I improve security for enterprises around the world working for TrustedSec & I am @PyroTek3 on Twitter. Read the About page (top left) for information about me. :) https://adsecurity.org/?page_id=8
Sean Metcalf
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Oct 21 2014
Hyper-V How to install integration services when the virtual machine is not running
From Microsoft’s Virtualization Blog, How to install integration services when the virtual machine is not running: We’ve been talking to a lot of people about deploying integration services (integration components) lately. As it turns out, they’re pretty easy to patch offline with existing Hyper-V tools. First, why would you update integration services on a not-running …
Oct 18 2014
Windows Server 2012 R2 Features
Single post coverage of all of the major new and updated features in Windows Server 2012 R2 This covers the following technology areas: iSCSI Target Server SMB Windows Deployment Services Active Directory BitLocker DFS Replication DHCP DNS Server Failover Clustering File and Storage Services File Server Resource Manager Group Policy Hyper-V Hyper-V Network Virtualization Hyper-V …
Oct 15 2014
PowerShell Function: Get-ADAuthGroups
Here’s a PowerShell Function that leverages Active Directory .Net to get a list of the AD authorization groups. This is extremely useful to get a complete list of security groups that comprise a user’s AD Kerberos token without having to loop or recurse AD groups. Function GetAuthGroups { Param ( $AccountID, [switch]$CountAuthGroups, [Switch]$ReturnGroups = …
Oct 14 2014
New & Updated Features in Windows Server 2012 R2
New & Updated Features in Windows Server 2012 R2 Expanded from: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn250019 What’s New for iSCSI Target Server in Windows Server 2012 R2 iSCSI Target Server enables you to network boot multiple computers from a single operating system image that is stored in a centralized location. iSCSI Target Server can boot hundreds of computers by …
Oct 12 2014
Hyper-V VM Generation Differences
From the Microsoft Tip of the Day Blog: Generation 2 VMs replace a large number of emulated devices with resource efficient synthetic devices. Here is a list of Generation 1 devices that you will not find in a new Generation 2 VM. BIOS COM Ports DMA Controller Floppy Controller i8042 Keyboard Controller IDE Controller …
Oct 10 2014
PowerShell and Ambiguous Name Resolution (ANR) Search in Active Directory
I was recently asked how to find a user when you have data that may be the SamAccountName or in another attribute. My first thought was leveraging Ambiguous Name Resolution (ANR) Search in Active Directory. ANR enables you to find a user when you have some information about a user, but don’t know exactly to …
Oct 07 2014
PowerShell Code: Find User in Active Directory Forest
PowerShell Code: Find User in Active Directory Forest There are times when you have a userid, but don’t know where in a multi-domain forest a user is located. Here’s some PowerShell code for locating the user’s domain. PowerShell code leverages the Active Directory PowerShell module to query a local Global Catalog (GC) server in …
Oct 06 2014
Comparing ASLR on Windows & Linux
Two key differences regarding Linux & Windows Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR): ASLR is not as prevalent in most Linux distributions as it is on modern Windows systems. ASLR cannot be force-enabled for applications on Linux, as EMET can do on Windows. Read the entire article at Cert.org
Oct 04 2014
US-Based Azure VMs With Static IP May Get Foreign IP Addresses
Interesting side-effect of the enormity of the infrastructure behind a public cloud service. Some Azure customers may have noticed that for a VM deployed in a US region, when they launch a localized page on a web browser it may redirect them to an international site. The following explains why this may be happening. Potential …
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