Detecting AD Post-Exploitation

As a result of a successful domain compromise, a threat actor can proceed with their actual goals - whether it is long-term access for espionage purposes, ransomware deployment and encryption, data theft, or data destruction. In this room, we will review these scenarios from a SOC team perspective and understand why the attacker pursues them and how they can be detected.

Learning Objectives

• Understand how attackers perform AD post-exploitation activities
• Explore long-term persistence techniques in AD environments
• Learn how threat actors deploy ransomware in enterprise networks
• Understand how wiping and data destruction techniques are executed

Prerequisites

It is suggested to complete the following rooms first before proceeding:

• Monitoring Active Directory
• Detecting AD Initial Access
• Detecting AD Lateral Movement

Lab Access

Before proceeding, start the lab by clicking the Start Machine button below. You will then have access to the Splunk Web Interface. 
To access Splunk, please follow this link: https://LAB_WEB_URL.p.thmlabs.com (opens in new tab). Please wait 4-5 minutes for the Splunk instance to launch. Use Splunk's All Time range to search. The indexes where logs are stored for each practical exercise are present in each task.

Set up your virtual environment

To successfully complete this room, you'll need to set up your virtual environment. This involves starting the Target Machine, ensuring you're equipped with the necessary tools and access to tackle the challenges ahead.

Target machine

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Start Machine