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Hunting 'Zombie Accounts' in Active Directory
A new technical write-up details how to find and clean up 'zombie accounts' in Active Directory — dormant user and machine accounts left behind by departed employees or decommissioned systems. Such stale accounts are a well-known security risk, since attackers can hijack them to move through networks unnoticed, making their detection and removal a priority for IT administrators.
Why now: Dormant accounts are a common and dangerous attack vector, so security practitioners are keen to share detection techniques.
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