BloodHound is a powerful tool that identifies vulnerabilities in Active Directory (AD). Cybercriminals abuse this tool to visualize chains of abusable Active Directory permissions that can enable them to gain elevated rights, including membership in the powerful Domain Admin group. This guide is designed to help penetration testers use BloodHound to identify these vulnerabilities first, so enterprises can thwart attacks.

This post explains how to collect detailed lists of your Active Directory service accounts so you can implement proper governance to reduce your attack surface area. Specifically, it details how to enumerate service accounts used by the following: This will enable you to identify a significant portion of your service accounts. However, note that service accounts can also be used in virtual directories, authentication settings, etc.

Today, organizations have a variety of options for storing the data they generate, collect and use. Options for data repositories include: Choosing the best option for a given business situation depends on a variety of factors, including the needs of your user base, the skills of your DBAs and other database resources, the reporting and analysis requirements for business decisions, and whether you are storing structured or unstructured data.

BloodHound is a powerful tool that identifies vulnerabilities in Active Directory (AD). Cybercriminals abuse this tool to visualize chains of abusable Active Directory permissions that can enable them to gain elevated rights, including membership in the powerful Domain Admin group. This guide is designed to help penetration testers use BloodHound to identify these vulnerabilities first, so enterprises can thwart attacks.