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Andy Robbins Profile picture
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Feb 4, 2019 • 4 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
1/4 #PrivExchange by @_dirkjan perfectly illustrates how legacy permissions degrade an Active Directory environment's security posture. I want to share three free resources that will help you proactively protect your organization.
2/4 First is part one introducing our Adversary Resilience methodology. Part one covers the high level concepts of this new methodology:

posts.specterops.io/introducing-th…
3/4 Second is part two introducing our Adversary Resilience methodology, and shows the nuts and bolts involved. We've made big improvements to the methodology since its introduction and will be speaking about those publicly at @WEareTROOPERS in March:

posts.specterops.io/introducing-th…
4/4 Finally, we did a @BlackHatEvents webcast last April showing you how to find and mitigate dangerous legacy permissions in AD and focused on Exchange:

register.gotowebinar.com/register/66616…

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Feb 17, 2023
This week I added 5 new functions to #BARK. A quick thread explaining each one with examples:
Get-ServicePrincipalOwner

List the current owner(s) of a specified #Azure AD Service Principal.

Example:
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Add a new owner to an AAD Service Principal. Owners can add credentials to SPs and then auth as them.

Example:
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Feb 16, 2023
Azure App Service Web Apps are yet another #Azure service that supports managed identity assignments.

Here's how attackers can use #BARK to abuse those assignments: Image
There are at least 3 ways to achieve code execution on an Azure App Service Web App ("Azure Web App" from here on) instance:

1. The Kudu shell execution API endpoints
2. Poison deployment to include a web shell in the app
3. Find a cmd execution vulnerability in the deployed app
We'll focus on #1 - abusing the built-in Kudu shell execution endpoints.

This is the feature the Azure GUI uses as its "Debug Console" and is documented here: github.com/projectkudu/ku…

@kfosaaen discussed this in his August 2020 blog post here: netspi.com/blog/technical… Image
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Feb 4, 2023
Interest check: should I continue developing this research? Read my notes here and please let me know if you think this is worth pursuing further.

Problem: attackers have been moving their C2 channels to legitimate services to evade detection, slip through block lists, etc.
Examples:

github.com/boku7/azureOut…
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Defenders and vendors have to play catch-up whenever one of these novel C2 methods becomes popular.
I believe it's possible to proactively, semi-automatically discover these methods in existing and emerging cloud services. We can assess their attractiveness to attackers, vendors can make them less attractive and prioritize their own detection efforts.

How?
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Sep 20, 2022
#Azure Managed Identity assignments are "secure by default."

Dangerous attack paths can emerge around these assignments.

Here's those attack paths emerge, how attackers abuse them, and how defenders can eliminate them: 🧵
First we should understand what Managed Identities are. I think the best way is to understand the problem they are designed to solve.

We have a great recent example of this problem from the alleged Uber breach, where a PowerShell script may have been storing plain text creds:
This problem is not new and not surprising to many people:
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Sep 13, 2022
Tiered Administration is among the strongest security controls that exist.

But the vast majority of organizations do not use it.

Here is how you can get started using Tiered Administration TODAY in your #Azure environments: 🧵
First, understand the problem we are trying to solve with Tiered Administration:

Tiered Administration protects your most privileged assets from compromise in the event that less privileged assets are compromised.

It's the wombo combo of least privilege and defense in depth.
Do Tiered Administration effectively and you DRAMATICALLY reduce risks posed by ransomware actors, insider threats, etc.

Most efforts get stuck in the very first step: identifying which assets go into which tiers.

Here's how you do this:
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Aug 25, 2022
How to prevent Kerberoasting:

Kerberoasting is an incredibly powerful and reliable attack against Active Directory. In some situations it can result in an attacker becoming Domain Admin nearly instantaneously.

Here's how to prevent this attack: 🧵 Image
First we need to identify Active Directory users that are "kerberoastable" - possible targets for the attacker to choose to Kerberoast.

Kerberoast relies on a user having some value in their "serviceprincipalnames" attribute.

Find all of them instantly with no 3rd party tools:
dsquery has been built in to Windows Server since Server 2008. You also get it when installing RSAT.

Here's the command:

dsquery * "dc=contoso,dc=com" -filter "(&(objectcategory=user)(servicePrincipalName=*))" -attr distinguishedName servicePrincipalName
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