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Shellbags are registry artifacts that track user folder browsing activity (view settings, access path) via Windows Explorer. This method reconstructs a user's interaction history with local drives, network shares, and removable media, providing definitive evidence of folder access even when the directories are deleted. Essential for digital forensics and incident response.

Establishes a repeatable, structured operational process for managing Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates. The workflow guides users through advisory review, vulnerability triaging (including zero-days), phased testing, and deployment across major platforms (Windows, Azure, Office). Ideal for maturing patch management programs and defining risk-based remediation SLAs.

This skill provides comprehensive guidance and PowerShell scripts for hardening Windows endpoints using Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE). It covers advanced features like Attack Surface Reduction (ASR) rules to block common attack techniques, Controlled Folder Access for ransomware protection, and Network Protection. Use this for deploying enterprise-grade, compliance-required security policies via Intune or Group Policy.

This skill guides the advanced configuration of Windows Event Logging using Group Policy Objects (GPO) and advanced audit policies. It enables high-fidelity logging for critical security events, including process creation (Event 4688), logon/logoff activities, and object access. The process covers optimizing log sizes and implementing Windows Event Forwarding (WEF) to centralize data into SIEM platforms for effective threat detection and forensic investigation.

A comprehensive guide for deploying and configuring CrowdStrike Falcon EDR agents across diverse endpoints (Windows, macOS, Linux). This skill covers silent installation via SCCM, Intune, GPO, and command-line methods, alongside establishing robust prevention and response policies. Ideal for onboarding endpoints, enhancing threat detection capabilities, and integrating Falcon telemetry into SIEM platforms for advanced security operations.

A comprehensive guide to deploying and configuring osquery across diverse endpoints (Windows, macOS, Linux). This tool allows security teams to gather deep, SQL-based insights into endpoint state, including running processes, network connections, system configuration, and installed software. It is essential for threat hunting, compliance auditing, and building centralized fleet visibility.

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).

This guide details comprehensive detection methods for DCSync attacks (MITRE T1003.006) in Active Directory. Attackers abuse legitimate directory replication protocols to extract sensitive password hashes. Detection relies on auditing Windows Event ID 4662 for unauthorized access attempts to critical Directory Service GUIDs, specifically flagging non-domain-controller accounts attempting replication calls. Essential for threat hunting and incident response.

Analyzes Windows Security EVTX logs to detect Kerberos golden ticket assaults by correlating event IDs 4768, 4624, and 4672, flagging long-lived TGTs, privilege escalations without group changes, SID inconsistencies, and outputting a timeline-based report.

Utilizes SIEM platforms (Splunk/Elastic) and Windows Event Log analysis (ID 4769) to detect indicators of Golden Ticket attacks. This skill analyzes Kerberos logs for specific anomalies such as RC4 encryption downgrades, abnormal ticket lifetimes, and correlation failures between TGT and TGS requests, crucial for advanced threat hunting in Active Directory environments.

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.

This guide details how to hunt for adversary lateral movement (MITRE ATT&CK TA0008) using Splunk's advanced SPL querying capabilities. It focuses on analyzing Windows authentication logs (e.g., Type 3/10 logons), correlating event IDs (4624, 4648) with process creation data (Sysmon), and identifying unusual source-destination relationships across the network to scope the breadth of a compromise.