Fallen-Empire

Final Project/Presentation for CS 4177, Software Vulnerabilities. Showcases the use of Powershell-Empire, a now deprecated post-exploitation framework.

This Project was completed with the assistance of three group members!

Special Thanks to:

Fernando H. Remes,

Jose San Miguel,

Hector Diaz.

🔎 Table of Contents.

1. What is Powershell-Empire?
2. What Files are Enclosed Here?
3. Video Demonstration.
4. Virtual Machine Usage.

⌨️ What is Powershell-Empire?

• Powershell-Empire was an open-source post-exploitation agent that ran through Windows Powershell.
• It allowed for a user to generate attack scripts for use against other Windows machines, MacOS, or Linux subsystems.
• It is not offically maintained as of August of 2019, but a fork was used as a base for the creation of this cybersecurity excercise.

🗂️ What Files are Enclosed Here?

Filename	Type	Description
DemoPresentation_Software...	.pptx	PowerPoint used during live demo.
InfoPresentation_Software...	.pptx	PowerPoint used to inform audience about PowerShell-Empire.
Poster_Software...	.pptx	PowerPoint that contains a single slide "poster" about PowerShell-Empire.
Exercise_Software...	.docx	Word Document that contains instructions on how to use PowerShell-Empire, in the same format used in CS4177.
Final_Powershell_Command_Encoded_Base64	.ps1	Script used in Windows PowerShell. It contains instructions to take control of a Windows 7 Professional Virtual Machine.
Powershell_Empire_Screenshot	.png	Sample Screenshot of Kali Linux & Windows 7 Professional. Used for this README.

🎞️ Video Demonstration.

• A video demonstrating the use of PowerShell-Empire was created by myself for this project.
• Since it is too big to upload here, it can be found at this link:
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJutJYl7XlY

💻 Virtual Machine Usage.

• Due to this project involving the use of multiple computers at once, I decided to utilize Virtual Machines.

This Project REQUIRED the use of Two Virtual Machines. They were:

1. Kali Linux, with the additional installiation of PowerShell-Empire.

• It can be found HERE:
  • https://www.kali.org/get-kali/#kali-platforms

2. Windows 7 Professional Edition. [Now discontinued and no longer supported by Microsoft, it can be obtained for free via Archive]

• It can be found HERE:
  • https://archive.org/details/20230422_20230422_1429