Detecting and Mitigating DDE Abuse in Office (T1559.002)
Dynamic Data Exchange lets documents and spreadsheets run commands without macros. How MITRE describes DDE abuse, what to watch for, and the settings that switch it off.
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Dynamic Data Exchange lets documents and spreadsheets run commands without macros. How MITRE describes DDE abuse, what to watch for, and the settings that switch it off.
Windows COM lets software call other software, and attackers use it for local code execution. What MITRE documents, the detection signals, and the settings that restrict it.
Inter-process communication is how programs talk, and attackers use it to run code locally. What MITRE covers across COM, DDE, XPC, sockets and pipes, and how to respond.
Credential cache files on Linux and macOS hold live Kerberos tickets. What MITRE says about stealing them, how auditd can watch them, and how to lock them down.
Accounts with Kerberos preauthentication turned off hand out crackable data to anyone who asks. How MITRE describes it, what event 4768 shows, and how to find the accounts.
Any domain user can ask for service tickets and crack them offline. MITRE details Kerberoasting, the 4769 and RC4 signals, and the service account fixes that blunt it.
Silver tickets are forged service tickets that never touch the domain controller. What MITRE documents, why they are hard to see, and how service account hygiene helps.
A golden ticket is a forged ticket-granting ticket built from the KRBTGT hash. What MITRE says it enables, the signals to watch, and why the double password reset matters.
Stolen and forged Kerberos tickets let attackers move as anyone. How the technique works, which Windows events help, and the Active Directory settings that limit the damage.
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