Leveraging Network-Based Trust in AD

While this section focuses on exploiting the trust of the Active Directory roles and services within a Windows environment, there are several types of attacks, such as pass-the-hash, that exploit the security vulnerabilities found within the protocols of the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) protocol suite. When we talk about TCP/IP, we are often referring to network-related technologies and devices. However, the protocols within TCP/IP can be found in the operating system and the applications running on a host device as well. ...

November 24, 2025 · 9 min · 1895 words · 0x-s0M3n4th