Active Directory Hacking: MidGarden2 (Part 4) - Hack Smarter Labs
Source: YouTube · Tyler Ramsbey - Hack Smarter · published Mar 1, 2026 · 19:12
This video covers part four of a live-streamed Mid Garden 2 Lab walkthrough on Hacksmarter, demonstrating how to exploit the Bad Successor Active Directory vulnerability using Bloody AD 0:04.
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• The creator's mission is teaching practical ethical hacking skills for real-world penetration testing through hands-on labs rather than running scripts 0:38
• Viewers can join future live hacking sessions by subscribing and enabling bell notifications to participate in real time 0:19
• The session demonstrates installing Bloody AD and using the --pre-patch flag to exploit Bad Successor on an unpatched domain controller, emphasizing that skilled hackers should always understand why a technique works rather than just running commands 0:04
Viewers are challenged to use the information gathered from the Bad Successor exploit to continue progressing toward domain admin privileges on their own before part five.
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What is up everyone? Welcome back to another video. This is part four of working through the Mid Garden 2 Lab on the Hacksmarter platform. And hey, it is good to have you here. You might also see that there's chat on the screen over here somewhere over here. I make all of these while I'm live streaming and you're not here. What are you doing with your life? You need to make sure you subscribe and hit the bell notification so you're notified the next time I am live and then you too can be in the live studio audience. But hey, right before we pick up into part four, I do have a short word from our sponsor. But here's the thing. Uh, I sponsor myself. So, enjoy this word from Tyler, who is the sponsor of Tyler. And then we'll dive into the hacking. I want to teach you how to become a real hack…