2019-037-Lee Holmes, Powershell logging, and why there's an 'execution bypass'

Derbycon9 talk - PowerShell Security Looking Back from the Inside - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYWPtt7qszY&list=PLNhlcxQZJSm_ZDJBksg97I5q1XsdQcyN5&index=27&t=0s

 

Encarta - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encarta

 

Scott Hanselman’s twitter thread about Encarta: https://twitter.com/shanselman/status/1158780839464849409

 

Congrats on the black badge :)

 

I like that you bring up execution policies. That it was never created to become a security control

• I started alerting on it anyway at least from non-admin devices

 

https://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/2702/setting-the-powershell-execution-policy/ 

 

Want to learn Powershell? UnderTheWire wargame: https://underthewire.tech/

 

Jeffrey Snover “The Cultural battle to remove Windows from Windows Server”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Uvq38XOark

 

You talk about “why would anyone want to remove powershell” as it came as a standalone download and part of the windows sdk. - I was taught when I was just getting into tech, that I should fear powershell and didn’t realize how powerful it could be as an admin because of it.

 

Powershell slime trail <3 (powershell transparency)

“You can’t force a powerful tool only to be used how you want it to be used, you can tilt the playing field on behalf of defenders”

 

If an attacker is going to use powershell, let’s make them regret it

 

Powershell has had quite an impact and history.

 

My own sorry logging/alerting attempts

 

You mentioned the amount of attacks listed in MITRE that use powershell, is that *the* recommended resource for blue teamers, are there any others?

 

Revoke-Obfuscation white paper (blackhat2017): https://www.blackhat.com/docs/us-17/thursday/us-17-Bohannon-Revoke-Obfuscation-PowerShell-Obfuscation-Detection-And%20Evasion-Using-Science-wp.pdf

 

https://github.com/danielbohannon/Invoke-Obfuscation 

https://github.com/danielbohannon/Revoke-Obfuscation

 

https://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/ransomware-now-uses-windows-powershell/ 

https://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/us/threat-encyclopedia/malware/TROJ_POSHCODER.A 

 

Ever thought of writing a powershell security sentric book? Bill Pollock was looking for someone to write a book for NoStarch…

 

Derbycon keynote with Lee Holmes and Jeffrey Snover - http://www.irongeek.com/i.php?page=videos/derbycon6/101-key-note-jeffrey-snover-lee-holmes

 

AMSI - Antimalware Scan Interface: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/amsi/antimalware-scan-interface-portal

 

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ARN9MEK/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 -  Windows Powershell cookbook

 

Eric conrad: https://www.ericconrad.com/2016/09/deepbluecli-powershell-module-for-hunt.html 

https://github.com/sans-blue-team/DeepBlueCLI 

 

Daniel Bohannon - DevSec Defense - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJe8xikf-iE 

https://github.com/psconfeu/2018/tree/master/Daniel%20Bohannon/DevSec%20Defense 

 

Constrained language mode: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/powershell/powershell-constrained-language-mode/ 

 

Maslow’s security Hierarchy: https://www.leeholmes.com/blog/2014/12/08/maslows-hierarchy-of-security-controls/ 

 

Just Enough Administration: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions//dn896648(v=technet.10)?redirectedfrom=MSDN

 

https://github.com/infosecn1nja/AD-Attack-Defense - 

 

Also - DrawOnMyBadge.com - Super cool idea, loved the mona lisa

 

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