---
id: 8398
title: "Invisible Threats: Insecure Service Accounts"
source_domain: netspi.com
source_url: "https://www.netspi.com/blog/technical-blog/network-pentesting/invisible-threats-insecure-service-accounts/"
published_at: "2010-07-01T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["pentesting", "privilege-escalation", "windows", "least-privilege", "service-accounts", "localsystem"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/8398"
lang: en
---

# Invisible Threats: Insecure Service Accounts

## Summary

A NetSPI post on Windows service accounts: over-privileged LocalSystem use, misconfigured LocalService and NetworkService accounts, and set-and-forget administration create an ideal attack vector.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** netspi.com
- **Published:** 2010-07-01T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.netspi.com/blog/technical-blog/network-pentesting/invisible-threats-insecure-service-accounts/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/8398