dcshadow

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The Fake Domain Controller You Didn’t See Coming: Detecting DCShadow Attacks Using Trellix NDR

The Fake Domain Controller You Didn’t See Coming: Detecting DCShadow Attacks Using Trellix NDR By Maulik Maheta and Chao Sun · December 17, 2025 Executive summary DCShadow is a covert post-exploitation technique that enables an attacker to impersonate a domain controller and make unauthorized,...

DCShadow

The DCShadow is an attack which tries to modify existing data in the Active Directory by using legitimate API's which are used by domain controllers. This technique can be used in a workstation as a post-domain compromise tactic for establishing domain persistence bypassing most SIEM solutions...