Overview Remote command execution sits at the heart of nearly every successful Active Directory engagement. Once a penetration tester recovers valid credentials, the immediate objective

Overview The Windows registry is a hierarchical database that governs application behaviour, user profiles, service configurations, security policies, and system startup. For penetration testers, remote

This article walks through three authentication paths that impacket-net supports — NTLM hash (Pass-the-Hash), Kerberos ticket, and AES key — and demonstrates how each one

This article presents a hands-on walkthrough demonstrating multiple real-world techniques to remotely enable RDP on a Windows Server 2019 Domain Controller (DC.ignite.local, 192.168.1.11) and subsequently

Introduction Pass-the-Certificate is a highly effective post-exploitation technique that leverages X.509 certificates instead of traditional passwords or NTLM hashes for authentication within an Active Directory

Introduction Discretionary Access Control Lists (DACLs) are among the most powerful — and most misunderstood — components of Microsoft Active Directory. Every AD object (users,

Active Directory (AD) is the backbone of authentication and authorization in most enterprise Windows environments. Misconfigurations, excessive privileges, and weak password policies create attack paths

Introduction Active Directory (AD) password management has always been a critical attack surface for red teamers and penetration testers. The ability to forcibly reset a