Scripting & Automation Tools

PowerShell

Windows scripting language and automation environment used for enumeration, administration, and penetration testing.

PowerSploit

PowerShell-based penetration-testing and post-exploitation framework.

PowerView

PowerShell tool used for Active Directory and Windows domain enumeration.

PowerUpSQL

PowerShell toolkit for discovering and assessing SQL Server security.

Bash

Unix/Linux shell and scripting environment used for automation, enumeration, data manipulation, and attack workflows.

Python

General-purpose programming language commonly used to automate reconnaissance, exploitation, and security testing.

Impacket

Python library/toolset for interacting with Windows network protocols and automating Active Directory-related tasks.

Scapy

Python-based packet manipulation and network analysis framework used to craft, send, capture, and analyze packets.