| Date | Day | Time | Duration |
| 17 Apr | Monday | 09:00 to 17:00 CEST/GMT+2 | 8 Hours |
| 18 Apr | Tuesday | 09:00 to 17:00 CEST/GMT+2 | 8 Hours |
Discover how APTs abuse Active Directory both on-prem and in the cloud. For system engineers, defenders, penetration testers and aspiring blue teamers, get introduced to active directory hacking based on real life scenarios and misconfigurations.
In this two-day training you will take a deep dive into modern day misconfigurations and attacks with labs built on fully patched Windows Server 2019, Windows 10 Enterprise and Azure Active Directory.
The course is designed to be beginner friendly but does require some basic knowledge of security concepts. You will quickly get your hands dirty with enumerating Active Directory users, groups, OUs, ACLs, ACEs etc.
Shortly after spotting the issues, you will start exploiting them to slowly move through the network and escalate privileges until becoming a domain admin. Along the way, you will gain a deep understanding of concepts such as lateral movement, different authentication protocols and tools used by red teamers and APTs.
The second day of the course takes the perspective of pivoting from the on-premises AD to compromising Azure AD. And the other way around. You will understand the difference between on-premises and cloud Active Directory, the different attack vectors and how compromising one can lead to comprising the other.
You will get a solid understanding of hybrid environments, modern authentication protocols, different ways to get, escalate and maintain access.
Course material
- Components - Trees and forests - Enumeration
- Security principles - Security contexts - SID/RIDs - UPN - User enumeration
- Types and scope - Difference between groups and OUs - Attributes - Enumerating group and OUs
- Understanding and enumerating computer objects
- ACEs - ACLs - DACLs/SACLs - Understanding bad permissions - Enumerating permissions - Abusingpermissions
- Password profiling - Understanding password policies - Enumerating password policies - Password spraying
- PSExec, WMI, PS
- Different types of hashes - MS-NLMP - Capture NTLMv2 hashes
- Understanding LSASS - Understanding Mimikatz modules and output - Pass the hash
- Kerberos deep dive - AS-REP Roasting - Kerberoasting - Silver Ticket - Golden Ticket
Tarek (@DeanOfCyber), holds an MSc. in Information Security, is the technical advisor for GISEC, the largest security conference in the Middle East and is a previous OWASP Dubai Chapter Leader.
He started his career as a security consultant for a boutique company in the UK where he delivered penetration tests for companies like BBC, Sky, Heinz, Ericsson, BT to name a few. Following that he relocated to Dubai as a senior penetration tester for Verizon.
He then transitioned into leading security operations at the largest media organization in the middle east where he led high-end and complex projects. Currently, he is a subject matter expert working with a leading security vendor. As part of Hackers Academy, Tarek has delivered trainings to thousands of students both online and offline. He currently contributes to the community through the monthly HAVOC event at havoc.hackersacademy.com in addition to regularly mentoring and tutoring university students and preparing them for the job market.
What students say about this training:
Abusing Active Directory (On-Prem & Azure) Course
“Lab setup with prepared toolset was a time saver and it allowed for focus on theory discussion. Unlike other sessions where 50% of course was story telling, the session presented by Mr Naja and Mr AlShamsi was 95% technical content and all valuable and current”
“Fantastic, informative course! Even knowing a bit about AD compromise before, I received a new perspective to strengthen my skillset.”
“Well presented. Fun. Good explanation of kerberos. Very good at explaining complex topics.”
“You explains the things really well and in simple english. I know what DACL ,SACL were. But I know how frustrating they where when I learned about them last year. You explained it really well that a beginner can understand.”
Abusing & Securing Azure Services
“The course was super fun and useful. I learned a lot, had a ton of fun, and became a better pen tester as a result. Teachers were great, classmates were great, and labs were awesome”
“It was really a great class. You explained it really well unlike other courses in which the instructors just put so many things at the same time. + it was really fun in your class. Awesome work.”
“As usual, Tarek is the man. This course is very well thought out and he explains every topic thoroughly. Very well put together, great pace, highly interesting – plus you get labs to see exploits done in real time. Highly recommended!”
Khalifa (@kha1ifuzz) started his Penetration Testing career in 2014. He is a founder of a Offensivebits and Malcrove, companies specializing in Managed Cyber Defense and Offensive Security services. He led more than 60 projects in Penetration Testing and Red Teaming. He has worked as Strategic Technical Advisor to many organizations in UAE and worked on multiple projects such as developing Penetration Testing tools and discovering vulnerabilities.
Khalifa has also participated as an assistant trainer at the BlackHat course “Attacking and Securing APIs” and is regularly invited to deliver talks and workshops.
What students say about this training:
Abusing Active Directory (On-Prem & Azure) Course
“Lab setup with prepared toolset was a time saver and it allowed for focus on theory discussion. Unlike other sessions where 50% of course was story telling, the session presented by Mr Naja and Mr AlShamsi was 95% technical content and all valuable and current”
“Fantastic, informative course! Even knowing a bit about AD compromise before, I received a new perspective to strengthen my skillset.”
“Well presented. Fun. Good explanation of kerberos. Very good at explaining complex topics.”
“You explains the things really well and in simple english. I know what DACL ,SACL were. But I know how frustrating they where when I learned about them last year. You explained it really well that a beginner can understand.”
Abusing & Securing Azure Services
“The course was super fun and useful. I learned a lot, had a ton of fun, and became a better pen tester as a result. Teachers were great, classmates were great, and labs were awesome”
“It was really a great class. You explained it really well unlike other courses in which the instructors just put so many things at the same time. + it was really fun in your class. Awesome work.”
“As usual, Tarek is the man. This course is very well thought out and he explains every topic thoroughly. Very well put together, great pace, highly interesting – plus you get labs to see exploits done in real time. Highly recommended!”
