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Attacker Mindset — Active Directory · modules

Fragile-by-design AD, BloodHound graphs, ACL abuse, ADCS (ESC1-16), trusts, delegation, hybrid attacks — end-to-end AD compromise mindset.

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Attacker Mindset — Active Directory Beginner Members

Module 1 · Why AD Is Fragile by Design

AD's defaults accumulated risk for 20 years — authenticated-read-everything, NTLM, RC4, backwards compat.

Apr 22, 2026 60 min Open
Attacker Mindset — Active Directory Intermediate Members

Module 2 · AD Enumeration — Seeing Everything

BloodHound, SharpHound, Impacket, CrackMapExec, PowerView. Any authenticated user sees the whole directory.

Apr 22, 2026 75 min Open
Attacker Mindset — Active Directory Intermediate Members

Module 3 · BloodHound — Graph Theory Meets AD

Edges, queries, custom Cypher. Why BloodHound changed offensive AD since 2017.

Apr 22, 2026 75 min Open
Attacker Mindset — Active Directory Advanced Members

Module 4 · AD ACL Abuse — Twenty Years of Accumulated Trust

GenericAll, GenericWrite, WriteDacl, AddMember, ForceChangePassword. Delegation sprawl = privilege escalation.

Apr 22, 2026 90 min Open
Attacker Mindset — Active Directory Intermediate Members

Module 5 · Group Policy Preferences — The Gift That Keeps Giving

cPassword in SYSVOL still found in 2026. MS14-025 didn't remove legacy files. Plus SYSVOL credential hunting.

Apr 22, 2026 75 min Open
Attacker Mindset — Active Directory Advanced Members

Module 6 · ADCS — ESC1 through ESC16

Active Directory Certificate Services attacks (Certified Pre-Owned). Template misconfigurations → domain compromise.

Apr 22, 2026 90 min Open
Attacker Mindset — Active Directory Advanced Members

Module 7 · Trusts — Legacy Merger Paths

Trust types, SIDHistory attacks, cross-forest paths. Mergers leave trust relationships with security debt.

Apr 22, 2026 90 min Open
Attacker Mindset — Active Directory Advanced Members

Module 8 · Kerberos Delegation Abuse

Unconstrained, constrained, RBCD. S4U2Self + S4U2Proxy, MachineAccountQuota, PetitPotam coercion.

Apr 22, 2026 90 min Open
Attacker Mindset — Active Directory Expert Members

Module 9 · Hybrid AD — On-Prem Meets Cloud

Entra Connect crown jewel, Golden SAML, Azure AD attacks, AZUREADSSOACC$ legacy, PRT theft.

Apr 22, 2026 120 min Open
Attacker Mindset — Active Directory Expert Members

Module 10 · AD Detection — What Good Looks Like

Event IDs, Sigma rules, Defender for Identity, Sentinel KQL queries. From generic SIEM to mature AD detection.

Apr 22, 2026 90 min Open
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