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Version: 2.3.0

Test-MtAdUserHoneyPotCount

SYNOPSIS​

Counts potential honey pot style user accounts.

SYNTAX​

Test-MtAdUserHoneyPotCount [-ProgressAction <ActionPreference>] [<CommonParameters>]

DESCRIPTION​

This test identifies user accounts with names that may be intentionally attractive to attackers, such as accounts containing terms like admin, root, test, backup, or sql. These names can indicate decoy accounts, monitoring traps, or simply risky naming patterns that deserve review.

EXAMPLES​

EXAMPLE 1​

Test-MtAdUserHoneyPotCount

PARAMETERS​

-ProgressAction​

Determines how PowerShell responds to progress updates generated by a script, cmdlet, or provider, such as the progress bars generated by Write-Progress.

Type: ActionPreference
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: proga

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

CommonParameters​

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

INPUTS​

OUTPUTS​

System.Boolean​

NOTES​

https://maester.dev/docs/commands/Test-MtAdUserHoneyPotCount