Skip to content
PwnDefend
  • Base
  • Comms Room
    • Customer Feedback
    • Company Information
    • Security Management
  • Services
    • Consulting Services
      • Enterprise Security Posture Assessment
      • Cyber Security Assurance & Security Testing Services
      • IT Security Healthchecks
      • Active Directory Assessment Services
      • Managed Remediation Services
    • Emergency Cyber Incident Response Support
    • Our Success Stories
    • Partner Services
  • Blog
  • Privacy
Hacking

Priviledge Escalation Hunting – Scheduled Tasks and Scripts

TLDR: If you have been hunting for privescs before you will know it’s normally not a fast task, you will have a shed ton of data to look at. Sure WINPEAS is good but it’s not a silver bullet.

Here is a really small script which focuses on system administration files/scripts, scheduled tasks and scheduled task history to help you hunt for weaknesses:

Read more “Priviledge Escalation Hunting – Scheduled Tasks and Scripts” →
Hacking

How to Crack NTHASH (commonly referred to as NTLM)…

Ok imagine this, you have got access to a file server and behold you find an unsecured, unencrypted backup of a domain controller (this isn’t made up I find these in networks sometimes!) and you yoink the NTDS.dit (or maybe it’s just a workstation SAM/SYSTEM file), you extract the hashes but now what, you need to crack those bad boys!

Check out the MS docs on how NT or LM Hashes are computed(hashed)! – (thanks @ANeilan for spotting my mistake!)

[MS-SAMR]: Encrypting an NT or LM Hash | Microsoft Docs

Read more “How to Crack NTHASH (commonly referred to as NTLM) password hashes?” →

Recent Posts

  • No one is responsible for your OWN Cyber Defences other than you! 
  • The Manual Version 2.0
  • Cyber Security for PC Gamers
  • Active Directory Attacks – “It’s cold out here”
  • Mobile Device Malware Analysis

Recent Comments

  1. The Week in Ransomware – May 26th 2023 – Cities Under Attack - Shackle Media on The Manual Version 2.0
  2. The Week in Ransomware – May 26th 2023 – Cities Under Attack – Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com - CISO2CISO.COM & CYBER SECURITY GROUP on The Manual Version 2.0
  3. The Week in Ransomware - Might twenty sixth 2023 - Computer Depot | Best & Reliable Computer Repair - O'Fallon on The Manual Version 2.0
  4. The Week in Ransomware - Could twenty sixth 2023 - Anedejo on The Manual Version 2.0
  5. The Week in Ransomware - May 26th 2023 - Tech World4uu on The Manual Version 2.0

Archives

  • August 2023
  • May 2023
  • April 2023
  • March 2023
  • February 2023
  • January 2023
  • December 2022
  • November 2022
  • October 2022
  • September 2022
  • August 2022
  • July 2022
  • June 2022
  • May 2022
  • April 2022
  • March 2022
  • February 2022
  • January 2022
  • December 2021
  • November 2021
  • October 2021
  • September 2021
  • August 2021
  • July 2021
  • May 2021
  • April 2021
  • March 2021
  • February 2021
  • January 2021
  • December 2020
  • November 2020
  • October 2020
  • September 2020
  • August 2020
  • July 2020
  • March 2020
  • February 2020
  • January 2020
  • October 2019
  • May 2019
  • April 2019
  • March 2019
  • February 2019
  • January 2019
  • December 2018
  • October 2018
  • September 2018
  • August 2018
  • July 2018

Categories

  • Architecture
  • Breach
  • Company News
  • CTF
  • Defence
  • Defense
  • Education
  • Fiction
  • Getting into Cyber
  • Guides
  • Hacking
  • IOT
  • Leadership
  • News
  • OSINT
  • Reviews
  • Strategy
  • Threat Intel
  • Uncategorized
  • Vulnerabilities
Copyright (c) Xservus Limited