PowerShell Providers: Navigate the Registry Like a Filesystem
A managed services client called us at 2 AM because a fleet of 180 Windows Server 2022 boxes had stopped autoloading their LOB agent after a botched GPO push. The Powe…
Multipartite Virus: Hunting Multi-Vector Malware in Production
A manufacturing client called us on a Tuesday morning with a problem that didn’t add up. Their endpoint agent had flagged and quarantined a suspicious executable on th…
MITRE ATT&CK Integration in Tabletop Exercises: A Checklist
Last quarter, we facilitated a tabletop exercise for a financial services client. Their CISO was confident the IR team could handle a ransomware scenario. Forty-five m…
Internal vs External IP Analysis in Threat Hunting
Your SIEM fires a high-severity alert at 3 AM. A workstation on the finance VLAN just made an outbound connection to an IP address flagged in three threat intelligence…
Ransomware Encryption Analysis: Attack Mechanics on Windows
A managed services client called our SOC at 2:14 AM on a Tuesday. Their file server was throwing access denied errors across three departments. By 2:20 AM we had confi…
Using Autoruns to Audit Every Windows Autostart Location
During a quarterly security review for a client running a 200-seat Windows environment, we found a DLL registered under HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersi…
Forensic Triage on Windows: Rapid Evidence Collection
Your SIEM flags a suspicious PowerShell execution on a domain controller at 11:43 PM. The endpoint detection tool confirms process injection consistent with MITRE ATT&…
Digital Forensics for Incident Response: Field Guide
Three weeks into a ransomware investigation at a mid-size logistics firm, the IR team handed me what they called a “forensic copy” of the infected server. It had been…
Cybersecurity Naming Conventions: A Complete IT Guide
Cybersecurity naming conventions are standardized rules for labeling digital assets – including user accounts, firewall rules, log files, and security policies. Organi…
Windows Digital Forensics Guide for IT Security Teams
When a security incident occurs on a Windows system, the clock starts ticking immediately. Every action taken – or not taken – can determine whether critical evidence…