Detection Lead @ Mandiant Managed Defense / Former IR Consultant @mandiant. Tier 3 Hipster; I came in like a #WrectorBall

San Francisco, CA
Joined July 2012
.@FireEye is celebrating+affirming #LGBTQPride with 2 online events featuring US Junglist @jordanalesesne! 🎙 Zoom Mon 6/21, 11AM PT / 2PM ET Register below 🔊 90-minute #UKG x #DnB DJ set: Fri 6/25, 7PM PT / 10PM ET Live link in flyer/registration tinyurl.com/FireEyePride2021…
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🚨🚨 New technique to steal AD FS secrets over the network. Defenders need to block internal traffic to AD FS servers over port 80 now! Read more: fireeye.com/blog/threat-rese… shoutout to @DrAzureAD who had the same though to look into AD FS replication and all his great work! 1/3
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Check out my latest blog together with @samsabetan! Things you'll learn about in this 2 part series: PCB inspection, UART debugging, NAND basics, chip off, firmware extraction/parsing, glitch attacks, and some RCE for the cherry on top: fireeye.com/blog/threat-rese…
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Another opening on my team at @Mandiant Managed Defense (this one is remote)! #mdr #infosecjobs #BlueTeam jobs.smartrecruiters.com/Fir…
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Policy as Code Bot (PacBot) - a platform for continuous compliance monitoring, compliance reporting & security automation for #aws. intro: opensource.t-mobile.com/blog… code : github.com/tmobile/pacbot
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I wrote a primer for cloud services, focusing on security issues related to storage and VMs, for the @SpecterOps blog. As a bonus, there are three cheatsheets (that will be updated) with tools, useful commands, and detailed info for AWS, Compute, and Azure:posts.specterops.io/head-in-…
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Curated list of Unix binaries that can be exploited to bypass local security restrictions 👍 gtfobins.github.io/ #LOLBins #unix #pentest #redteam
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26 minutes of well-architected security for your Tuesday! Webinar: Get Started with Well-Architected Security Best Practices - amzn.to/2PMdfDB
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Windows Event ID 4624 displays a numerical value for the type of login that was attempted. These numbers are important from a forensic standpoint but also for understanding credential exposure and mitigating risks. Descriptions in replies.
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Interesting to see the path away from GRR & OSQuery… code : gitlab.com/velocidex/velocir… #DFIR
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Worth noting: detection != alert. @MITREattack mitre.org/capabilities/cyber…
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The Art of Detecting Kerberoast Attacks buff.ly/2k2UgWy << @Ben0xA does a good job of showing a methodology for narrowing the focus on noisy Windows events (like EID 4769 ticket requests)
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Advanced auditing reference: docs.microsoft.com/en-us/win… Windows 10/2016 security auditing & monitoring reference Word document microsoft.com/en-us/download…
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Windows timestamp documentation is everywhere! How about some love for Linux, specifically EXT4 and my personal curiosity into the "born" date or "CR". This is my personal testing let me know if you have other results. #infosec #DFIR
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Whenever someone asks me for public #Hardening Guides I send him a link to the @CISecurity Benchmarks > do you know other public hardening guides? learn.cisecurity.org/benchma…
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EventCleaner - A tool mainly to erase specified records from Windows event logs : github.com/360-A-Team/EventC… #dfir
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Exploring PowerShell AMSI and Logging Evasion blog.xpnsec.com/exploring-po… via @_xpn_
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Netflix Cloud Security SIRT releases Diffy: A Differencing Engine for #dfir in the Cloud : medium.com/@NetflixTechBlog/…
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If you are looking to deploy Windows 10 & need security configuration guidance, the Microsoft Windows 10 security baseline is a great start. Link is to the Win10 v1803 security baseline: blogs.technet.microsoft.com/… Thanks @AaronMargosis for continuing to put this guidance together!
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