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.
Privilege Escalation
Exploiting flaws, misconfigurations, or leaked credentials to obtain higher-than-authorized permissions on a local system...
Ransomware
Malware that encrypts data and demands payment for decryption keys, often coupled with data...
Supply Chain Attack
Compromising a vendor, third-party service, or software update mechanism to infiltrate downstream customers. This...
Zero-Day Vulnerability
A software flaw unknown to the vendor at the time of discovery and exploitation....