoors
  • Privilege Escalation
  • Getting system secrets
• Post Exploitation
  • Passing the hashes/credentials
  • PowerShell Remoting
  • WMI and WSMAN for remote command execution
  • Web Shells
  • Achieving Persistence
• Using PowerShell with other security tools
• Defense against PowerShell attacks