# nccgroup/redsnarf

RedSnarf is a pen-testing / red-teaming tool for Windows environments

Repository: https://github.com/nccgroup/redsnarf
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/redsnarf
Homepage: https://www.nccgroup.trust/uk/about-us/newsroom-and-events/blogs/2016/november/introducing-redsnarf-and-the-importance-of-being-careful/
Language: PowerShell
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: windows, pentesting, pentesting-windows, python, active-directory
Last push: 2020-09-14T12:31:11+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3592, "days_push": 2179, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1216, forks 235 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:01.247996+00:00)

## What it is
RedSnarf is a pen-testing/red-teaming tool for retrieving hashes and credentials from Windows workstations, servers, and domain controllers using OpSec-safe techniques. It supports hash dumping, pass-the-hash, LSASS dumping, NTDS.dit extraction, and various remote administration tasks.

## Use cases
- retrieve hashes and credentials from windows machines
- dump domain controller hashes with ntdsutil or drsuapi
- perform pass-the-hash attacks during pentests
- spray hashes across a subnet to find weak credentials
- decrypt gpp cpassword and winscp passwords
- find where domain users are logged in remotely
- retrieve wifi passwords from remote windows machines

## When to choose
- you are doing authorized red-team or penetration testing against windows/active-directory environments
- you need opsec-safe credential retrieval and hash dumping in one tool
- you want quick enumeration of elevated users, lsa secrets, and cached credentials

## When to avoid
- you need a maintained tool - the last release was 2020 and development appears stalled
- you are not on a windows-focused engagement or lack the required dependencies like impacket and creddump7
- you need stealth against modern EDR, as techniques like lsass dumping are widely detected

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: penetration-testing, security
- domain: security, penetration-testing, windows
- platform: windows, python, cli
- tags: red-team, credential-harvesting, active-directory, pass-the-hash, mimikatz, opsec

## Member repositories
- nccgroup/redsnarf (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:01.247996+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:17:12.027486+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/nccgroup/redsnarf (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:01.247996+00:00, sha 1818d50817be)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.