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PowerShell for Penetration Testing

You're reading from   PowerShell for Penetration Testing Explore the capabilities of PowerShell for pentesters across multiple platforms

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781835082454
Length 298 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (23) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1: Introduction to Penetration Testing and PowerShell
2. Chapter 1: Introduction to Penetration Testing FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Programming Principles in PowerShell 4. Part 2: Identification and Exploitation
5. Chapter 3: Network Services and DNS 6. Chapter 4: Network Enumeration and Port Scanning 7. Chapter 5: The WEB, REST, and SOAP 8. Chapter 6: SMB, Active Directory, LDAP and Kerberos 9. Chapter 7: Databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MSSQL 10. Chapter 8: Email Services: Exchange, SMTP, IMAP, and POP 11. Chapter 9: PowerShell and FTP, SFTP, SSH, and TFTP 12. Chapter 10: Brute Forcing in PowerShell 13. Chapter 11: PowerShell and Remote Control and Administration 14. Part 3: Penetration Testing on Azure and AWS cloud Environments
15. Chapter 12: Using PowerShell in Azure 16. Chapter 13: Using PowerShell in AWS 17. Part 4: Post Exploitation and Command and Control
18. Chapter 14: Command and Control 19. Chapter 15: Post-Exploitation in Microsoft Windows 20. Chapter 16: Post-Exploitation in Linux 21. Index 22. Other Books You May Enjoy

Azure and SQL

PowerShell is a powerful tool for penetration testers to analyze the Identity and SQL components within Azure environments. Azure Identity services, such as AAD and SQL databases, are crucial in securing and managing access to resources. Here’s how PowerShell can be employed for analyzing Identity in Azure and SQL in Azure during a penetration test.

Analyzing Azure Identity

The following are the steps involved:

  1. Retrieving user information: PowerShell can fetch information about users in Azure Active Directory, providing insights into potential targets for exploitation:
    # Retrieve user information from Azure AD
    Get-AzADUser -All $true | Select-Object DisplayName, UserPrincipalName, UserType, ObjectId

    This command fetches details such as display name, user principal name, user type, and object ID for all users in Azure AD. Penetration testers can analyze this data to identify privileged accounts or potential attack points.

  2. Examining service principals...
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