--- title: "Evicting the Adversary" url: https://daily.dev/posts/evicting-the-adversary-m9ft9wfin source_url: https://www.huntress.com/blog/evicting-the-adversary type: article source: "Huntress Blog" published: 2026-05-31T07:42:40.817Z updated: 2026-05-31T08:26:24.826Z tags: ["security", "powershell", "active-directory"] reading_time: 10 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Evicting the Adversary **[Huntress Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/huntress-blog)** · 10 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A practical incident response guide focused on evicting adversaries from Windows environments in real time. Covers three attack vectors — PowerShell Remoting (WinRM), Impacket's WMIexec, and RDP — showing what each looks like from both attacker and defender perspectives. Provides specific PowerShell commands to identify active sessions, terminate attacker access, rotate credentials, disable compromised accounts, and remove group memberships. Also addresses the strategic timing challenge of eviction: acting too quickly tips off the adversary, potentially triggering ransomware or evidence destruction. Recommends first understanding initial access and persistence mechanisms before engaging. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [eCPPT Powershell for Pentesters INE’s CTF 1 : A Practical Attack Story](https://daily.dev/posts/ecppt-powershell-for-pentesters-ine-s-ctf-1-a-practical-attack-story-f2qmoth7f) · InfoSec Write-ups · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#security](https://daily.dev/tags/security), [#powershell](https://daily.dev/tags/powershell), [#active-directory](https://daily.dev/tags/active-directory) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/evicting-the-adversary-m9ft9wfin)