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Privilege Escalation & Lateral Movement

The stage where a low-value foothold is turned into meaningful control and the attacker moves quietly toward the objective. It reveals how contained, or how exposed, your internal environment really is.

How it works

Inside Privilege Escalation & Lateral Movement

01

Escalating Privilege

A standard user foothold is rarely enough. The damage comes from turning it into privileged access.

Our methodology

We exploit Active Directory misconfigurations, credential reuse and Kerberoasting to escalate privilege, mapped to the MITRE ATT&CK Privilege Escalation tactic.

  • Kerberoasting
  • Privilege Escalation
  • Active Directory
02

Living Off the Land

Sophisticated attackers avoid malware, using your own tools so they blend in with legitimate activity.

Our methodology

We move using pass-the-hash, pass-the-ticket and living-off-the-land techniques with legitimate tools such as PowerShell and WMI, testing whether that activity is detected.

  • Pass-the-hash
  • Living-off-the-land
  • PowerShell
03

Reaching the Objective

The real question is how far a foothold spreads: whether segmentation contains it or it reaches your crown jewels.

Our methodology

We pursue lateral movement toward the agreed objective across network segments, mapping the shortest paths and revealing how contained or exposed your internal environment really is.

  • Lateral Movement
  • Segmentation
  • Attack paths
FAQ

Privilege Escalation & Lateral Movement FAQs

What does this stage reveal?

It reveals how contained, or how exposed, your internal environment is once an attacker has a foothold. We exploit Active Directory misconfigurations, credential reuse and Kerberoasting to escalate, then move using pass-the-hash, pass-the-ticket and living-off-the-land techniques, mapped to the Privilege Escalation and Lateral Movement tactics.

Why use legitimate tools like PowerShell?

Because real attackers do. Living off the land with built-in tools avoids malware signatures and tests whether your monitoring can distinguish malicious use from normal administration.

Is this safe on production systems?

Yes. We use safe, controlled techniques with clear rules of engagement, coordinate on sensitive systems and avoid destructive actions.

How do we fix what you find?

Findings are prioritised by the paths they unlock and mapped to the segmentation, hardening and identity fixes that break them, with a retest to confirm.

Talk to an operator about your engagement

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