# Darth Sidious

![](https://www.designerd.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/8.png)

**The goal is simple**\
To share my modest knowledge about hacking Windows systems. This is commonly refered to as red team exercises. This book however, is also very concerned with the blue team; the defenders. That is, helping those who are working as defenders, analysts and security experts to build secure Active Directory environments and monitor them for malicious activity.

**There are three major parts in this book**\
1\. Building a lab\
2\. Hacking it\
3\. Defending it

I have structured this book so it can be followed more or less sequentally. To practice many of these things, a lab is necessary. That is why I have made a few guides on how to build a lab, with varying degrees of comprehensiveness and size.

## Getting started

[GETTING STARTED](https://hunter2.gitbook.io/darthsidious/getting-started/getting-started)

## Getting the Source Code

The source for this book is available in the [book's github repository](https://github.com/chryzsh/DarthSidious).

## Changelog

| Date       | Who            | What                                                                                                                                                                                |
| ---------- | -------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| May 2017   | chryzsh        | Book created                                                                                                                                                                        |
| March 2018 | chryzsh        | Restructured book                                                                                                                                                                   |
| 30.03.2018 | bufferov3rride | Added article [Pivoting Through Exchange](https://hunter2.gitbook.io/darthsidious/initial-access/initial-access-through-exchange)                                                   |
| 02.04.2018 | chryzsh        | Restructured book again and removed some unfinished articles                                                                                                                        |
| 11.04.2018 | chryzsh        | Added the article [Building a malware analysis lab](https://github.com/chryzsh/DarthSidious/tree/fdd707cf9dbbc2faf3cf3dbbcd712b06fceeee87/labs/labs/cuckoo-malware-analysis-lab.md) |
| 14.04.2018 | chryzsh        | Added the article [Password cracking and auditing](https://hunter2.gitbook.io/darthsidious/credential-access/password-cracking-and-auditing)                                        |
| 23.04.2018 | filippos       | Added the article [CrackMapExec](https://hunter2.gitbook.io/darthsidious/execution/crackmapexec)                                                                                    |
| 06.05.2018 | chryzsh        | Fixed a link messup and some restructuring                                                                                                                                          |

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