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CISA Warns of 17 Active Directory Attack Techniques Used for Privilege Escalation and Persistence
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- 1.00 / 2.0 · 2 sources
- Authority
- 1.20 / 2.0 · best outlet weight
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- 0.50 / 5.0 · CVSS + content signals
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- 0.00 / 2.0 · updates in 48h
- Pickup speed
- 0.59 / 0.6 · time to second source
- Recency
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- Community
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original reporting
CISA Warns of 17 Active Directory Attack Techniques Used for Privilege Escalation and Persistence
cyberpress.org · 27d ago · September 16th, 2026
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has joined international partners in issuing updated guidance to detect and mitigate compromises of Microsoft Active Directory (AD) , warning that attackers routinely exploit identity infrastructure to escalate privileges, move laterally, and establish long-term persistence. Released by the Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Center (ASD ACSC) and updated on September 15, 2026, the guidance was developed with CISA, the NSA, Canada’s Center for Cyber Security, the UK NCSC, and New Zealand’s NCSC. The companion announcement describes 17 common techniques, although the supplied CISA-related description refers to 17, indicating a discrepancy between the summary and the updated publication. CISA Warns of 17 Active Directory Attack Techniques Active Directory is a high-value target because it controls authentication, authorization, policy enforcement, and access across enterprise systems. A successful domain compromise can give an intruder privileged access to users, servers, email, file shares, critical applications, and potentially cloud services connected through Microsoft Entra ID. The guidance groups attack paths from early-stage privilege escalation and lateral movement through to persistence methods that can survive normal remediation efforts. Techniques covered include Kerberoasting, AS-REP Roasting, password spraying, MachineAccountQuota abuse, unconstrained delegation, Group Policy Pre
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update from gbhackers.com
CISA Warns Hackers Exploit 17 Active Directory Techniques to Gain Control of Enterprise Networks
gbhackers.com · 27d ago · September 16th, 2026
They warn that attackers exploit 17 common techniques to gain control of identity infrastructure. The guide, released on September 15, was co-authored by the Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Center, CISA, the NSA, […] The post CISA Warns Hackers Exploit 17 Active Directory Techniques to Gain Control of Enterprise Networks appeared first on GBHackers Security | #1 Globally Trusted Cyber Security News Platform .