Bad Sector Labs
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Cybersecurity news, techniques, exploits, and tools every week at http://blog.badsectorlabs.com 🐘@[email protected]
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Stop testing in prod (even someone else's)! Are you tired of installing Active Directory on your test VMs for the 100th time? Ever YOLO a binary off GitHub into prod because your testing setup is tedious? I've built a solution: ludus.cloud
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Ludus
The easiest way to deploy testing infrastructure
ludus.cloud
DEF CON releases, PDQ SmartDeploy creds (@unsigned_sh0rt), FortiSIEM root command injection (@SinSinology), a cat themed loader (@vxunderground), fine-tune LLMs for offsec (@kyleavery_), juicing NTDS.DIT (@MGrafnetter), and more!

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Last Week in Security (LWiS) - 2025-08-18
DEF CON releases, PDQ SmartDeploy creds (@unsigned_sh0rt), FortiSIEM root command injection (@SinSinology), a cat themed loader (@vxunderground), fine-tune LLMs for offsec (@kyleavery_), juicing NTDS....
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Come see a preview of the new Web UI for 🏟️Ludus at the Embedded Systems Village. Our mini-workshop walks you through deploying a range and then hacking an emulated IP camera.
In Vegas for hacker summer camp and trying to get food without breaking the bank? I vibed a simple map site: defconfood.badsectorlabs.com

Come see Ludus at the embedded Systems Village - hack an IP camera, see the new UI, and get a sticker!
DEF CON Las Vegas Food Map
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Ludushound shows the power of community driven innovation in cybersecurity. @bagelByt3s created an awesome tool to convert bloodhound data into a working lab in 🏟️ Ludus. Replicate complex live environments with automation - and get back to the fun stuff!

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LudusHound: Raising BloodHound Attack Paths to Life - SpecterOps
LudusHound is a tool for red and blue teams that transforms BloodHound data into a fully functional, Active Directory replica environment via the Ludus framework for controlled testing.
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Lots of good write ups (like Citrix Bleed 2) but my favorite was seeing how 🏟️ Ludus.cloud helped Cameron Stish of Guidepoint Security find "LoopyTicket" (CVE-2025-33073).

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Ludus
The easiest way to deploy testing infrastructure
Ludus.cloud
@raphaelmudge.bsky.social summed up why we built and released Ludus open source: "Develop technologies that give individual operators and researchers LEVERAGE acting on hypothesis and make it fast to try things, adapt, and modify."

When spinning up ADCS or SCCM is 3 commands, it gives you leverage.
Want to learn pivoting this weekend? The 🏟️Ludus community created a Pivot Lab with 11 different pivoting tools! Check it out: docs.ludus.cloud/docs/environ...
MATCH (c1:Computer)-[:MemberOf*1..]->(g:Group) WHERE g.objectsid ENDS WITH '-516' WITH COLLECT(c1[.]name) AS dcs MATCH (c2:Computer) WHERE c2.enabled = true AND (c2.operatingsystem contains '2025') AND (c2[.]name IN dcs) RETURN c2[.]name

If this query hits, you're DA: www.akamai.com/blog/securit...
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Cobalt Strike for free!? Adaptix C2 (@hacker_ralf) is the best open source C2 I've used since Havoc (@C5pider). Adaptix has SOCKS5, remote and local port forwards, and BOF support! Now it's easy to install the server and client, especially on 🏟️Ludus with our new role:

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The Ludus range config can get complex - lots of features == lots of options, but VSCode (and Cursor/Windsurf) can help if you add:

# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://docs.ludus.cloud/schemas/range-config.json

to the top of a yaml, the editor will highlight and explain errors! 🤯