A new module for the TrickBot trojan has been discovered that targets the Active Directory database stored on compromised Windows domain controllers. TrickBot is typically download and installed on a ...

Microsoft MVP Derek Melber explains why real AD knowledge depends on understanding how Group Policy, replication and DNS behave in production.

An improperly configured Active Directory can render the rest of your security measures useless. With so much attention being paid to factors like endpoint security and server hardening, it is easy to ...

As the gateways to corporate networks, VPNs are an attractive target for attackers seeking access to Active Directory environments. And when VPN credentials become compromised — through something as ...

Even after 25 years, Microsoft Active Directory (AD) remains the backbone of identity and access management in up to 90% of enterprise IT environments worldwide, making it a high-value target for ...

Several years ago I documented Windows updates that needed additional registry keys to be set before you are fully patched. These updates can be hard to keep track of. Microsoft recently released ...

If Active Directory Users and Computers (ADUC) is not responding or is slow to load on Windows Server or Windows 11/10 client machines, the solutions provided in this ...

Earlier this week I saw a situation in which someone with a small, single-domain controller network performed a restoration of their domain controller. This restoration effectively reverted the Active ...

We configure our computer objects in dedicated OUs for computers based on branches. We have a main computer GPO, but this way we can apply different GPOs to each branch without affecting others. We ...

Canonical has made it easy for admins to join Ubuntu Desktop to Active Directory domains. Jack Wallen walks you through the steps. Ubuntu 21.04 was made available last month, and it has been quite the ...