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Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@mrgrumpymonkey" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mrgrumpymonkey</span></a></span> depends...</p><ul><li>We've already seen shit that cracked <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Windowy8Bing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Windowy8Bing</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Windows10S" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Windows10S</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Windows11Home" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Windows11Home</span></a> wide open with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Adware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Adware</span></a> that also disables <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WindowsDefender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WindowsDefender</span></a>.</li></ul><p>Next logical step is some <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PowerShell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PowerShell</span></a> script that downloads a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> distro image, repartition the system drive, add some unallocated space at the end, put a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CloudInit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CloudInit</span></a> config in it and then do an <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UnattendedInstall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnattendedInstall</span></a> of said system with <code>bcd</code> by calling up <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/bcdedit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bcdedit</span></a> to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/chainload" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chainload</span></a> said partition.</p><ul><li>I jist have neither the time nor spoons to do that shit myself, but in theory a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NetInstaller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NetInstaller</span></a> image of ~ 100MB should suffice...</li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@smyth" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>smyth</span></a></span> But as some versatile <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RescueSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RescueSystem</span></a> one can blindly let a machine boot into and do basics like SSH into, wipe and/or recover data and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/chainload" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chainload</span></a> other OSes like an Install ISO from a different drive...</p><p>Kinda like the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Foreman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Foreman</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/iPXE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>iPXE</span></a> bootdisk, but better, since it can be used interactively and non-interactively...</p>
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