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• Compromising Plaintext Passwords in Active Directory

  Typically, Mimikatz is used to extract NTLM password hashes or Kerberos tickets from memory. However, one of its lesser-known capabilities is the ability to extract plaintext passwords from dumps created for the LSASS process. This means that an attacker can compromise plaintext passwords without running any nefarious code on domain controllers. Dump files can be created interactively or using ProcDump , and in... Source: over 1 year ago

• How to Detect Pass-the-Ticket Attacks

  Mimikatz can be used to perform pass-the-ticket, but in this post, we wanted to show how to execute the attack using another tool, Rubeus , lets you perform Kerberos based attacks. Rubeus is a C# toolset written by harmj0y and is based on the Kekeo project by Benjamin Delpy, the author of Mimikatz . Source: over 1 year ago

• What is DCShadow Attack and How to Defend Against It

  What is DCShadow? DCShadow is a command in the Mimikatz tool that enables an adversary to register a rogue domain controller and replicate malicious changes across the domain. Source: over 1 year ago

• Stealing User Passwords with Mimikatz DCSync

  Mimikatz provides a variety of ways to extract and manipulate credentials, but one of the most alarming is the DCSync command. Using this command, an adversary can simulate the behavior of a domain controller and ask other domain controllers to replicate information — including user password data. In fact, attackers can get any account’s NTLM password hash or even its plaintext password, including the password... Source: over 1 year ago

• Domain Compromise with a Golden Ticket Attack

  Using Mimikatz , it is possible to leverage the password of the KRBTGT account to create forged Kerberos Ticket Granting Tickets (TGTs) which can be used to request Ticket Granting Server (TGS) tickets for any service on any computer in the domain. Source: over 1 year ago

• Manipulating User Passwords with Mimikatz

  Using the ChangeNTLM and SetNTLM commands in Mimikatz , attackers can manipulate user passwords and escalate their privileges in Active Directory . Let’s take a look at these commands and what they do. Source: over 1 year ago

• Extracting Service Account Passwords with Kerberoasting

  Mimikatz will extract local tickets and save them to disk for offline cracking. Simply install Mimikatz and issue a single command:. Source: over 1 year ago

• Why does mimikatz use :: when it was written in C?

  According to the mimikatz author, Benjamin Delpy (gentilkiwi) at https://github.com/gentilkiwi/mimikatz;. Source: over 1 year ago

• Your daily toolbox as a pentester

  Mimikatz is a tool useful to work on Windows security, for example to extract plaintexts passwords, hash, PIN code and kerberos tickets from memory. Source: almost 2 years ago

• Do I need Bitwarden AND Bitwarden Addon in Firefox Android?

  Windows stores credentials are in plaintext and you can crack Windows Hello with many different tools like this one. Source: almost 2 years ago

• What were the earliest operating systems used by hackers?

  An OS is just a tool. If it existed in a time period, someone almost certainly tried hacking on or with it. Hackers existed long before OSes used today became recognizable even, such as with phone phreaking in the 1950s and 1960s. Plenty of hacking is still done on Windows as it's a major operating system, deployed ubiquitously within many companies, and is convenient to use - implying people only used to use... Source: over 2 years ago

• GitHub Support just straight up confirmed in an email that yes, they used all public GitHub code, for Codex/Copilot regardless of license

  Hi. Here's a random project I just picked off of Github by searching through the "popular today" section and picking something small. Source: almost 3 years ago

• You want permission in Windows? You got it.

  The easiest way to get a SYSTEM shell is to use the awesome kiwi tool Mimikatz even if Defender will most likely determine it :). Source: almost 3 years ago

• You've been hit by / You've been struck by / An Exchange Exploit - So now what?

  If you're looking for a place to start in offensive security, I'd recommend playing with some tools like Metasploit, Empire, Responder, Impacket, and Mimikatz in your home lab. This blog is also a great resource for understanding Active Directory security from both an offensive and defensive perspective. Source: about 3 years ago