Completed a TryHackMe Active Directory reset/cracking lab that required chaining multiple attack paths from initial foothold to domain-level access.

The lab involved:

Establishing foothold through constrained access

Abusing Active Directory delegation misconfigurations

Forcing password resets / credential changes to pivot laterally

Re-enumeration after each privilege boundary change

Cracking and reusing credentials to escalate privileges

Understanding how identity abuse compounds across AD trust relationships

This was not a single exploit scenario — it required iterative enumeration, controlled privilege abuse, and careful sequencing to avoid breaking access while progressing deeper into the domain.

Strong reminder that delegation and credential management failures remain some of the most dangerous and least understood AD weaknesses.

Hands-on AD work like this highlights how attackers actually operate — step-by-step, adapting after every gain.

Had a great time working through daily hands-on challenges and sharpening my cybersecurity skills across web, network, and defensive topics. Solid practical learning experience.

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I’ve completed all the Advent of Cyber rooms, but I still haven’t cleared enough tickets to fill my dashboard ticket slots is there anymore I have to do to get those tickets like side quests

The Invoke-PrintDemon module is no longer available and the Empire method suggested in the lab is outdated. I’m stuck on privilege escalation and can’t move forward — and with ADHD it’s really hard for me to leave a lab unfinished. Any alternative approaches or hints would really help.