{"id":4090,"date":"2016-04-30T02:36:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-29T18:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.darknet.org.uk\/?p=4090"},"modified":"2017-09-15T17:44:12","modified_gmt":"2017-09-15T09:44:12","slug":"empire-powershell-post-exploitation-agent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.darknet.org.uk\/2016\/04\/empire-powershell-post-exploitation-agent\/","title":{"rendered":"PowerShell Empire Download &#8211; Post-Exploitation Hacking Tool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PowerShell Empire is a post-exploitation hacking tool built on cryptographically secure communications and a flexible architecture. Empire implements the ability to run PowerShell agents without needing powershell.exe, rapidly deployable post-exploitation modules ranging from key loggers to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.darknet.org.uk\/2015\/07\/mimikatz-gather-windows-credentials\/\">Mimikatz<\/a>, and adaptable communications to evade network detection, all wrapped up in a usability-focused framework.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.darknet.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/empire_main_menu-1024x622-640x389.png\" alt=\"PowerShell Empire Download - Post-Exploitation Hacking Tool\" width=\"640\" height=\"389\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.darknet.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/empire_main_menu-1024x622-640x389.png 640w, https:\/\/www.darknet.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/empire_main_menu-1024x622.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3033787195489589\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Darknet Responsive Post Ad Links [previously link ad unit] -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3033787195489589\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5456620019\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<p>It has a LOT of modules (90+) and is currently in the midst of implementing a RESTful API which will be great.<\/p>\n<h2>PowerShell Empire Module Categories<\/h2>\n<p>Currently Empire Power Shell has the following categories for modules:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Code Execution &#8211; Ways to run more code<\/li>\n<li>Collection &#8211; Post exploitation data collection<\/li>\n<li>Credentials &#8211; Collect and use creds<\/li>\n<li>Exfiltration &#8211; Identify egress channels<\/li>\n<li>Lateral Movement &#8211; Move around the network<\/li>\n<li>Management &#8211; Host management and auxilary<\/li>\n<li>Persistence &#8211; Survive reboots<\/li>\n<li>Privesc &#8211; Privilege escalation capabilities<\/li>\n<li>Recon &#8211; Test further entry points (HTTP Basic Auth etc)<\/li>\n<li>Situational Awareness &#8211; Network awareness<\/li>\n<li>Trollsploit &#8211; For the lulz<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Why Empire PowerShell?<\/h3>\n<p>PowerShell offers a multitude of offensive advantages, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Full .NET access<\/li>\n<li>Application whitelisting<\/li>\n<li>Direct access to the Win32 API<\/li>\n<li>Ability to assemble malicious binaries in memor<\/li>\n<li>Default installation on Windows 7+.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Powershell for Pentesters had a watershed year in 2014, but despite the multitude of useful projects, many pen-testers still struggle to integrate PowerShell into their engagements in a secure manner.<\/p>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3033787195489589\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Darknet Responsive Post Ad Links [previously link ad unit] -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3033787195489589\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5456620019\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<h3>How PowerShell Empire Hacking Tools Works<\/h3>\n<p>Empire has a few components which you can chain together, similar to something like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.darknet.org.uk\/2010\/07\/metasploit-framework-3-4-1-released-16-new-exploits-22-modules-11-meterpreter-scripts\/\">Metasploits<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It has:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Listeners<\/strong> &#8211; Think of this like a metasploit handler, this will catch your session.<br \/>\n<strong>Stagers<\/strong> &#8211; This is your payload, this is what you will execute on your target system.<br \/>\n<strong>Agents<\/strong> &#8211; This is how you interact with the target system, you can gather stats &#038; info or run shell commands.<\/p>\n<p>It also had fairly robust logging built in.<\/p>\n<p>You can download PowerShell Empire here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/EmpireProject\/Empire\/archive\/2.1.zip\">Empire-2.1.zip<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Or read more <a href=\"http:\/\/www.powershellempire.com\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PowerShell Empire is a post-exploitation hacking tool built on cryptographically secure communications and a flexible architecture. 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