{"adoption": {"forks": 251, "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:04:58.489179+00:00", "stars": 1527}, "canonical_url": "https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/backstab", "card": {"archived": false, "artifact_type": "cli-tool", "description": "A tool to kill antimalware protected processes", "domain": ["security", "penetration-testing", "windows"], "enriched": true, "function": ["security", "penetration-testing", "cli"], "health_score": 20, "homepage": null, "language": "C", "license": null, "license_family": "other", "maturity": "maintenance", "member_repos": ["Yaxser/Backstab"], "name": "Yaxser/Backstab", "platform": ["windows", "cli"], "pushed_at": "2021-06-19T20:01:52+00:00", "repo": "Yaxser/Backstab", "stars": 1527, "tags": ["edr-evasion", "process-killing", "kernel-driver", "red-team", "handle-manipulation", "procexp-driver"], "topics": [], "urls": [], "use_cases": ["kill EDR protected processes from an admin shell", "close handles of a protected process by PID or name", "list open handles of antimalware processes", "red team evasion of endpoint protection", "unload the ProcExp driver after use"], "what_it_is": "Backstab is a Windows command-line tool that kills antimalware/EDR-protected processes by abusing the Microsoft-signed Sysinternals Process Explorer kernel driver. It loads the driver via NtLoadDriver and uses it to close protected process handles.", "when_to_avoid": ["you need a supported, licensed tool - the repo has no license", "you are on non-Windows platforms", "you want stealth from EDRs that detect ProcExp driver loading", "you need a maintained tool - last release was 2021"], "when_to_choose": ["you have local admin on a Windows host and need to terminate an EDR-protected process", "you want a ProcExp-driver-based handle-killing tool with OpSec-conscious behavior", "you need to enumerate or close specific handles of protected processes"]}, "data_as_of": "2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00", "members": [{"path": "/products/backstab", "repo": "Yaxser/Backstab", "role": "main", "score": 23}], "provenance": {"archived": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:04:58.489179+00:00", "source": "github"}, "artifact_type": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-30T04:31:33.104995+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "b2635bac9746a687a6af9af0cd020e7bd3c5ceafd1acb8fc4a37fb4757fbbe61", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:04:58.489179+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/Yaxser/Backstab"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "description": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:04:58.489179+00:00", "source": "github"}, "domain": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-30T04:31:33.104995+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "b2635bac9746a687a6af9af0cd020e7bd3c5ceafd1acb8fc4a37fb4757fbbe61", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:04:58.489179+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/Yaxser/Backstab"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "enriched": {"inputs": [], "kind": "computed", "method": "enrichment_status"}, "function": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-30T04:31:33.104995+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "b2635bac9746a687a6af9af0cd020e7bd3c5ceafd1acb8fc4a37fb4757fbbe61", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:04:58.489179+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/Yaxser/Backstab"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "health_score": {"inputs": ["days_since_push", "days_since_release", "archived"], "kind": "computed", "method": "health_v1"}, "homepage": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:04:58.489179+00:00", "source": "github"}, "language": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:04:58.489179+00:00", "source": "github"}, "license": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:04:58.489179+00:00", "source": "github"}, "license_family": {"inputs": ["license"], "kind": "computed", "method": "license_family"}, "maturity": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-30T04:31:33.104995+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "b2635bac9746a687a6af9af0cd020e7bd3c5ceafd1acb8fc4a37fb4757fbbe61", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:04:58.489179+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/Yaxser/Backstab"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "member_repos": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:04:58.489179+00:00", "source": "github"}, "name": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:04:58.489179+00:00", "source": "github"}, "platform": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-30T04:31:33.104995+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "b2635bac9746a687a6af9af0cd020e7bd3c5ceafd1acb8fc4a37fb4757fbbe61", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:04:58.489179+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/Yaxser/Backstab"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "pushed_at": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:04:58.489179+00:00", "source": "github"}, "repo": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:04:58.489179+00:00", "source": "github"}, "stars": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:04:58.489179+00:00", "source": "github"}, "tags": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-30T04:31:33.104995+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "b2635bac9746a687a6af9af0cd020e7bd3c5ceafd1acb8fc4a37fb4757fbbe61", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:04:58.489179+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/Yaxser/Backstab"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "topics": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:04:58.489179+00:00", "source": "github"}, "urls": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:04:58.489179+00:00", "source": "github"}, "use_cases": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-30T04:31:33.104995+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "b2635bac9746a687a6af9af0cd020e7bd3c5ceafd1acb8fc4a37fb4757fbbe61", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:04:58.489179+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/Yaxser/Backstab"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "what_it_is": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-30T04:31:33.104995+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "b2635bac9746a687a6af9af0cd020e7bd3c5ceafd1acb8fc4a37fb4757fbbe61", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:04:58.489179+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/Yaxser/Backstab"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "when_to_avoid": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-30T04:31:33.104995+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "b2635bac9746a687a6af9af0cd020e7bd3c5ceafd1acb8fc4a37fb4757fbbe61", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:04:58.489179+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/Yaxser/Backstab"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "when_to_choose": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-30T04:31:33.104995+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "b2635bac9746a687a6af9af0cd020e7bd3c5ceafd1acb8fc4a37fb4757fbbe61", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:04:58.489179+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/Yaxser/Backstab"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}}, "score": {"components": {"activity": 0, "longevity": 100, "rhythm": 8}, "computed_at": "2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00", "flags": ["no_license"], "formula": "round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)", "inputs": {"age_days": 1905, "days_push": 1901, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}, "score": 23, "version": 2}, "staleness": {"enrichment_outdated": false, "low_confidence": false, "scrape_days": 9, "stale_scrape": false}}