This article demonstrates how impacket-net uses three authentication paths—NTLM hash (Pass-the-Hash), Kerberos tickets, and AES keys—to enumerate and modify Active Directory objects against a domain controller in the ignite.local lab. It details user, group, computer, and local group operations, attacker persistence techniques, and mitigation strategies such as disabling machine account creation and monitoring directory change events. #impacket-net #ignite.local

Threat actors use pentesting tools to identify vulnerabilities and weaknesses in target systems or networks.