Episode 1

Intro to Using Defense Hacking Tools with Jordan Drysdale and Kent Ickler

January 9, 20261h 17m

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How do you use hacking tools?

🛝 Webcast Slides
https://www.antisyphontraining.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/IntroToHackingTools-kent-and-jordan.pdf

🎓Antisyphon Training with Kent & Jordan at WWHF Mile High 2026:
https://www.antisyphontraining.com/product/active-directory-security-and-hardening-with-jordan-drysdale-and-kent-ickler/

Join instructors Jordan Drysdale and Kent Ickler (Black Hills Information Security – Testers) for a free one-hour training session featuring a live demonstration of hacking tools in a speed run against a messy Active Directory domain.

You’ll get a rapid-fire introduction to Jordan and Kent’s standard hacking techniques and learn strategies based on their popular Lab Building 101 framework.

Kent and Jordan will demystify how these tools work so you can feel confident using them yourself.

Chapters:

(00:00) - Intro - Intro to Using Defense Hacking Tools

(01:48) - Executive Problem Statement

(03:28) - First and Foremost

(10:33) - Recon & OSINT Tooling

(19:09) - Scan & Enumerate Tooling

(24:37) - Vulnerability Scanning

(27:17) - Vulnerability Exploitation

(31:47) - Web Applications

(36:07) - Local System Tooling

(38:03) - Password Spraying/Cred Abuse

(41:39) - Active Directory

(49:35) - Proxy Chains / SSH Tunnels

(50:18) - SMB File Shares

(51:35) - Kerberos Interaction

(52:39) - Impacket Tools

(54:04) - Pre-Windows 2000

(55:22) - Credential Relay (and LLMNR)

(56:44) - ADCS Investigation & Abuse

(57:17) - Browser Hijacks

(58:14) - We Have a Class - Active Directory Security and Hardening

(58:53) - Q&A Start

(01:00:13) - How Do you Build These Skills?

(01:02:08) - When Did You Start Feeling Comfortable with Your Skillset?

(01:06:23) - Getting a Company to Approve Running These Tools?

(01:08:50) - HIPPA Approved Tools?

(01:11:06) - Training for an Organization?

(01:12:23) - Finding Entry Level Jobs

(01:14:58) - Closing Remarks

Creators & Guests

Zach Hill - Host

Jordan Drysdale - Guest

Meagan Bentley - Producer

Kent Ickler - Guest

Brought to you by:

Black Hills Information Security

https://www.blackhillsinfosec.com

Antisyphon Training

https://www.antisyphontraining.com/

Active Countermeasures

https://www.activecountermeasures.com

Wild West Hackin Fest

https://wildwesthackinfest.com

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