Category: Purple Team

  • QoS Policies

    QoS Policies

    In Windows, a Quality of Service (QoS) policy is a rule that handles outbound network traffic. Specifically, it is used to cap the outbound bandwidth of a process, port, or protocol. Organizations can configure QoS policies through Group Policies, MDM, or PowerShell. Threat actors with elevated privileges on the asset…

  • WinGet

    WinGet

    WinGet also known as Windows Package Manager, is Microsoft’s command-line for discovering, installing, upgrading, configuring, and removing applications on Windows. It is commonly used by Administrators and developers to automate software deployment and system setup. However, it can be abused to proxy execution and evade detection. Threat actors can execute…

  • EntryPoint Hijacking

    EntryPoint Hijacking

    The technique of EntryPoint Hijacking introduces a stealthier approach to code injection, as it doesn’t rely on API calls that create a new thread within the process context, and it is independent of the attack chain. Arbitrary code is written to memory, but it executes only when the process legitimately…

  • Cross-Session Activation

    Cross-Session Activation

    Traditional lateral movement techniques are no longer applicable in the modern era due to developments in the detection capability by most of the EDR vendors. Techniques that abuse legitimate Windows functionality, such as COM, has always been in the interest of adversaries. Cross-Session activation (CSA) is considered the latest evolution…