name: Windows Post-Exploitation
id: 992899b7-a5cf-4bcd-bb0d-cf81762188ba
version: 1
date: '2022-11-30'
author: Teoderick Contreras, Splunk
description: This analytic story identifies popular Windows post exploitation tools for example winpeas.bat, winpeas.exe, WinPrivCheck.bat and many more.
narrative: These tools allow operators to find possible exploits or paths for privilege escalation and persistence on a targeted host. 
  Ransomware operator like the "Prestige ransomware" also used or abuses these post exploitation tools such as winPEAS to scan for possible avenue to gain privileges and persistence to a targeted 
  Windows Operating System.
references:
- https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2022/10/14/new-prestige-ransomware-impacts-organizations-in-ukraine-and-poland/
tags:
  analytic_story: Windows Post-Exploitation
  category:
  - Adversary Tactics
  product:
  - Splunk Enterprise
  - Splunk Enterprise Security
  - Splunk Cloud
  usecase: Security Monitoring