I like to spot techniques used by malware developers to perform basic tasks. We know the lolbins[1] that are pre-installed tools used to perform malicious activities. Many lolbins are used, for example, to download some content from the Internet. Some tools are so powerful that they can also be used to perform unexpected tasks. I found an interesting blog article[2] describing how to use curl to copy files!
Article Link: InfoSec Handlers Diary Blog