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Last updated: 17 Jun, 2025
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A powershell script which will take any payload and put it in a bat script which delivers the payload. The payload is delivered using environment variables, alternating-data-streams and wmic.

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Chris Dale
Chris Dale

Chris Dale

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Chris Dale is the founder and principal consultant at River Security. Chris has a background in System Development, IT-Operations and Security Management, and uses his hacker skills to demonstrate risk via Offensive Services and Incident Response.

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