# BC-SECURITY/Beginners-Guide-to-Obfuscation

Repository: https://github.com/BC-SECURITY/Beginners-Guide-to-Obfuscation
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/beginners-guide-to-obfuscation
Language: PowerShell
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2024-05-18T14:48:45+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1884, "days_push": 837, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1080, forks 149 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:30.469026+00:00)

## What it is
A hands-on workshop and course material from BC Security teaching malware obfuscation and defense evasion techniques on Windows. It covers AMSI bypasses, obfuscating PowerShell, VB, and C# payloads, and evading Windows Defender and ETW-based detection.

## Use cases
- learn how AMSI works and how to bypass it
- obfuscate PowerShell payloads to evade antivirus
- red team training on defense evasion
- understand how Windows Defender detects malware
- learn static and dynamic signature evasion techniques
- study ETW and network evasion methods

## When to choose
- you are a red teamer or pentester learning offensive tradecraft
- you want hands-on labs for AMSI and Defender evasion
- you want free recorded workshop material on malware obfuscation

## When to avoid
- you need a production security tool rather than educational material
- you are looking for defensive detection content instead of offensive evasion
- you need coverage of Linux or macOS evasion rather than Windows

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: security, penetration-testing, reverse-engineering
- domain: security, penetration-testing, tutorials, windows
- platform: windows, cross-platform
- tags: red-team, obfuscation, amsi-bypass, powershell, malware-evasion, workshop, etw, windows-defender

## Member repositories
- BC-SECURITY/Beginners-Guide-to-Obfuscation (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:30.469026+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:51:25.398808+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/BC-SECURITY/Beginners-Guide-to-Obfuscation (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:30.469026+00:00, sha 469f1fd70764)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.