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Published research, white papers, and detailed writings from our team. We explore advanced cybersecurity topics, system architectures, and engineering best practices.
A systematization-of-knowledge whitepaper on offensive operations against Active Directory Certificate Services (ADCS) — covering the full attack taxonomy ESC1–ESC18, THEFT1–THEFT5, and the PERSIST/DPERSIST persistence families, alongside the KB5014754 enforcement landscape.
The definitive offensive reference for Active Directory Certificate Services. Forged Trust documents the complete ADCS attack taxonomy from first principles — ESC1–ESC18, THEFT1–THEFT5, PERSIST1–PERSIST3, and DPERSIST1–DPERSIST3 — each technique covered end to end alongside the KB5014754 enforcement landscape.