Background

Internal Network
Penetration Testing

Mandiant's M-Trends 2023 report shows attackers spend an average of 16 days moving laterally inside networks before detection. Test your internal defenses against insider threats and post-breach scenarios.

16 Days
Lateral movement dwell time
Mandiant M-Trends 2023
74%
Involve internal systems
Verizon DBIR 2023

Testing Scope

Active Directory exploitation
Lateral movement techniques
Privilege escalation paths
Network segmentation bypass
Credential harvesting
Domain dominance achievement

Why Internal Testing Matters

External defenses are strong. But once inside your network—whether through phishing, compromised VPN, or malicious insider—what stops an attacker?

82%
Attackers achieve domain admin
Red Canary Threat Detection Report
34%
Breaches start from insiders
Verizon DBIR 2023
70%
Organizations lack segmentation
Forrester Research 2023

Internal Network Attack Path

Simulating real attacker techniques from initial foothold to domain dominance.

PHASE 01

Initial Foothold

Starting from low-privilege access, enumerate the environment to understand network topology, systems, and users.

Network scanningService enumerationLDAP queriesSMB enumeration
PHASE 02

Credential Access

Extract credentials from memory, configuration files, network traffic, and exploit weak authentication mechanisms.

LSASS dumpingKerberoastingPassword sprayingNTLM relay
PHASE 03

Lateral Movement

Move between systems using harvested credentials, exploit trust relationships, and bypass network segmentation.

Pass-the-hashWMI/PSExecRDP hijackingGPO abuse
PHASE 04

Privilege Escalation

Escalate from user to local admin to domain admin through misconfiguration exploitation and vulnerability abuse.

Token impersonationDLL hijackingUnquoted pathsWeak ACLs
PHASE 05

Domain Dominance

Achieve complete control of Active Directory, access all systems, and establish persistent backdoors.

DCSyncGolden ticketsSilver ticketsSkeleton keys

Comprehensive Internal Testing

Active Directory

Kerberos attacks, GPO abuse, trust exploitation

Database Servers

SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle exploitation

Network Services

SMB, LDAP, DNS, DHCP vulnerability testing

Workstations

User endpoint security and local admin access

Internal WiFi

Rogue AP detection, WiFi segmentation testing

File Shares

Permission auditing, sensitive data discovery

Monitoring Bypass

Evading EDR, SIEM, and detection systems

Segmentation

VLAN hopping, firewall rule bypass

Test Your Internal
Defenses Now

Validate your network segmentation, Active Directory security, and ability to detect and respond to internal threats before a real attacker does.