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tag-blocking-untrusted-fonts-feature tag-bottom-up-aslr tag-caller-checks tag-certtrust-xml tag-dep tag-eaf tag-eafeaf tag-eafeaf-perf-improvements tag-emet tag-emet-event-logging tag-emet5-5 tag-emet55 tag-emetwindows10 tag-emet_conf tag-enhanced-mitigation-experience-toolkit tag-enhanced-mitigation-experience-toolkit-emet-5-5-beta-user-guide tag-enhancedmitigationexperiencetoolkit tag-export-address-table-access-filtering-eaf tag-export-address-table-access-filtering-plus-eaf tag-heap-spray tag-hideemet tag-hideemeticon tag-load-library tag-mandatory-aslr tag-memory-protection tag-microsoft-emet-service tag-microsoftemet tag-microsoftemet5-5 tag-null-page tag-popular-software-xml tag-recommended-software-xml tag-sehop tag-simulate-executionflow tag-stack-pivot tag-untrusted-font-mitigation tag-untrusted-fonts tag-windows10 tag-softwarepoliciesmicrosoftemet item-wrap"> <div class="entry clearfix"> <div class="post-date date alpha with-year"> <p class="default_date"> <span class="month">Jan</span> <span class="day">31</span> <span class="year">2016</span> </p> </div> <h2 class="post-title entry-title"> <a href="https://adsecurity.org/?p=2579" rel="bookmark" title="Permalink to Microsoft EMET 5.5 Released – Benefits, New Features, Protection, Logging, & GPO Config"> Microsoft EMET 5.5 Released – Benefits, New Features, Protection, Logging, & GPO Config </a> </h2> <ul class="post-meta entry-meta clearfix"> <li class="byline"> By <span class="author"><a href="https://adsecurity.org/?author=2" rel="author">Sean Metcalf</a></span><span class="entry-cat"> in <span class="terms"><a class="term term-category term-11" href="https://adsecurity.org/?cat=11">Microsoft Security</a>, <a class="term term-category term-819" href="https://adsecurity.org/?cat=819">Mitigation</a></span></span> </li> </ul> <div class="entry-content clearfix"> <div class="excerpt-thumb"><a href="https://adsecurity.org/?p=2579"><img width="300" height="273" src="https://adsecurity.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/EMET-5.5-Mitigation-OSCompatibility-300x273.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium" alt="" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://adsecurity.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/EMET-5.5-Mitigation-OSCompatibility-300x273.jpg 300w, https://adsecurity.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/EMET-5.5-Mitigation-OSCompatibility-768x700.jpg 768w, https://adsecurity.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/EMET-5.5-Mitigation-OSCompatibility-1024x933.jpg 1024w, https://adsecurity.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/EMET-5.5-Mitigation-OSCompatibility.jpg 1420w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a></div> <p>Microsoft recently released Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) version 5.5 (it jumped from 5.2 to 5.5) which includes Windows 10 compatibility and better GPO support (among others). I’ve included information from a variety of Microsoft sources in this post so that others don’t have to search for the data separately. The resources/references are listed at … </p> <p><a class="more-link btn" href="https://adsecurity.org/?p=2579">Continue reading</a></p> </div> <ul class="entry-footer"> <li class="post-tags col-sm-8"><i class="fa fa-tags" title="Tags"></i> <span class="terms"><a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-145" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=aslr">ASLR</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-834" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=blocking-untrusted-fonts-feature">Blocking Untrusted Fonts feature</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-845" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=bottom-up-aslr">Bottom-up ASLR</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-850" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=caller-checks">caller checks</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-829" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=certtrust-xml">CertTrust.xml</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-146" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=dep">DEP</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-832" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=eaf">EAF</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-822" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=eafeaf">EAF/EAF+</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-838" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=eafeaf-perf-improvements">EAF/EAF+ perf improvements</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-260" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=emet">EMET</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-841" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=emet-event-logging">EMET Event Logging</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-821" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=emet5-5">EMET5.5</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-825" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=emet55">EMET55</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-826" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=emetwindows10">EMETWindows10</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-835" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=emet_conf">EMET_Conf</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-830" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=enhanced-mitigation-experience-toolkit">Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-831" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=enhanced-mitigation-experience-toolkit-emet-5-5-beta-user-guide">Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) 5.5 Beta User Guide</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-820" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=enhancedmitigationexperiencetoolkit">EnhancedMitigationExperienceToolkit</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-837" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=export-address-table-access-filtering-eaf">Export Address Table Access Filtering (EAF)</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-839" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=export-address-table-access-filtering-plus-eaf">Export Address Table Access Filtering Plus (EAF+)</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-843" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=heap-spray">Heap Spray</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-853" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=hideemet">HideEMET</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-852" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=hideemeticon">HideEMETIcon</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-846" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=load-library">Load Library</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-844" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=mandatory-aslr">Mandatory ASLR</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-847" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=memory-protection">Memory PRotection</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-840" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=microsoft-emet-service">Microsoft EMET Service</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-58" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=microsoftemet">MicrosoftEMET</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-824" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=microsoftemet5-5">MicrosoftEMET5.5</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-842" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=null-page">NULL Page</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-827" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=popular-software-xml">Popular Software.xml</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-828" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=recommended-software-xml">Recommended Software.xml</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-833" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=sehop">SEHOP</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-848" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=simulate-executionflow">Simulate executionflow</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-849" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=stack-pivot">stack pivot</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-823" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=untrusted-font-mitigation">Untrusted font mitigation</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-851" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=untrusted-fonts">untrusted fonts</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-494" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=windows10">Windows10</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-836" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=softwarepoliciesmicrosoftemet">\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\EMET</a></span></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="post-2535" class="clearfix post post-2535 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-activedirectorysecurity category-microsoft-security tag-applocker tag-emet tag-findadminaccounts tag-findcomputers tag-laps tag-lapsdelegation tag-localadministrator tag-microsoftapplocker tag-microsoftemet tag-ms-mcs-admpwd tag-networkportscan tag-spnscanning item-wrap"> <div class="entry clearfix"> <div class="post-date date alpha with-year"> <p class="default_date"> <span class="month">Jan</span> <span class="day">27</span> <span class="year">2016</span> </p> </div> <h2 class="post-title entry-title"> <a href="https://adsecurity.org/?p=2535" rel="bookmark" title="Permalink to Active Directory Recon Without Admin Rights"> Active Directory Recon Without Admin Rights </a> </h2> <ul class="post-meta entry-meta clearfix"> <li class="byline"> By <span class="author"><a href="https://adsecurity.org/?author=2" rel="author">Sean Metcalf</a></span><span class="entry-cat"> in <span class="terms"><a class="term term-category term-565" href="https://adsecurity.org/?cat=565">ActiveDirectorySecurity</a>, <a class="term term-category term-11" href="https://adsecurity.org/?cat=11">Microsoft Security</a></span></span> </li> </ul> <div class="entry-content clearfix"> <p class="excerpt-thumb"> <a href="https://adsecurity.org/?p=2535" rel="bookmark" title="Permalink to Active Directory Recon Without Admin Rights"> <img width="240" height="300" src="https://adsecurity.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/ADS-GetADContacts-240x300.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://adsecurity.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/ADS-GetADContacts-240x300.jpg 240w, https://adsecurity.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/ADS-GetADContacts-768x962.jpg 768w, https://adsecurity.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/ADS-GetADContacts-818x1024.jpg 818w, https://adsecurity.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/ADS-GetADContacts.jpg 1255w" sizes="(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px" /> </a> </p> <p>A fact that is often forgotten (or misunderstood), is that most objects and their attributes can be viewed (read) by authenticated users (most often, domain users). The challenge is that admins may think that since this data is most easily accessible via admin tools such as “Active Directory User and Computers” (dsa.msc) or “Active Directory … </p> <p><a class="more-link btn" href="https://adsecurity.org/?p=2535">Continue reading</a></p> </div> <ul class="entry-footer"> <li class="post-tags col-sm-8"><i class="fa fa-tags" title="Tags"></i> <span class="terms"><a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-818" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=applocker">AppLocker</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-260" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=emet">EMET</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-814" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=findadminaccounts">FindAdminAccounts</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-815" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=findcomputers">FindComputers</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-631" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=laps">LAPS</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-637" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=lapsdelegation">LAPSDelegation</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-769" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=localadministrator">LocalAdministrator</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-817" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=microsoftapplocker">MicrosoftAppLocker</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-58" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=microsoftemet">MicrosoftEMET</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-633" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=ms-mcs-admpwd">ms-Mcs-AdmPwd</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-816" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=networkportscan">NetworkPortScan</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-471" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=spnscanning">SPNScanning</a></span></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="post-2537" class="clearfix post post-2537 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-activedirectorysecurity tag-activedirectory tag-activedirectorysecurity tag-adsecurity tag-itworld tag-itworldarticle tag-itworldcanada item-wrap"> <div class="entry clearfix"> <div class="post-date date alpha with-year"> <p class="default_date"> <span class="month">Jan</span> <span class="day">22</span> <span class="year">2016</span> </p> </div> <h2 class="post-title entry-title"> <a href="https://adsecurity.org/?p=2537" rel="bookmark" title="Permalink to ADSecurity.org in the Press!"> ADSecurity.org in the Press! </a> </h2> <ul class="post-meta entry-meta clearfix"> <li class="byline"> By <span class="author"><a href="https://adsecurity.org/?author=2" rel="author">Sean Metcalf</a></span><span class="entry-cat"> in <span class="terms"><a class="term term-category term-565" href="https://adsecurity.org/?cat=565">ActiveDirectorySecurity</a></span></span> </li> </ul> <div class="entry-content clearfix"> <p>IT World Canada reached out to me recently to help with an article on Active Directory attack & defense. Read the article: “IT not doing enough to secure Active Directory, says expert.” IIT World Canada also requested comments for a second story titled: “22 tips for preventing ransomware attacks“.</p> </div> <ul class="entry-footer"> <li class="post-tags col-sm-8"><i class="fa fa-tags" title="Tags"></i> <span class="terms"><a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-20" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=activedirectory">ActiveDirectory</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-113" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=activedirectorysecurity">ActiveDirectorySecurity</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-86" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=adsecurity">ADSecurity</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-811" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=itworld">ITWorld</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-812" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=itworldarticle">ITWorldArticle</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-813" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=itworldcanada">ITWorldCanada</a></span></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="post-2483" class="clearfix post post-2483 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-security-conference-presentationvideo tag-blackhatcfp tag-bsidescfp tag-callforpapers tag-cfp tag-cfpresponse tag-cfpsubmission tag-conferencecfp tag-defconcfp tag-derbyconcfp tag-hackercon tag-presentation tag-securityconference tag-securityconferencecfp tag-shakaconcfp tag-talk item-wrap"> <div class="entry clearfix"> <div class="post-date date alpha with-year"> <p class="default_date"> <span class="month">Jan</span> <span class="day">18</span> <span class="year">2016</span> </p> </div> <h2 class="post-title entry-title"> <a href="https://adsecurity.org/?p=2483" rel="bookmark" title="Permalink to So You Want to Speak at a Security Conference?"> So You Want to Speak at a Security Conference? </a> </h2> <ul class="post-meta entry-meta clearfix"> <li class="byline"> By <span class="author"><a href="https://adsecurity.org/?author=2" rel="author">Sean Metcalf</a></span><span class="entry-cat"> in <span class="terms"><a class="term term-category term-234" href="https://adsecurity.org/?cat=234">Security Conference Presentation/Video</a></span></span> </li> </ul> <div class="entry-content clearfix"> <p>After performing research at the end of 2014 on Microsoft enterprise security, specifically Active Directory, I realized that others may be interested in this information – my customers certainly were! So, I decided to submit a talk to the various security conferences and see what happened. I certainly didn’t expect to be accepted at 5 … </p> <p><a class="more-link btn" href="https://adsecurity.org/?p=2483">Continue reading</a></p> </div> <ul class="entry-footer"> <li class="post-tags col-sm-8"><i class="fa fa-tags" title="Tags"></i> <span class="terms"><a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-801" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=blackhatcfp">BlackHatCFP</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-805" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=bsidescfp">BSidesCFP</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-807" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=callforpapers">CallForPapers</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-798" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=cfp">CFP</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-810" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=cfpresponse">CFPResponse</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-800" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=cfpsubmission">CFPSubmission</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-806" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=conferencecfp">ConferenceCFP</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-802" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=defconcfp">DEFCONCFP</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-803" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=derbyconcfp">DerbyConCFP</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-809" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=hackercon">HackerCon</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-422" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=presentation">Presentation</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-236" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=securityconference">SecurityConference</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-799" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=securityconferencecfp">SecurityConferenceCFP</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-804" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=shakaconcfp">ShakaconCFP</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-808" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=talk">Talk</a></span></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="post-2495" class="clearfix post post-2495 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-activedirectorysecurity category-microsoft-security tag-activedirectory tag-activedirectorysecurity tag-adsecurity tag-detectforgedkerberoticket tag-detectgoldenticket tag-detectingforgedkerberosticket tag-detectsilverticket tag-forgedkerberosticket tag-goldenticket tag-kerberosgolden tag-mimikatz tag-silverticket item-wrap"> <div class="entry clearfix"> <div class="post-date date alpha with-year"> <p class="default_date"> <span class="month">Jan</span> <span class="day">05</span> <span class="year">2016</span> </p> </div> <h2 class="post-title entry-title"> <a href="https://adsecurity.org/?p=2495" rel="bookmark" title="Permalink to Mimikatz Update Fixes Forged Kerberos Ticket Domain Field Anomaly – Golden Ticket Invalid Domain Field Event Detection No Longer Works"> Mimikatz Update Fixes Forged Kerberos Ticket Domain Field Anomaly – Golden Ticket Invalid Domain Field Event Detection No Longer Works </a> </h2> <ul class="post-meta entry-meta clearfix"> <li class="byline"> By <span class="author"><a href="https://adsecurity.org/?author=2" rel="author">Sean Metcalf</a></span><span class="entry-cat"> in <span class="terms"><a class="term term-category term-565" href="https://adsecurity.org/?cat=565">ActiveDirectorySecurity</a>, <a class="term term-category term-11" href="https://adsecurity.org/?cat=11">Microsoft Security</a></span></span> </li> </ul> <div class="entry-content clearfix"> <p class="excerpt-thumb"> <a href="https://adsecurity.org/?p=2495" rel="bookmark" title="Permalink to Mimikatz Update Fixes Forged Kerberos Ticket Domain Field Anomaly – Golden Ticket Invalid Domain Field Event Detection No Longer Works"> <img width="300" height="24" src="https://adsecurity.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/GT-DomainFieldUpdate-20150105-300x24.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://adsecurity.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/GT-DomainFieldUpdate-20150105-300x24.jpg 300w, https://adsecurity.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/GT-DomainFieldUpdate-20150105-768x62.jpg 768w, https://adsecurity.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/GT-DomainFieldUpdate-20150105-1024x83.jpg 1024w, https://adsecurity.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/GT-DomainFieldUpdate-20150105.jpg 1495w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /> </a> </p> <p>In late 2014, I discovered that the domain field in many events in the Windows security event log are not properly populated when forged Kerberos tickets are used. The key indicator is that the domain field is blank or contains the FQDN instead of the short (netbios) name and depending on the tool used to … </p> <p><a class="more-link btn" href="https://adsecurity.org/?p=2495">Continue reading</a></p> </div> <ul class="entry-footer"> <li class="post-tags col-sm-8"><i class="fa fa-tags" title="Tags"></i> <span class="terms"><a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-20" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=activedirectory">ActiveDirectory</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-113" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=activedirectorysecurity">ActiveDirectorySecurity</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-86" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=adsecurity">ADSecurity</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-790" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=detectforgedkerberoticket">DetectForgedKerberoTicket</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-481" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=detectgoldenticket">DetectGoldenTicket</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-480" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=detectingforgedkerberosticket">DetectingForgedKerberosTicket</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-482" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=detectsilverticket">DetectSilverTicket</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-479" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=forgedkerberosticket">ForgedKerberosTicket</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-303" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=goldenticket">GoldenTicket</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-791" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=kerberosgolden">kerberos::golden</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-207" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=mimikatz">mimikatz</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-304" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=silverticket">SilverTicket</a></span></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="post-2398" class="clearfix post post-2398 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-activedirectorysecurity category-microsoft-security category-technical-reference tag-784 tag-785 tag-activedirectorydatabase tag-administrator tag-copy-ntds-dit tag-copyntds-dit tag-dcsync tag-ditsnapshotviewer tag-dumpactivedirectory tag-dumpadcredentials tag-dumpadcreds tag-dumpcredentials tag-dumpcreds tag-esentutl tag-invoke-mimikatz tag-invoke-ninjacopy tag-invoke-reflectivepeinjection tag-krbtgt tag-lsadumpdcsync tag-lsadumplsa tag-mimikatz tag-mimikatzdcsync tag-ntds-dit tag-ntdsutil tag-passtheticket tag-powershellremoting tag-powersploit tag-sekurlsalogonpasswords tag-volumeshadowcopy tag-vss tag-vssntds-dit tag-wmi tag-wmic tag-wmicpasstheticket tag-wmiptt item-wrap"> <div class="entry clearfix"> <div class="post-date date alpha with-year"> <p class="default_date"> <span class="month">Jan</span> <span class="day">03</span> <span class="year">2016</span> </p> </div> <h2 class="post-title entry-title"> <a href="https://adsecurity.org/?p=2398" rel="bookmark" title="Permalink to How Attackers Dump Active Directory Database Credentials"> How Attackers Dump Active Directory Database Credentials </a> </h2> <ul class="post-meta entry-meta clearfix"> <li class="byline"> By <span class="author"><a href="https://adsecurity.org/?author=2" rel="author">Sean Metcalf</a></span><span class="entry-cat"> in <span class="terms"><a class="term term-category term-565" href="https://adsecurity.org/?cat=565">ActiveDirectorySecurity</a>, <a class="term term-category term-11" href="https://adsecurity.org/?cat=11">Microsoft Security</a>, <a class="term term-category term-2" href="https://adsecurity.org/?cat=2">Technical Reference</a></span></span> </li> </ul> <div class="entry-content clearfix"> <p class="excerpt-thumb"> <a href="https://adsecurity.org/?p=2398" rel="bookmark" title="Permalink to How Attackers Dump Active Directory Database Credentials"> <img width="214" height="300" src="https://adsecurity.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/InvokeMimikatz-RunFromInternet-LSADumpLSA-Inject-Computer-RDLABDC02-214x300.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://adsecurity.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/InvokeMimikatz-RunFromInternet-LSADumpLSA-Inject-Computer-RDLABDC02-214x300.jpg 214w, https://adsecurity.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/InvokeMimikatz-RunFromInternet-LSADumpLSA-Inject-Computer-RDLABDC02-768x1078.jpg 768w, https://adsecurity.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/InvokeMimikatz-RunFromInternet-LSADumpLSA-Inject-Computer-RDLABDC02-730x1024.jpg 730w, https://adsecurity.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/InvokeMimikatz-RunFromInternet-LSADumpLSA-Inject-Computer-RDLABDC02.jpg 1199w" sizes="(max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px" /> </a> </p> <p>I previously posted some information on dumping AD database credentials before in a couple of posts: “How Attackers Pull the Active Directory Database (NTDS.dit) from a Domain Controller” and “Attack Methods for Gaining Domain Admin Rights in Active Directory“. This post covers many different ways that an attacker can dump credentials from Active Directory, both … </p> <p><a class="more-link btn" href="https://adsecurity.org/?p=2398">Continue reading</a></p> </div> <ul class="entry-footer"> <li class="post-tags col-sm-8"><i class="fa fa-tags" title="Tags"></i> <span class="terms"><a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-784" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=500">500</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-785" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=502">502</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-777" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=activedirectorydatabase">ActiveDirectorydatabase</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-786" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=administrator">Administrator</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-794" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=copy-ntds-dit">copy ntds.dit</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-795" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=copyntds-dit">CopyNTDS.dit</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag 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href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=wmicpasstheticket">WMICPassTheTicket</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-783" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=wmiptt">WMIPTT</a></span></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="post-2362" class="clearfix post post-2362 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-activedirectorysecurity category-microsoft-security category-technical-reference tag-activedirectory tag-administratorpassword tag-aesprivatekey tag-aessharedsecret tag-cpassword tag-credentialtheft tag-credentialtheftshuffle tag-domainadmins tag-domaincontroller tag-dumpcredentiasls tag-dumplsass tag-enterpriseadmins tag-get-gpppassword tag-goldentickets tag-gpp tag-grouppolicypreferences tag-groups-xml tag-ifm tag-installfrommedia tag-kb2962486 tag-kb3011780 tag-kekeo tag-kerberoast tag-kerberos tag-kerberoshacking tag-laps tag-lateralmovement tag-localadministratoraccountpassword tag-lsass tag-lsassdumpfile tag-microsoftlaps tag-mimikatz tag-ms14068 tag-ms14068-exe tag-ms14068exploit tag-msdn tag-ntds-dit tag-paws tag-persistence tag-powersploit tag-pykek tag-rc4_hmac_md5 tag-rdp tag-runas tag-scheduledtasks-xml tag-separateadminworkstation tag-serviceprincipalname tag-services-xml tag-spn tag-systemcompromise tag-sysvol tag-tgs tag-tgscracking tag-tgt tag-xml item-wrap"> <div class="entry clearfix"> <div class="post-date date alpha with-year"> <p class="default_date"> <span class="month">Jan</span> <span class="day">01</span> <span class="year">2016</span> </p> </div> <h2 class="post-title entry-title"> <a href="https://adsecurity.org/?p=2362" rel="bookmark" title="Permalink to Attack Methods for Gaining Domain Admin Rights in Active Directory"> Attack Methods for Gaining Domain Admin Rights in Active Directory </a> </h2> <ul class="post-meta entry-meta clearfix"> <li class="byline"> By <span class="author"><a href="https://adsecurity.org/?author=2" rel="author">Sean Metcalf</a></span><span class="entry-cat"> in <span class="terms"><a class="term term-category term-565" href="https://adsecurity.org/?cat=565">ActiveDirectorySecurity</a>, <a class="term term-category term-11" href="https://adsecurity.org/?cat=11">Microsoft Security</a>, <a class="term term-category term-2" href="https://adsecurity.org/?cat=2">Technical Reference</a></span></span> </li> </ul> <div class="entry-content clearfix"> <p class="excerpt-thumb"> <a href="https://adsecurity.org/?p=2362" rel="bookmark" title="Permalink to Attack Methods for Gaining Domain Admin Rights in Active Directory"> <img width="300" height="235" src="https://adsecurity.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/MS14068-01-300x235.png" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://adsecurity.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/MS14068-01-300x235.png 300w, https://adsecurity.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/MS14068-01-768x602.png 768w, https://adsecurity.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/MS14068-01.png 882w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /> </a> </p> <p>There are many ways an attacker can gain Domain Admin rights in Active Directory. This post is meant to describe some of the more popular ones in current use. The techniques described here “assume breach” where an attacker already has a foothold on an internal system and has gained domain user credentials (aka post-exploitation). The … </p> <p><a class="more-link btn" href="https://adsecurity.org/?p=2362">Continue reading</a></p> </div> <ul class="entry-footer"> <li class="post-tags col-sm-8"><i class="fa fa-tags" title="Tags"></i> <span class="terms"><a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-20" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=activedirectory">ActiveDirectory</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-758" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=administratorpassword">administratorpassword</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-745" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=aesprivatekey">AESprivatekey</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-789" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=aessharedsecret">AESsharedsecret</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-747" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=cpassword">cpassword</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-540" href="https://adsecurity.org/?tag=credentialtheft">CredentialTheft</a>, <a class="term term-tagpost_tag term-752" 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