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Extract DPAPI-protected secrets such as credentials and browser data offline and online.

Take over Active Directory user and computer accounts by writing alternate certificate keys to msDS-KeyCredentialLink (Shadow Credentials) with pyWhisker, Whisker, and Certipy, then authenticate via PKINIT.

Detect abnormal access patterns in AWS S3, GCS, and Azure Blob Storage by analyzing CloudTrail Data Events, GCS audit logs, and Azure Storage Analytics. Identifies after-hours bulk downloads, access from new IP addresses, unusual API calls (GetObject spikes), and potential data exfiltration using statistical baselines and time-series anomaly detection.

Runtime iOS app security testing with Objection (Frida): inspect keychain and filesystem data, explore app internals at runtime, and validate/bypass client-side protections during authorized mobile assessments.

Parses Kubernetes API server audit logs (JSON lines) to detect exec-into-pod, secret access, RBAC modifications, privileged pod creation, and anonymous API access. Builds threat detection rules from audit event patterns. Use when investigating Kubernetes cluster compromise or building k8s-specific SIEM detection rules.

Parse NetFlow v9 and IPFIX records to detect volumetric anomalies, port scanning, data exfiltration, and C2 beaconing patterns. Uses the Python netflow library to decode flow records, builds traffic baselines, and applies statistical analysis to identify flows with abnormal byte counts, connection durations, and periodic timing patterns.

Craft, send, sniff, and dissect network packets using Scapy for protocol analysis, network reconnaissance, and traffic anomaly detection in authorized security testing

Captures and analyzes network packet data using Wireshark and tshark to identify malicious traffic patterns, diagnose protocol issues, extract artifacts, and support incident response investigations on authorized network segments.

Parse Office 365 Unified Audit Logs via Microsoft Graph API to detect email forwarding rule creation, inbox delegation, suspicious OAuth app grants, and other indicators of account compromise.

Enumerate Entra ID with ROADrecon and acquire and exchange tokens with roadtx.

Run OAuth 2.0 device-code and illicit-consent phishing against Microsoft Entra ID to steal access and refresh tokens, bypass MFA, and pivot across Microsoft 365 services.

Systematically audit AWS S3 bucket permissions to identify publicly accessible buckets, overly permissive ACLs, misconfigured bucket policies, and missing encryption settings using AWS CLI, S3audit, and Prowler to enforce least-privilege data access controls.

Auditing Microsoft Entra ID (Azure Active Directory) configuration to identify risky authentication policies, overly permissive role assignments, stale accounts, conditional access gaps, and guest user risks using AzureAD PowerShell, Microsoft Graph API, and ScoutSuite.

This skill details how to conduct cloud security audits using Center for Internet Security benchmarks for AWS, Azure, and GCP. It covers interpreting CIS Foundations Benchmark controls, running automated assessments with tools like Prowler and ScoutSuite, remediating failed controls, and maintaining continuous compliance monitoring against CIS v5 for AWS, v4 for Azure, and v4 for GCP.

Run Microsoft Entra ID tenant reconnaissance, token acquisition and manipulation, and federation backdoor testing with the AADInternals PowerShell toolkit to validate identity-attack resilience.

Auditing Google Cloud Platform IAM permissions to identify overly permissive bindings, primitive role usage, service account key proliferation, and cross-project access risks using gcloud CLI, Policy Analyzer, and IAM Recommender.

Auditing Kubernetes cluster RBAC configurations to identify overly permissive roles, wildcard permissions, dangerous ClusterRoleBindings, service account abuse, and privilege escalation paths using kubectl, rbac-tool, KubiScan, and Kubeaudit.

Find over-permissive RBAC roles and service-account token abuse paths in Kubernetes using kubectl auth can-i, rbac-police, kubectl-who-can, and rakkess during authorized cluster security reviews.

Auditing Terraform infrastructure-as-code for security misconfigurations using Checkov, tfsec, Terrascan, and OPA/Rego policies to detect overly permissive IAM policies, public resource exposure, missing encryption, and insecure defaults before cloud deployment.

Run CIS Kubernetes Benchmark checks and remediate findings with kube-bench.

Build and configure a resilient command-and-control infrastructure using BishopFox's Sliver C2 framework with redirectors, HTTPS listeners, and multi-operator support for authorized red team engagements.

Architect redirectors with nginx and Apache, malleable profiles, and OPSEC for resilient C2.

This skill covers deploying Microsoft Sentinel as a cloud-native SIEM and SOAR platform for centralized security operations. It details configuring data connectors for multi-cloud log ingestion, writing KQL detection queries, building automated response playbooks with Logic Apps, and leveraging the Sentinel data lake for petabyte-scale threat hunting across AWS, Azure, and GCP security telemetry.

Establish SAML 2.0 identity federation between on-premises Active Directory and Azure AD (Microsoft Entra ID) for seamless cross-domain authentication and SSO to cloud applications.

Builds comprehensive identity governance and lifecycle management processes including joiner-mover-leaver automation, role mining, access request workflows, periodic recertification, and orphaned account remediation using IGA platforms. Activates for requests involving identity lifecycle management, JML processes, role-based access provisioning, or identity governance program design.

Establish a structured operational process to triage, test, and deploy Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates within risk-based remediation SLAs.

Deploy and configure the Havoc C2 framework with teamserver, HTTPS listeners, redirectors, and Demon agents for authorized red team operations.

Apply bottom-up and top-down role mining techniques to discover optimal RBAC roles from existing user-permission assignments, reducing role explosion and enforcing least privilege.

Implement a vulnerability aging dashboard and SLA tracking system to measure remediation performance against severity-based timelines and drive accountability.

Deploy DefectDojo as a centralized vulnerability management dashboard with scanner integrations, deduplication, metrics tracking, and Jira ticketing workflows.

Build a vulnerability exception and risk acceptance tracking system with approval workflows, compensating controls documentation, and expiration management.

Discovering and accessing unprotected pages, APIs, and administrative interfaces by enumerating URLs and bypassing authentication controls during authorized security assessments.

Trigger machine account authentication with PetitPotam (MS-EFSR) and Coercer across MS-RPRN, MS-DFSNM, and MS-FSRVP to feed NTLM relay into AD CS Web Enrollment (ESC8) and other relay targets.

Conducts security testing of REST, GraphQL, and gRPC APIs to identify vulnerabilities in authentication, authorization, rate limiting, input validation, and business logic. The tester uses the OWASP API Security Top 10 as the testing framework, combining Burp Suite interception with Postman collections and custom scripts to test endpoint security at every privilege level. Activates for requests involving API security testing, REST API pentest, GraphQL security assessment, or API vulnerability testing.

This skill outlines methodologies for performing authorized penetration testing against AWS, Azure, and GCP cloud environments. It covers understanding the shared responsibility model for testing scope, leveraging cloud-specific attack tools like Pacu and ScoutSuite, exploiting IAM misconfigurations, testing for SSRF to cloud metadata services, and reporting findings aligned to MITRE ATT&CK Cloud matrix.

Perform DCSync attacks to replicate Active Directory credentials and establish domain persistence by extracting KRBTGT, Domain Admin, and service account hashes for Golden Ticket creation.

Conducts external reconnaissance using Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) techniques to map an organization's external attack surface without directly interacting with target systems. The tester gathers information from public sources including DNS records, certificate transparency logs, search engines, social media, code repositories, and data breach databases to build a comprehensive target profile. Activates for requests involving OSINT reconnaissance, external footprinting, attack surface mapping, or passive information gathering.

Plan and execute a comprehensive red team engagement covering reconnaissance through post-exploitation using MITRE ATT&CK-aligned TTPs to evaluate an organization's detection and response capabilities.

Execute an internal network penetration test simulating an insider threat or post-breach attacker to identify lateral movement paths, privilege escalation vectors, and sensitive data exposure within the corporate network.

Conduct internal Active Directory reconnaissance using BloodHound Community Edition to map attack paths, identify privilege escalation chains, and discover misconfigurations in domain environments.