StrikeShark NTDS.dit Dumping via vssadmin, diskshadow, ntdsutil, or esentutl

Ibrahim Saud@tektrix

•updated Jun 28, 2026•0•0•0

Detects attempts to extract the Active Directory database (NTDS.dit) by monitoring for the execution of administrative tools (vssadmin, diskshadow, ntdsutil, esentutl) with command-line arguments indicative of file copying, shadow copy creation, or database manipulation.