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This is not the Access Policy you’re looking for

By Red Siege | October 1, 2026

by Mike Saunders The AWS ReadOnlyAccess policy might be providing more access than you’re intending to grant. On a recent assessment, we observed widespread use of IAM roles with the […]

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This is not the Access Policy you’re looking for

Red Siege at Wild West Hackin’ Fest Deadwood 2026: What to Expect

By Red Siege | September 24, 2026

As proud sponsors of Wild West Hackin’ Fest, Red Siege is heading back to Deadwood! WWHF is always a big one for us, and this year we’re bringing training, talks, […]

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Red Siege at Wild West Hackin’ Fest Deadwood 2026: What to Expect

Improving Your Simple Windows Domain for Offensive Testing: Installing MS SQL Server Express on Windows Server 2022 Server Core Edition

By Red Siege | September 3, 2026

by Justin Palk A couple of years ago, I put together a series on standing up a simple Windows AD domain in a lab environment. This article is part of […]

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Improving Your Simple Windows Domain for Offensive Testing: Installing MS SQL Server Express on Windows Server 2022 Server Core Edition

Improving Your Simple Windows Domain for Offensive Testing: Sysmon

By Red Siege | August 13, 2026

by Justin Palk A couple of years ago, I put together a series on standing up a simple Windows AD domain in a lab environment. This article is part of […]

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Improving Your Simple Windows Domain for Offensive Testing: Sysmon

Improving Your Simple Windows Domain for Offensive Testing: Elastic Defend EDR

By Red Siege | July 7, 2026

 by Justin Palk A couple of years ago, I put together a series on standing up a simple Windows AD domain in a lab environment. This is the start of […]

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Improving Your Simple Windows Domain for Offensive Testing: Elastic Defend EDR

Enumerate Domain Data (EDD): Powerview’s .NET Cousin

By Red Siege | June 11, 2026

EDD: PowerView’s .NET Cousin By Jason Downey If you’ve done any Active Directory enumeration, you’ve probably used PowerView. It for a bunch of years was the gold standard, so much […]

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Enumerate Domain Data (EDD): Powerview’s .NET Cousin

When All Else Fails: PowerShell Reflective Assembly Loading

By Red Siege | April 9, 2026

by Ian Briley Sometimes an older trick is the only trick that will work for you on an engagement. Case in point, recently I was on an engagement, where if […]

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When All Else Fails: PowerShell Reflective Assembly Loading

Tool – EyeWitness

By Red Siege | April 9, 2026

by Jason Downey EyeWitness: Because Nobody Has Time to Visit 500 URLs Every pentest has that moment during recon where you’ve got a list of web servers a mile long […]

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Tool – EyeWitness

IDN Homograph Attacks: More Steps, Same Deception

By Red Siege | March 12, 2026

by Ian Briley An IDN homograph attack is just the super ivory-tower way of saying typosquatting using characters not typically found in American English but look close to existing American […]

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IDN Homograph Attacks: More Steps, Same Deception

Jigsaw: Scramble Your Shellcode, Reassemble at Runtime

By Red Siege | March 12, 2026

by Jason Downey Encryption feels like the obvious move against shellcode detection, but it really just trades one problem for another. Sure, the recognizable patterns disappear. But now you’ve got […]

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Jigsaw: Scramble Your Shellcode, Reassemble at Runtime