@inproceedings{10.1145/3689934.3690839,
author = {Castro, Sebasti\'{a}n R. and C\'{a}rdenas, Alvaro A.},
title = {Ghost in the SAM: Stealthy, Robust, and Privileged Persistence through Invisible Accounts},
year = {2024},
isbn = {9798400712302},
publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
address = {New York, NY, USA},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3689934.3690839},
doi = {10.1145/3689934.3690839},
pages = {59–72},
numpages = {14},
}

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 Y88b.88        The Invisible Account Forger
 "Y88888b.                        by @r4wd3r
      88"88b                          v1.0.1
 Y88b 88.88P
  "Y88888P"               https://r4wsec.com
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Description:

    A stealthy tool to create invisible accounts on Windows systems.

Parameters:

    USERNAME: Username for the new suborner account. Default = <HOSTNAME>$
    Syntax: /username:[string]

    PASSWORD: Password for the new suborner account. Default = Password.1
    Syntax: /password:[string]

    RID: RID for the new suborner account. Default = Next RID available
    Syntax: /rid:[decimal int]

    RIDHIJACK: RID of the account to impersonate. Default = 500 (Administrator)
    Syntax: /ridhijack:[decimal int]

    TEMPLATE: RID of the account to use as template for the new account creation. Default = 500 (Administrator)
    Syntax: /template:[decimal int]

    MACHINEACCOUNT: Forge as machine account for extra stealthiness. Default = yes
    Syntax: /machineaccount:[yes/no]

    DEBUG: Enable debug mode for verbose logging. Default = disabled
    Syntax: /debug