Power Shell for Red Teamers

Unlock the power of PowerShell in your red teaming arsenal with our "PowerShell for Red Teamers" course. Tailored for cybersecurity professionals and enthusiasts, this course delves deep into leveraging PowerShell for offensive security operations. Learn how to use PowerShell to automate tasks, execute scripts, and exploit vulnerabilities, enhancing your ability to simulate real-world attacks and improve your red teaming effectiveness.

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Fundamentals

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PowerShell is a powerful scripting language and command-line shell designed for system administration and automation. For Red Team operations, PowerShell is essential for executing commands, scripting attacks, and managing system configurations. This course will guide you through the fundamental and advanced uses of PowerShell in a Red Team context.

Basic PowerShell Navigation Commands

Understanding the foundational commands is essential to mastering PowerShell. Below is a list of key navigation commands used in file system operations:

  1. Get-Location

    • Displays the current directory or location in the file system.

  2. Set-Location (cd)

    • Changes the current directory to a specified path.

  3. Get-ChildItem (dir, ls)

    • Lists files and directories in the current directory.

  4. Copy-Item (cp)

    • Copies items from one location to another.

  5. Move-Item (mv)

    • Moves items from one location to another.

  6. Remove-Item (del)

    • Deletes items from a specified location.

  7. New-Item

    • Creates a new item, such as a file or directory.

  8. Get-Content (cat)

    • Reads the content of a file or other content.

  9. Set-Content

    • Writes or replaces content in a file.

  10. Clear-Content

    • Clears the content of a file without deleting the file itself.

These commands are foundational for navigating and manipulating the file system, which is crucial for scripting and automation in PowerShell.


Course Overview

This course is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to:

  • Navigate and manipulate the file system using PowerShell commands.

  • Execute scripts and automate tasks for Red Team operations.

  • Leverage PowerShell for enumeration, privilege escalation, persistence, and reverse shells.

Whether you're new to PowerShell or looking to enhance your Red Teaming capabilities, this course offers a comprehensive learning experience.

 

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, you will:

  • Be proficient in using PowerShell for system navigation and automation.

  • Understand how to leverage PowerShell for offensive security tasks.

  • Have hands-on experience with scripting attacks, enumeration, privilege escalation, and more.