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Xat
Bronze III
4 months agoHuman Connection Challenge: Season 1 – Windows
After the other Human Connection Challenges, I'm now completely stuck on Machine 1 of the Human Connection Challenge: Season 1 – Windows lab. I found the obvious hidden credentials the the: [ Spo...
- 4 months ago
Hi Xat I feel your pain, I got very frustrated with this one too, but it's a good example of how easy it can be to fall down several rabbit holes! I don't know how much to give away but sometimes it pays to get 'Brutal' with all exposed services (some of the enumeration you've done might be a breadcrumb to other viable accounts too).
steven
Silver II
4 months agoXat the answer is simple: imagine you know a well known user on the system (no, it's not IMLuser, it's the other one existing on all windows ...) and you want to try to find the password.
the keyword for your google search is: windows password spraying attack
Al13nz
Bronze II
4 months agoFunny thing about Microsoft is they don't add lockout policies by default to certain 'Built in accounts' ;p