If you’ve ever tried to run a command prompt as administrator on your Windows OS before, you’ve seen a harmless popup appear. This is Windows User Account Control, or UAC. According to Microsoft, UAC “is a fundamental component of Microsoft’s overall security vision....
Welcome to the second edition of Pentest Tales, a blog series that walks through real-world pentests we’ve performed in the past. The purpose of this blog is not just to share the “owning” of a domain, but to provide education as to why a domain was...
Trendy vulnerabilities like PrinterNightmare and attacking Active Directory Certificate Services may seem incredible currently (and they are), but they end up being manually patched out and dealt with over time. Systems administrators will consider their risk and...
The Gift That Keeps on Giving Few vulnerabilities in the Windows Active Directory environment have had the long-lasting impact that Service Principal Names (SPN) have. Domain-connected services, such as MSSQL servers, web servers, and more may be connected and issued...
Any Systems Administrator knows that the task of securing an Active Directory environment is a never-ending task. Since the first Windows AD was released with Server 2000, Microsoft has added countless features. Many of these features are created with connectivity in...
