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AD post-exploitation: enum trusts, dump creds, abuse domain trusts

4 guides Updated Apr 30, 2026
4 guides

Credential Harvesting

Techniques for extracting credentials from AD environments post-compromise, covering LSASS dumping, DCSync attacks, and Kerberoasting for lateral movement.

Cross-Forest Trust Abuse

Exploiting Active Directory cross-forest trust relationships to escalate privileges, move laterally, and access resources across trusted forest boundaries.

Domain Trust Abuse

Techniques for abusing AD domain trust relationships to escalate privileges, move laterally across forests, and compromise linked domains via ticket attacks.

Situational Awareness

Enumerating AD objects, trusts, ACLs, and privilege paths post-compromise to map attack surface and identify lateral movement or escalation opportunities.