Every day in December, we’re taking a look at some of our favorite content of 2025. For the thirteenth day, Beth Holden, Cyber Security Engineer, talks us through the demonstrate lab on Active Directory attacks, and the crucial skills you’ll learn in this collection.

Introduction to Active Directory Attacks: Demonstrate Your Skills

Attacking Active Directory is a necessary skill set in any offensive security professional's arsenal.

This lab is designed to test your knowledge of Active Directory attack tools and techniques to exploit a domain and compromise the root of an Active Directory forest.

Why this lab?

This lab is a proving ground for real-world attack techniques, from password vulnerabilities and hash misuse to compromising a domain controller and forest – all critical for understanding the basics of attacking Active Directory environments.

I like this lab because you can launch a full-scale attack on an Active Directory domain with minimal guidance, allowing you to flex a range of offensive security muscles in a single challenge.

If you need help completing this lab, check out the rest of the Introduction to Active Directory Attacks collection to brush up on your Active Directory offensive security skills.

Discover Introduction to Active Directory Attacks: Demonstrate Your Skills for yourself here, and let us know what you think in the comments below!