Threats & Vulnerabilities
Threats & Vulnerabilities
Active Directory environments face numerous security threats ranging from credential theft and privilege escalation to sophisticated attacks like Kerberoasting, Golden Ticket, and DCSync. This category explores common attack vectors, known vulnerabilities in Active Directory implementations, and the techniques adversaries use to compromise domain environments. Understanding these threats is the first step toward implementing effective defensive measures and maintaining a secure identity infrastructure.
Brute-Force Attack
A trial-and-error method that systematically guesses passwords or encryption keys until the correct one...
Credential Stuffing
Automated attempts to gain access using large lists of username-password pairs harvested from unrelated...
Golden Ticket Attack
The creation of forged Kerberos ticket-granting tickets (TGTs) using the KRBTGT account hash, granting...
Insider Threat
Risk posed by current or former employees, contractors, or partners who intentionally or unintentionally...