discovered 30 Mar 2026

PowerShell-for-Hackers

PowerShell ★ 1448 via github-topic

AI Summary: PowerShell for Hackers is a repository of customizable PowerShell functions designed to aid in developing payloads for security testing and ethical hacking. Key features include a variety of functions with descriptions, usage examples, and accompanying video tutorials, which facilitate the creation of payloads for diverse scenarios such as system manipulation, desktop interactions, and data concealment. This collection emphasizes community collaboration, allowing users to contribute their own functions.

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Description
The Functions
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PowerShell Functions For Hackers 🤓💻

I am currently the #1 ranked payload contributor to Hak5. I decided to make this repository to share all of the functions I have come up with to develop my payloads. With the goal of building this repository with other like minded hackers. 😈

To submit your own function use this TEMPLATE

File must be saved as a .md file and then submit a pull request for review.

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Description

This is a collection of powershell functions that should be added to your arsenal. If you are looking to write your own payloads please feel free to reference this collection of functions we have gathered here

📝 There will be a description of the payloads intended purpose
♻️ The functions themselves will be provided in easy copy and paste format
🔠 Examples of payloads that have used these functions will also be available
📽️ A video tutorial for each function is provided as well!

The Functions

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Functions	Description
Detect Mouse Movement	Used to find out if target stepped away or came back to their PC.
Set-Volume	Used to set the volume of the targets PC.
PlaySound	Used to play a sound file from the console window.
Minimize-Apps	Used to minimize all the apps on your targets screen.
Set-WallPaper	Used to change the targets desktop wallpaper.
Hide-Msg	Use steganography to hide a secret message in an image.
MsgBox	Use this function to make a generic pop up message box.
Speak	Used to turn text to speech and talk through your targets speakers.
Clean-Exfil	This function is to erase any trace of you after wreaking havok on your target.
If-Admin	This function is to test if your target is an Admin, If $True run a secondary function.
Invoke-WebRequest	This function is used to either download or upload files or data.
NS-Lookup	This function is used to download and execute payloads from DNS TXT Records
DropBox-Upload	This function is used to upload “aquired” files to Dropbox.
Discord-Upload	This function is used to upload “aquired” files to Discord.
PowerShell-2-Batch	This function is used to convert PowerShell scripts to a .BAT file.
B64-text	These functions are used to either encode/decode scripts in Base64.
B64-img	These functions are used to either encode/decode images in Base64.
TXT-img	This function is used to convert a word document to an image.
Abuse-CapsLock	Use the capslock to act as an indicator for script progression.
Add-Network	Use this function to add a network profile to your targets PC. Either SECURED or OPEN.
Wifi-Pass	Use these functions to enumerate your targets wifi and get their wifi passwords.
Get-GeoLocation	Use this function to get the Geo-Location of your target.
Get-BrowserData	Use this function to get the browser history and bookmarks from browsers