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  • Welcome
  • Home Lab: C2 Detection, Ransomware Defense & YARA Automation
    • SOC Lab – What is this Lab about ?
    • Part 1 - Setting Up the Environment
    • Part 2 - Detecting C2 Activity
    • Part 3 - Credential Dumping & Threat Detection
    • Part 4 - Blocking Ransomware
    • Part 5 - Reducing False Positives
    • Part 6 - Automated YARA Scanning
  • Automation Lab - Home Project
    • Sysmon Installation
    • Wazuh & TheHive: Installation, Configuration, and Optimization
    • Tracking Mimikatz Activity with Wazuh & Sysmon Logs
    • End-to-End Alert Automation: Wazuh → Shuffle → TheHive
  • Active Directory Attack Lab: Recon-to-Root
    • Reconnaissance Phase
      • 1. Full TCP Port Scan on Target Host
      • 2. Service and Version Detection
      • 3. Null Session SMB Enumeration
      • 4. LDAP Anonymous Bind Check
      • 5. Kerberos Username Enumeration
      • 6. Password Brute Force via SMB Login
    • Exploitation Phase
      • 7. Dump Domain Information via LDAP
      • 8. Perform Remote AD Recon with BloodHound
      • 9. Set Up Neo4j and Launch BloodHound GUI
      • 10. Abuse ForceChangePassword Right via RPC
      • 11. Validate New Credentials via WinRM
      • 12. Enumerate Local Privileges and AutoLogon
      • 13. Reuse Administrator Credentials
      • 14. Capture the User Flag
  • QRadar101 Lab Challenge
    • Scenario and Instructions
    • The Walkthrough
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Active Directory Attack Lab: Recon-to-Root

This step-by-step lab walks you through real-world AD attack techniques—starting with port scans and ending in full domain compromise using tools like nmap, kerbrute, evil-winrm, and BloodHound. Perfe

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Active Directory Lab Overview

Key Activities

  • Service Enumeration

  • Exploit misconfigurations and weak credentials

  • Abusing Active Directory features for full control

Tools We'll Use

  • Reconnaissance: Nmap

  • Enumeration: smbclient, ldapsearch, kerbrute

  • Exploitation: netxexc, evil-winrm

  • Privilege Escalation: ldapdomaindump, BloodHound, winPEAS

  • Post-Exploitation: Windows CLI, RPC Commands

Note: All required files and tools for this lab are preloaded and can be found on the kali Desktop

Attacker IP: 10.0.15.99                                                                                         
Target IP: 192.168.10.4