We all know that Windows can’t compete with Linux or UNIX when it comes to useful command line utilities (excluding Cygwin). But what most people don’t know is how many commands actually are available in Windows. If your job is to investigate intrusions on Windows machines, there are some nifty little command line tools that can help make your job easier.
This article by Ed Skoudis lists a few of them, with handy examples of how the commands might be used in a security investigation. He mostly talks about wmic, openfiles (which I had never heard of before), and netstat. Unless you’ve done recent Windows administration work, you’ve probably never had to use wmic, but it’s really powerful, with tons of options. Also, be sure to check out the second part of his article, which goes into more advanced command line tricks - like “for” loops and querying the registry.
A more comprehensive list, although less detailed, was published by Kevin Beaver. There is overlap, but Kevin mentions a few addiontal commands.
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