Category: Purple Team

  • LSASS Dump – Windows Error Reporting

    LSASS Dump – Windows Error Reporting

    The Windows Error Reporting is a feature that is responsible for the collection of information about system and application crashes and reporting this information to Microsoft. Windows are shipped with the WerFaultSecure binary that is used by the Windows Error Reporting service, and it is signed by Microsoft to collect…

  • Golden dMSA

    Golden dMSA

    Delegated Managed Service Account (dMSA) was introduced by Microsoft in Windows Server 2025 to prevent Kerberos related attacks such as Kerberoasting by binding authentication of service accounts to device identity. The BadSuccessor technique abused dMSA objects for lateral movement. However, following the research from Akamai on BadSuccessor, Semperis identified a…

  • Active Directory Enumeration – ADWS

    Active Directory Enumeration – ADWS

    Microsoft introduced Active Directory Web Services (ADWS) in Windows Server 2008 R2 as a method to provide an interface to instances for querying and managing Active Directory over a network. The service runs on domain controllers by default on TCP port 9389 and communication is performed via the Simple Object…

  • Lateral Movement – BitLocker

    Lateral Movement – BitLocker

    BitLocker is a full disk encryption feature which was designed to protect data by providing encryption to entire volumes. In Windows endpoints (workstations, laptop devices etc.), BitLocker is typically enabled to prevent unauthorized access to data stored on the drive in the event of device theft or loss. Every application…