Getting it into your agent
One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.
npx skills add santosomar/ethical-hacking-agent-skills --skill pt-lotl-techniquesgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/santosomar/ethical-hacking-agent-skillsWrote this? Show the measurements
A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.
[](https://agentmods.dev/skills/santosomar/ethical-hacking-agent-skills/pt-lotl-techniques)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/santosomar/ethical-hacking-agent-skills/pt-lotl-techniques"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/santosomar/ethical-hacking-agent-skills/pt-lotl-techniques/github.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>Or the 80×15 button, for a site that already has a row of RSS and ATOM ones. Only the verdict fits; the numbers stay here.
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Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5.1 | $0.00063 | $0.00901 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00032 | $0.00451 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00013 | $0.00180 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00006 | $0.00090 |
Grade A, and why
pt-lotl-techniques scanned grade A with 2 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 12d ago.
A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.
Asks for rootlowPrivilege escalation
A mod that escalates privileges can change anything on the machine, not only the project.
- **Lateral movement**: SSH key reuse, sudo abuse, cron-assisted pivoting Downgraded: this mod is about security review, or the phrase is quoted, so it is likely naming the pattern rather than instructing it.
Makes network callslowCapability
Not a fault in itself. Listed so you know the mod talks to something, and to what.
- **Exfil/staging**: certutil (encode/decode), bitsadmin, curl (built-in), Invoke-WebRequest How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 110 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
Living-off-the-Land (LotL) Techniques
Authorized Use Only
Execute LotL techniques only within explicitly approved scope, target systems, and test windows. Document every action with timestamps. Stop immediately if impact exceeds rules of engagement.
Objectives
- Simulate realistic threat actor behavior using only native OS tools.
- Demonstrate attack paths without introducing custom malware.
- Validate detection gaps and measure real-world exploitability.
- Produce reproducible evidence for reporting.
Approach
LotL abuses tools that already exist on the target — scripting engines, admin utilities, and built-in OS features — to blend in with legitimate activity.
Decide platform first, then select techniques:
- Windows target → see Windows Techniques below
- Linux/macOS target → see Unix Techniques below
- Mixed environment → run applicable sections for each platform
Windows Techniques
Technique families to demonstrate in approved scope:
- Execution: PowerShell, cmd, WScript, CScript, mshta, rundll32, regsvr32
- Discovery: net, nltest, ipconfig, whoami, tasklist, reg query, wmic
- Credential access: accessing memory-resident material via built-in utilities
- Lateral movement: PsExec-style invocation, WMI remote execution, WinRM
- Persistence: scheduled tasks (schtasks), registry run keys, service creation (sc)
- Exfil/staging: certutil (encode/decode), bitsadmin, curl (built-in), Invoke-WebRequest
For each technique:
- Confirm it is in scope and the target is approved.
- Use the minimal invocation needed to prove feasibility.
- Record full command line, output, and timestamp.
- Note whether any EDR/SIEM alert fired.
Unix Techniques
Technique families to demonstrate in approved scope:
- Execution: bash, sh, python3, perl, ruby, awk — whichever is present
- Discovery: id, uname, hostname, ss/netstat, ps, find, env
- Credential access: reading credential files, checking config files for embedded secrets
- Lateral movement: SSH key reuse, sudo abuse, cron-assisted pivoting
- Persistence: crontab, rc.local/systemd unit, bashrc/profile additions, SSH authorized_keys
- Exfil/staging: curl, wget, nc, python http.server, scp
What this file has done since we first saw it
Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.
- 12d ago First seen · 110 lines · 63 tokens per session scan A 2903952dc670
pt-lotl-techniques is a skill published in the GitHub repository santosomar/ethical-hacking-agent-skills (24 stars, last pushed 4mo ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 63 tokens to every session and 901 once invoked, about $0.0003 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 2 findings (asks for root, makes network calls). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.
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