BruCON 0x06 - Investigating Powershell attacks

Overview: Over the past two years, we've seen targeted attackers increasingly utilize PowerShell to conduct command-and-control in compromised Windows environments. If your organization is running Windows 7 or Server 2008 R2, you've got PowerShell 2.0 installed (and on Server 2012, remoting is enabled by default!). This has created a whole new playground of attack techniques for intruders that have already popped a few admin accounts (or an entire domain). Even if you're not legitimately using PowerShell

Key Topics: to administer your systems, you need to be aware of how attackers can enable and abuse its features.