My Take on CAPE

Introduction Although there are a few CAPE-related articles and videos out there, some can make the exam look scarier and more complicated than it actually is; they certainly had that effect for me! For instance, my biggest concern after reading them was evasion, as this is one of my weakest areas. In addition to that, I am working from a laptop with fairly limited resources, and let’s just say that installing Visual Studio and compiling stuff on it is not ideal. ...

May 12, 2026 · mollysec

Password Audits Part 1: NTDS Extraction

Introduction This article is about pentesting, not red teaming. We are given a DA account to extract NTDS, we don’t need to be stealthy or anything of that sort. Therefore, OPSEC considerations out of scope. I recently went from just testing (close-to-zero-functionality) web apps and APIs to doing more varied stuff, including internal assessments. An internal test consists of many different parts, one of which is assessing the passwords used within the domain (what we call a password audit). ...

March 13, 2026 · mollysec