# bitsadmin/fakelogonscreen

Fake Windows logon screen to steal passwords

Repository: https://github.com/bitsadmin/fakelogonscreen
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/fakelogonscreen
Language: C#
License: BSD-3-Clause
License Family: permissive
Topics: fake, windows, logon, screen, winlogon, cobaltstrike
Last push: 2020-02-03T23:28:01+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2405, "days_push": 2403, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1378, forks 236 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:33.604106+00:00)

## What it is
FakeLogonScreen is a red-team utility that displays a fake Windows logon screen to capture a user's password, validating it against Active Directory or the local machine. Captured credentials are printed to the console or saved to disk, and it can be executed via Cobalt Strike's execute-assembly.

## Use cases
- demonstrate social engineering risk in security awareness training
- harvest credentials during authorized red team engagements
- test endpoint detection of credential phishing tools
- capture user passwords in penetration testing scenarios
- run credential capture via Cobalt Strike execute-assembly

## When to choose
- you are conducting an authorized penetration test or red team exercise on Windows
- you need a lightweight .NET-based credential phishing tool compatible with Cobalt Strike
- you want password validation against AD or local accounts to ensure captured credentials are correct

## When to avoid
- you have no explicit authorization to test the target systems
- you need a general-purpose authentication or login solution
- you target non-Windows platforms

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: security, penetration-testing
- domain: security, penetration-testing, windows
- platform: windows, cli, dotnet
- tags: credential-harvesting, red-team, social-engineering, cobalt-strike, csharp

## Member repositories
- bitsadmin/fakelogonscreen (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:33.604106+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 2026-08-30T04:40:21.679502+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/bitsadmin/fakelogonscreen (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:33.604106+00:00, sha b41c46c21b89)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.