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This skill guides SOC analysts and detection engineers on how to correlate complex, multi-stage attacks within the IBM QRadar SIEM platform. It covers advanced usage of AQL (Ariel Query Language) for deep event investigation, building custom correlation rules (Building Blocks and Offenses), and cross-source data correlation (e.g., auth failures with network flows). It is essential for reducing false positives and improving threat detection accuracy.

This skill provides comprehensive detection methods for credential dumping techniques, a critical post-exploitation phase in cyber attacks. It targets the extraction of sensitive credentials from LSASS memory, SAM registry hives, and NTDS.dit using advanced security visibility. Detection relies on analyzing Sysmon Event ID 10 (ProcessAccess), Windows Security logs, and complex SIEM correlation rules, making it essential for SOC analysts and threat hunters investigating advanced persistent threats (APTs).

A comprehensive guide and framework for detecting attacker lateral movement within enterprise networks. It details the use of network flow analysis (Zeek), authentication log review (Windows Event Logs, Kerberos), and dedicated SIEM correlation rules (Splunk, Elastic) to identify techniques like Pass-the-Hash and RDP hopping. Ideal for threat hunters and security engineers building detection pipelines.

A comprehensive skill for detecting early-stage ransomware indicators before data encryption occurs. It utilizes advanced network detection tools such as Zeek and Suricata, combined with SIEM correlation rules and threat intelligence feeds. This method monitors the entire pre-encryption kill chain, identifying precursor behaviors like initial access broker activity, Cobalt Strike C2 beaconing, credential harvesting (e.g., Mimikatz signatures), and data staging attempts, enabling timely incident response and containment.

A comprehensive guide and set of detection rules for identifying OS credential dumping techniques (MITRE T1003). It leverages EDR telemetry, Sysmon process access monitoring, and Windows security event correlation to detect attacks targeting LSASS memory, SAM databases, and NTDS.dit files. Essential for proactive threat hunting and incident response.

This guide provides a structured methodology for proactively hunting adversaries who establish persistence using Windows Scheduled Tasks (T1053). It outlines the necessary prerequisites (EDR, SIEM, Sysmon) and a comprehensive workflow—from hypothesis formulation to threat correlation—for detecting suspicious task creation, unusual scheduling patterns, and attacker TTPs during incident response or red teaming.

This guide details how to implement advanced SIEM correlation rules to detect sophisticated Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs). By chaining multiple event types—including Windows authentication events, process execution telemetry, and network connection logs—across hosts, users can surface complex attack sequences that are invisible to single-event detections. It utilizes Splunk SPL and Sigma rule formats for robust security posture enhancement.

This guide outlines systematic methodologies for reducing false positives in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) systems. It covers advanced techniques including threshold tuning, multi-signal correlation enhancement, behavioral baseline integration, and threat intelligence filtering. Used by SOC analysts and detection engineers to combat alert fatigue and improve true positive detection rates.

A comprehensive guide for cybersecurity professionals detailing the process of collecting, parsing, and correlating system, application, and security logs (Windows EVTX, Linux syslog, web logs). It helps reconstruct event timelines, identify breach activity, and establish evidence for forensic reports.

This framework detects NTLM relay attacks across Active Directory environments by correlating Windows Security Event 4624 (LogonType 3). It identifies key indicators such as IP-to-hostname mismatches, Responder/LLMNR poisoning artifacts, and non-enforced SMB/LDAP signing, providing comprehensive threat detection for T1557.001.

This skill uses advanced AI and LLM capabilities to correlate fragmented Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) data. It ingests findings from diverse sources—including username enumeration, email lookups, social media, domain records, and breach databases—to generate unified, intelligence-grade profiles. It provides link analysis and confidence scoring, transforming raw data into actionable threat intelligence for target profiling.

This skill guides users on performing advanced, cloud-native threat hunting using AWS Detective. It leverages interactive behavior graphs, entity investigation timelines, and GuardDuty correlations to automatically analyze AWS logs (CloudTrail, VPC Flow Logs, etc.). Users can efficiently investigate suspicious IAM users, detect lateral movement, and correlate complex attack narratives across multiple AWS services.