Powerglot - encodes offensive powershell scripts using polyglots

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Powerglot encodes several kinds of scripts using polyglots, for example, offensive PowerShell scripts. It is not needed a loader to run the payload. In red-team exercises or offensive tasks, masking of payloads is usually done by using steganography, especially to avoid network-level protection, being one of the most common payloads scripts developed in Powershell. Recent malware and APTs make use of some of these capabilities: APT32, APT37, Ursnif, Powload, LightNeuron/Turla, Platinum APT, Waterbug/Turla, Lokibot, The dukes (operation Ghost), Titanium, etc. Powerglot is a multifunctional and multi-platform attack and defense tool based on polyglots. Powerglot allows masking a script (PowerShell, shell scripting, PHP, ...) mainly in a digital image, although other file formats are in progress. Unlike the usual offensive tools or malware, Powerglot does not need any loader to execute the "information hidden", minimizing the noise on the target system. PowerGlot has a clear utility in offensive tasks but it....

October 2, 2020
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