Veil-PowerView: Articles & Research

This category collects articles, guides, and research notes related to the Veil-PowerView module — the Active Directory enumeration and situational awareness component of the Veil Framework.

Featured Content

Module Documentation

• Veil-PowerView Framework Documentation — Complete module reference with architecture details and defensive monitoring guidance
• Veil-PowerView Overview — Module summary and key capabilities
• PowerView Usage Guide — Practical usage reference with command examples

Defensive Research

• Hunting Users — Detecting user enumeration and privilege reconnaissance through log analysis and behavioral monitoring
• Hunting Sensitive Data — Data discovery detection strategies that complement PowerView's enumeration capabilities

Related Guides

• PowerShell Payloads — PowerShell security considerations relevant to PowerView's execution environment
• Veil Tutorial — Getting started with the framework, including PowerView setup
• Command-Line Usage — CLI reference for all modules including PowerView

Why PowerView Matters for Defense

Active Directory is the authentication and authorization backbone of most enterprise environments. Understanding how PowerView operates — what queries it runs, what APIs it calls, what telemetry it generates — gives defensive teams the knowledge to detect unauthorized reconnaissance before it leads to lateral movement or privilege escalation.

Every organization running Active Directory should understand what their AD monitoring detects and what it misses. PowerView in a lab environment provides that answer.