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Lateral Movement: How Attackers Spread Silently
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Initial Access Is Just the First Step
A successful phishing email or vulnerable public app is often just the start. Attackers quickly pivot internally after landing. What seems like a small compromise becomes a domain-wide breach.
Credential Dumping Powers the Spread
Attackers extract hashes, tokens, and credentials from memory using tools like Mimikatz. With these, they authenticate laterally — often without raising alarms. Domain admin rights can be a few hops away.
Shared Admin Accounts Create Easy Targets
If multiple systems use the same local admin password, compromise becomes multiplication. Attackers move from one endpoint to another without resistance. It's privilege reuse — and it's everywhere.
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File Shares, RDP, and Remote Tools Enable Quiet Movement
Open SMB shares allow copying tools across the network. Misconfigured RDP and remote PowerShell grant control without detection. Internal segmentation is often weak or nonexistent.
Detection Needs Contextual Correlation
Isolated logs don’t expose patterns. What looks like normal behavior is suspicious in context — like the same user logging into 10 machines in 5 minutes. SIEMs must correlate identity, time, and endpoint.
Zero Trust and Segmentation Limit the Blast Radius
Microsegmentation, enforced authentication, and conditional access make lateral movement expensive. Assuming breach internally is the new baseline. Stopping the spread is just as critical as stopping the entry.
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