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Tools & Defense

MITRE ATT&CK: Building a Detection Coverage Map

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Tools & Defense

Detection-as-Code with Sigma and CI/CD

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Tools & Defense

osquery: SQL-Powered Endpoint Visibility

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Tools & Defense

Wireshark and tshark for Protocol Analysis

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Tools & Defense

YARA Rules for Malware Hunting and Classification

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Tools & Defense

Sigma Rules: Portable Detection Engineering

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Tools & Defense

Sysmon Configuration for Endpoint Visibility

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Active Directory

Kerberoasting: The Complete Guide to Mechanics, Attack, and Defense

A complete guide to Kerberoasting: how SPNs and TGS-REP enable offline cracking, plus detection and defense.
Active Directory

Password Spraying Active Directory Without Tripping Lockouts

A practical, lockout-aware guide to password spraying Active Directory with kerbrute, plus detection and defense.
Windows Privesc

Windows Event Logs and Forensic Artifacts: Tracking and Tampering

How Windows Security event logs record attacker activity, how adversaries clear them, and how defenders detect tampering.
Windows Privesc

Practical Windows Enumeration with winPEAS

A hands-on guide to running winPEASx64 for Windows privilege escalation enumeration, with defensive countermeasures.
Linux Privesc

Credential Hunting on Linux: From .bash_history to Config Files

A practical guide to hunting cleartext credentials on Linux hosts via history files, config files, and grep, plus defenses.
Linux Privesc

Linux Persistence Techniques: Maintaining Access After Initial Compromise

A practical tour of Linux persistence: authorized_keys, cron, systemd, rc.local, and ld.so.preload, plus detection.
Tools & Defense

Nmap in Practice: A Pentester’s Guide to Scanning, NSE, and Timing

A practical, accurate Nmap workflow covering host discovery, -p-, -sC -sV, NSE scripts, and timing — plus blue-team detection.
Tools & Defense

Metasploit Framework Fundamentals: From msfconsole to Meterpreter

A practical introduction to the Metasploit Framework: searching modules, launching exploits, driving Meterpreter, and detecting it all.
Tools & Defense

John the Ripper in Practice: From Hash Extraction to Rule-Based Cracking

A practical guide to John the Ripper: *2john extraction, format detection, wordlist and rule-based attacks, plus blue-team defenses.
Security

Reverse Shell Cheat Sheet: From One-Liners to a Stable TTY

A practical reverse shell cheat sheet covering bash, nc, python and PowerShell payloads plus TTY upgrade and detection.
Tools & Defense

Log4Shell (CVE-2021-44228): Anatomy of the JNDI/LDAP Exploit

A practical breakdown of Log4Shell: how the JNDI/LDAP lookup leads to RCE, a marshalsec PoC, WAF bypass tricks, and defenses.
Tools & Defense

Active Directory Defense and Monitoring: Tiering, LAPS, and Detection Engineering

A practical defender's guide to AD tiering, LAPS, honeypot accounts, ADCS hardening, and the event IDs that catch attackers.
Malware & C2

Writing Effective YARA Detection Rules

A practical guide to writing precise YARA rules using strings, hex patterns, imphash, and conditions for malware detection.