# last-byte/PersistenceSniper

Powershell module that can be used by Blue Teams, Incident Responders and System Administrators to hunt persistences implanted in Windows machines. Official Twitter/X account @PersistSniper. Made with ❤️ by @last0x00 and @dottor_morte

Repository: https://github.com/last-byte/PersistenceSniper
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/persistencesniper
Language: PowerShell
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: incident-response, malware-detection, persistence, powershell, powershell-module, powershell-script, registry, techniques, windows
Last push: 2024-12-11T16:45:04+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 34/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 40, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1505, "days_push": 630, "days_rel": 630, "gap_med": 3.5, "n_releases_24m": 3}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2139, forks 222 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:18.250485+00:00)

## What it is
PersistenceSniper is a PowerShell module for hunting persistence mechanisms implanted in Windows machines. It is aimed at Blue Teams, Incident Responders, and System Administrators and covers around 60 known persistence techniques.

## Use cases
- find malware persistence on a compromised windows host
- hunt registry run keys and scheduled tasks used for persistence
- incident response triage of a windows machine
- audit autostart locations for suspicious entries
- check a windows endpoint for implanted persistence techniques

## When to choose
- you are on a blue team or doing incident response on windows
- you need a quick, signed PowerShell module to enumerate known persistence mechanisms
- you are a sysadmin auditing autostart persistence on windows endpoints

## When to avoid
- you need deep malware analysis or dynamic detonation rather than persistence enumeration
- you need cross-platform hunting on linux or macos
- you need real-time EDR-style continuous monitoring

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: security, vulnerability-scanning, developer-tools
- domain: security, windows, developer-tools
- platform: windows, cli
- tags: incident-response, persistence-hunting, powershell-module, blue-team, malware-detection, registry

## Member repositories
- last-byte/PersistenceSniper (main) score 34

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:18.250485+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 2026-08-30T02:51:31.465176+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/last-byte/PersistenceSniper (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:18.250485+00:00, sha 9d7fad921421)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.