Overview This article walks through a complete forest compromise of an Active Directory environment, escalating from a single child domain all the way to the
Overview Villain is an open-source command-and-control (C2) framework developed by t3l3machus that turns a single operator console into a full collaborative attack platform. It generates
Overview This article presents an end-to-end engagement built entirely around Penelope, an automated shell handler and post-exploitation framework. We catch an initial reverse shell on
This walkthrough takes you end-to-end against a Windows Server 2019 domain controller in the ignite.local lab. You start exactly where the exam drops you —
The walkthrough covers thirteen distinct attack phases: AD CS template reconnaissance, LDAP enumeration, Kerberos weakness discovery, credential extraction, SAMR account manipulation, Resource-Based Constrained Delegation abuse,
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 walks through sixteen distinct techniques for enumerating users inside Active Directory, drawing on the full spectrum of protocols an attacker can reach the
This article demonstrates how EVENmonitor exposes the most common Active Directory attacks the moment they occur. Each attack is paired with the specific Windows Event
Modern enterprises rely on AppLocker and Windows Defender Application Control (WDAC) to prevent unauthorized binaries from executing. These controls are designed to block: Execution of