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Labs / Active Directory, defender view

Domain Admin for sixteen minutes

Group membership events show a Sales user added to Domain Admins and removed again before the nightly review. Find who did it, the time window, and the logon in between.

  • Terminal mission
  • Beginner
  • 3 objectives
  • 0 of 3 solved

Briefing

The nightly Domain Admins report was clean, but a SIEM rule fired on event 4728 for the group. Adding someone, using the rights, and removing them before a scheduled check is an old trick.

Event 4728 is a member added to a global security group, 4729 is a member removed. 4732 and 4756 are the local and universal versions.

PowerShell · DC-01

DC-01 · Active Directory, defender view

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