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Research & Tradecraft
The Renaissance of NTLM Relay Attacks: Everything You Need to Know
NTLM relay attacks have been around for a long time. While many security practitioners think NTLM relay is a solved problem, or at least a not-so-severe one, it...
Apr 8, 2025 • 40 min read
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TL;DR: This post shows how COM hijacking can serve as a reliable persistence method while also...
May 28, 2025 • 7 min read
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Understanding & Mitigating BadSuccessor
TL;DR: BadSuccessor is a new AD attack primitive that abuses dMSAs, allowing an attacker who can...
May 27, 2025 • 24 min read
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As part of my role as Service Architect here at SpecterOps, one of the things I’m...
Apr 8, 2025 • 12 min read
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An Operator’s Guide to Device-Joined Hosts and the PRT Cookie
About five years ago, Lee Chagolla-Christensen shared a blog detailing the research and development process behind...
Apr 7, 2025 • 15 min read
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Do You Own Your Permissions, or Do Your Permissions Own You?
tl;dr: Less FPs for Owns/WriteOwner and new Owns/WriteOwnerLimitedRights edges Before we get started, if you’d prefer...
Mar 26, 2025 • 8 min read
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Getting Started with BHE — Part 2
Contextualizing Tier Zero TL;DR An accurately defined Tier Zero provides an accurate depiction of Attack Path Findings...
Mar 19, 2025 • 10 min read
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Getting Started with BHE — Part 1
Understanding Collection, Permissions, and Visibility of Your Environment TL;DR Attack Path visibility is dependent upon scope...
Mar 12, 2025 • 6 min read
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Decrypting the Forest From the Trees
TL;DR: SCCM forest discovery accounts can be decrypted including accounts used for managing untrusted forests. If...
Mar 6, 2025 • 10 min read
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Don’t Touch That Object! Finding SACL Tripwires During Red Team Ops
During red team operations, stealth is a critical component. We spend a great deal of time...