Orlando Cyber Studies

 This is my Pentesting active directory lab. I already have a simple AD lab which I used to learn how active directory works but this one I will use to attack it and to try and exploit some vulnerabilities and misconfigurations. I Started by installing Windows Server  2022 as well as a Windows 10 Vm. This Windows Server 2022 will act as my Domain Controller which is the server that runs the active directory services.   The first thing I did was change the name of my Windows server machine to something that I would remember. In this case, it's named ROOT-DC. I then went to manage and added  “roles and features” I made sure to add Active Directory Domain Services which is also known as Active Directory Data store. After installing everything I went and promoted my server to be a domain controller. I had to add a new forest because I don’t have an existing domain nor to do I have an existing forest. I named it Root_Lab.local Here is the NTDS this file is ve...

In this lab, I'll be utilizing Oracle VirtualBox to run an active directory. I'm undertaking this lab to learn more about Windows networking and how Active Directory functions. Installing VirtualBox will be the first step in getting the virtual machines up and running. I'll next install Windows 10 and Windows Server 2019 isos, which I'll use to set up two different virtual machines with two different operating systems. The domain controller, which will host the active directory, will be the first virtual machine. I'm going to give this virtual machine two network adapters, one for connecting to the public internet and the other for connecting to VirtualBox, which will act as a sort of virtual private network for the clients   After creating the virtual machine, I'll install Server 2019 on it and then assign it an IP address for the internal network. The external network will automatically obtain IP addresses from the home network. I can tell if the adapter is ...