Three Steps to Harden Your Active Directory in Light of Recent Attacks

Practical tips for protecting Active Directory: understand the AD attack cycle, look beyond domain admin accounts since valuable service accounts are also targeted, and think like an attacker who studies the environment before striking.

SpecterOps argues identity risk now extends beyond Tier Zero, as attackers increasingly use legitimate credentials and trusted relationships to reach backups, regulated data, and other critical workloads.

Shares an infographic mapping common red team phishing attack workflows to blue team detective and preventative controls, plus practical stealth tips for both offensive operators and defenders.

Explains how Microsoft LAPS stores local admin passwords in LDAP, and how incorrect delegation on ms-MCS-AdmPwd can expose cleartext credentials that aid lateral movement.

Details five ways to find systems running Domain Admin processes: checking locally, querying domain controllers for sessions, scanning remote tasks, NetBIOS enumeration, and token spraying.

Primary group IDs explained: a POSIX relic whose unnecessary changes complicate account management. Attackers can abuse them to gain Domain Admin rights while appearing as regular users.