Of Course We Built a WSUS Ludus Lab
SpecterOps publishes a ready-made Ludus lab template for WSUS attack research, lowering the barrier for defenders to replicate and detect WSUS database takeover techniques.
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TL;DR: This blog walks you through setting up a WSUS lab using Ludus for testing. The associated GitHub repo is here. Introduction I have been researching the Windows Service Update Service (WSUS) and discovered a new way we could take over the WSUS infrastructure and deploy custom payloads for lateral movement. As part of this […] The post Of Course We Built a WSUS Ludus Lab appeared first on SpecterOps .
Editorial Analysis
Pre-built lab environments accelerate defensive research; teams can now quickly validate whether their WSUS hardening and monitoring detect the latest takeover techniques.
Deploy the WSUS Ludus lab in your test environment and run purple-team exercises against your current WSUS detection controls.
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