Living Off the Land Techniques – Welcome to the Playground

Welcome to Living Off the Land Techniques — where I collected devious-but-delightful tactics used by real adversaries to blend in like a ghost at a costume party. Why write malware when you can just weaponize the system itself?

Think of this like a hacker’s farmer’s market — fresh, organic, pre-installed tools straight from Microsoft’s garden.

Strictly for educational and defensive purposes only — misuse of these techniques outside of controlled environments is unethical and likely illegal.

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No Boring Stuff

Let’s be honest. If it’s not clever, sneaky or kinda horrifying, it’s not in this list:

• rundll32 with Scriptlets – Because nothing says “trusted” like executing evil through a Windows classic
• wmic + schtasks – Like leaving a Post-it note that says "run malware every Tuesday"
• mshta & regsvr32 – Turn boring file formats into payload-delivery machines
• AppDomainManager Injection – .NET sorcery that slips in like a backstage pass
• WMI Event Subscription – Fileless, triggerable, and basically the ninja of persistence
• Token Impersonation + SID History Abuse – Ever wanted to cosplay as SYSTEM?
• Debugger Key Hijack – Turn your apps into Trojan horses without changing a line of code
• Alternate Data Streams – Hide your secrets where only weirdos go looking
• Signed Proxy Execution – Let Windows vouch for your evil

Check the windows/ folder for AMSI bypasses, ghosting, COM tricks, and enough trust subversion to make your EDR cry.

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Windows Is the Main Act Right Now !

These are the tricks that pentesters brag about and blue teams dread:

➡ windows/ — Packed with native tools

Each one includes usage, detection tips and real-world info so you can learn without face-planting.

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Labs & Red Team Chains — Coming (and it’ll be wild)

Im cooking up some labs that string these techniques into full kill chains:

➡ labs/ — [Coming Soon] C2, privilege escalation, GhostStack takeovers… etc.

lab 5 will be a “big boss level” — full-stack compromise from firmware to AI poisoning.

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Linux & macOS – The Sequel You Didn’t Know You Needed

Yeah, Windows is the messy one with probably plenty more, but Mac and Linux got some crazy skeletons too:

• curl + bash combos
• Stealthy systemd timebombs
• osascript Mac voodoo

Coming soon — follow the repo so you don’t miss the Unix sidequests.

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For the Real Ones

This repo is for:

• Defenders who want to think like attackers
• Red teamers who actually read docs
• Students who’d rather understand the system

If you're here with bad intentions or to be a menace — consider focusing your skills ethically, contributing constructively or simply stepping away.

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Found a LotL trick?

• PRs welcome
• Be clever, not clumsy
• Keep it sharp, keep it useful

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Stay stealthy. Stay smart.
Welcome to the land — just don’t trip on the ADS. 😈