

PowerShell Empire deals strictly with Windows machines, and it is advantageous in a penetration test because most targets these days are running some version of Windows. You may be asking yourself, how does PowerShell Empire differ from Metasploit? Isn't Metasploit already serving the same purpose? Well, yes and no. A Tool for Targeting WindowsĮxploit frameworks are popular, and most hackers have heard of Metasploit, a framework that automates the deployment of powerful exploits. If we are lucky, we might even be able to obtain domain administrator credentials and own the whole network.

In these tutorials, we will be exploring everything from how to install Powershell Empire to how to snoop around a target's computer without the antivirus software knowing about it.

PowerShell Empire is a post-exploitation framework for computers and servers running Microsoft Windows, Windows Server operating systems, or both.
