Introduction to Active Directory

Hi there! In this video we continue the Active Directory Exploitation series. Specifically, we introduce the main concepts and ideas that form the core of Active Directory (AD). Given that AD forms a complex system made up of many different sub-systems, before understanding the different types of attacks that we can perform on an AD instance, it is necessary to review the basics of AD. In this video we analyze the core components that make AD a unique environment, to prepare for future videos in which we will enumerate and exploit security critical components. As always, I hope to provide useful and interesting content, and if you have any feedback leave it in the comments. Thank you. ------------------------- TIMESTAMP 00:00 Introduction 01:20 What is Active Directory? 05:40 The Components of AD 06:20 Domain Controllers (DC) 09:00 Domain Admins 14:00 Group Policy Object (GPO) 20:38 Organizational Units (OU) 25:42 LDAP 27:52 Kerberos 31:00 NTDS.dit 32:00 SYSVOL 33:15 Global Catalog (CG) 34:45 Domains, Forests and Trust ------------------------- REFERENCES Material: https://github.com/LeonardoE95/yt-en/... ------------------------- CONTACTS Blog: https://blog.leonardotamiano.xyz/ Github: https://github.com/LeonardoE95?tab=re... Support: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted...