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Scattered Spider, ESX Admins, and the Built-In Backdoor to Root
In this episode, Craig Birch breaks down how Scattered Spider, also known as Octo Tempest, is exploiting a built-in trust relationship between Active Directory and VMware ESXi to escalate privileges…
S1E10 Exposing the DNS Danger: Unsecure Dynamic Updates in Active Directory
Welcome to Directory Insights in 10 Minutes, a bite-sized cybersecurity briefing from Guardians of the Directory. I’m your host, Craig Birch—Principal Security Engineer and Identity Security…
S1E9 Hidden Admins: How Non-Standard Primary Group IDs Expose Active Directory to Risk
Welcome to Guardians of the Directory, the podcast where we break down real-world threats, best practices, and insights in Active Directory, Entra ID, and Microsoft identity security.In today’s…
S1E8 Hidden in Plain Sight: Exposing Shadow Admins in Active Directory
Shadow admins might not wear capes—but they can bring down your Active Directory if left unchecked. In this episode of Directory Insights in 10 Minutes, Craig Birch takes a sharp dive into AD…
S1E7 AdminSDHolder in Active Directory: Hidden Risks and Persistent Threats
🎙️ In This Episode of Directory Insights in 10 MinutesCraig Birch breaks down the misunderstood AdminSDHolder object and the SDProp process in Active Directory—why they exist, how they protect…
S1E6 Admin Accounts with SPNs — Hidden Risk Behind Kerberoasting
🎙️ In this episode, Craig Birch breaks down one of Active Directory’s most overlooked threats: Kerberoasting via privileged accounts with Service Principal Names (SPNs).You’ll learn how attackers…
S1E5 Kerberos Pre-Auth: Hidden AD Risk
🎙️ In this episode, Craig Birch exposes one of the most overlooked Active Directory misconfigurations: the “Do not require Kerberos pre-authentication” setting.Attackers love it — it enables AS-REP…
S1E4 Remediating DES Encryption in Active Directory
🎙️ In this episode of Directory Insights in 10 Minutes, powered by Guardians of the Directory, Craig Birch walks you through detecting and remediating a legacy misconfiguration that still haunts many…
S1E3 Reversible Password Encryption – A Hidden Risk
🎙️ In this episode, Craig Birch dives into a critical but often overlooked AD misconfiguration: accounts that allow password storage with reversible encryption.This setting can bypass your domain…
S1E2 Password Not Required - The Hidden Risk
🎙️ In this episode, Craig Birch exposes one of the most dangerous and overlooked misconfigurations in Active Directory: the PasswordNotRequired attribute.Most AD admins assume password policies apply…
Protecting Admin Accounts from Kerberos Delegation Attacks
Directory Insights in 10 Minutes – Episode 1Welcome to the very first episode of Directory Insights in 10 Minutes, brought to you by Guardians of the Directory.This series cuts through the noise — no…
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