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Shadow Admins in Active Directory: Hidden Privilege Paths Attackers Exploit


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2026-04-15 19:35:18
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What Are Shadow Admins in AD? A common problem we encounter within many customer AD environments are accounts that, at first glance, may appear innocuous, but that actually have hidden administrative privileges equivalent to those of a domain administrator account. We call these accounts shadow admins. They represent one of the most persistent shadow admin […]


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Michelle Rhodes

Source: Security Boulevard
Source Link: https://securityboulevard.com/2026/04/shadow-admins-in-active-directory-hidden-privilege-paths-attackers-exploit/


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