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What are Active Directory attacks?

Key AD attacks: Kerberoasting (request service tickets, crack offline), AS-REP Roasting (request hash for pre-auth disabled accounts), DCSync (replicate all hashes from DC), Golden/Silver tickets.
Kerberoasting targets service accounts with SPNs — request TGS ticket, crack the service account's password offline. Defense: service accounts should have complex 25+ char passwords (managed service accounts). DCSync requires Domain Admin — the ultimate goal of AD attacks.
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