Learning to ATT&CK and Defend with PowerShell

🎓 Course Title: Learning to ATT&CK and Defend with PowerShell

Course Headline: Mastering PowerShell for Offensive & Defensive Cybersecurity Tactics

Course Description

As the ancient military strategist Sun Tzu once said, "Know thy enemy and know yourself; in a hundred battles, you will never be defeated." This principle is as true today in cybersecurity as it was on the battlefields of antiquity. This course aims to teach the basic, offensive tactical concepts using PowerShell as the toolset.

Objective: Equip you with the knowledge to identify and counteract attacks executed through PowerShell within your environment. By understanding how attackers think and act, as well as learning to detect and mitigate their tactics, you can fortify your defenses against cyber threats.

Understanding the Adversary

• Know Your Enemy: Learn about the offensive capabilities of PowerShell as an attack vector.
  • Utilize the MITRE ATT&CK framework to categorize and understand various attacks and tactics.

Knowing Yourself and Your Environment

• Know Your Self and Environment: Understand how to detect and monitor PowerShell execution within your Windows environment.
  • Explore native Windows tools for detection and monitoring.

Key Learning Outcome: The primary goals of this course are:

1. Comprehension: Gain a high-medium level understanding of the role of PowerShell in both offensive and defensive cybersecurity operations.
2. Execution: Learn to use PowerShell for executing different stages of an Attack Lifecycle, from initial compromise to maintaining access.
3. Detection & Mitigation: Acquire the skills necessary to detect and mitigate PowerShell-based attacks as a defender.
4. Real-World Application: By the end of the course, you should be able to articulate how attackers use PowerShell for malicious purposes and implement effective defenses against such tactics.

Course Content Breakdown

This course covers a range of techniques and tactics, including but not limited to:

• PowerShell Execution on Windows Systems: Uncover what happens behind the scenes when PowerShell is used.
• Executing Native Windows Commands and Programs using PowerShell: Learn how to achieve this for various tasks.
• Download Cradles with PowerShell: Understand their use in executing code at a distance.
• Injecting Executable Binaries into Memory: Discover how to execute them through PowerShell.
• Creating Persistence Mechanisms using PowerShell Profiles: Learn about creating backdoors.
• Performing Privilege Escalation: Explore how to abuse Windows services with PowerShell.
• Host and Network Reconnaissance with PowerShell: Gain insights into gathering intelligence from a host or network perspective.
• Credential Harvesting with PowerShell: Identify methods for locating credentials, both manually and automatically.
• PS-Remoting to Non-Domain Joined Machines: Learn how to remotely login to Windows machines from different platforms.
• Exfiltrating Data Over Networks using PowerShell: Understand the protocols that can be used for data exfiltration.
• Identifying and Tracking Attacks with Native Windows Logging Mechanisms: Learn how to enable and interpret logs for evidence of malicious activity.

Course Methodology: This course is designed to provide a balanced approach to learning, combining theoretical knowledge with practical application. Through a series of lessons, you will be guided through the concepts, techniques, and tactics associated with PowerShell in both offensive and defensive contexts.

By the end of this course, you will have gained significant insights into how attackers leverage PowerShell and how to effectively detect and mitigate such threats within your environment. 🛡️

Join us on this journey to master PowerShell for cybersecurity defense strategies. Enroll now to become a power user in both defending against and understanding the offensive use of PowerShell.