PowerShell Automation and Scripting for Cybersecurity

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Red Team Tasks and Cookbook

This chapter is meant to be a quick and dirty reference for red teamers that want to use PowerShell for their engagements. It is by no means complete but should help you get started.

After a short introduction to the phases of attack, we are going to look at what tools are usually used by red teamers for PowerShell-based engagements. After that, we will provide a PowerShell cookbook that covers most typical red team scenarios when it comes to PowerShell.

In this chapter, we will discuss the following topics:

• Phases of an attack
• Common PowerShell red team tools
• Red team cookbook

Technical requirements

To get the most out of this chapter, ensure that you have the following:

• Windows PowerShell 5.1
• PowerShell 7.3 ...