---
id: 8339
title: "Introduction to Windows Dictionary Attacks"
source_domain: netspi.com
source_url: "https://www.netspi.com/blog/technical-blog/network-pentesting/introduction-to-windows-dictionary-attacks/"
published_at: "2012-04-09T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["active-directory", "windows", "penetration-testing", "password-cracking", "dictionary-attack", "domain-enumeration"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/8339"
lang: en
---

# Introduction to Windows Dictionary Attacks

## Summary

A primer on auditing weak Active Directory passwords: identifying domains, enumerating domain controllers, users, and password policies, then running dictionary attacks safely from Windows systems.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** netspi.com
- **Published:** 2012-04-09T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.netspi.com/blog/technical-blog/network-pentesting/introduction-to-windows-dictionary-attacks/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/8339