Yeahhhhhh! Today's another fun tale of pentest pwnage, including:

• The importance of starting your pentest with an AD account that actually has access to...ya know...stuff

• The importance of starting your pentest plugged into a network that actually has...you know...systems connected to it!

• This BHIS article is awesome for finding treasures in SMB shares

• PowerUpSQL audits are a powerful way to get pwnage on a pentest - check out this presentation for some practical how-to advice

• IPMI/BMCs often have weak creds and/or auth bypasses so don't forget to check for them. Rapid7 has a slick blog on the topic.

• Don't forget to check for vulnerable VMWare versions because some of them have major vulnerabilities