On 23 Feb 2022, different cyber threat intelligence services began to witness the usage of a new disk wiper being leveraged against Ukrainian organizations. ESET Research was among the first to tweet out hashes related to the malware. …

Let’s Set the Scene RSA once defined indicators of compromise (IOCs) as: “…an artifact observed on a network or in an operating system that, with HIGH CONFIDENCE, indicating a computer intrusion.” Analysts and defenders are often focused on hunting IOCs, and for a good reason. Whether that’s FireEye’s Mandiant or your favorite infosec person…

Threat Hunt with Elastic Why Do This? Suppose you’ve ever worked in Security Operations Center or performed any incident response. In that case, you’ll understand the value that logs play in telling a story of what occurred. But, of course, when trying to see the picture of a breach or incident, we need…

TL;DR In this post, I’m discussing how I’m going about achieving my first $1,000,000. Legal Disclaimer: This content is for informational purposes only. You should not construe any such information or other material as legal, tax, investment, financial, or other advice. …

There’s been a lot of news lately surrounding the SolarWinds hack. It’s basically taking up all the news cycles in the security circles. Today I want to talk about a barely covered article that comes from ZDNet. It’s titled “This new Cyberattack can dupe DNA scientists into creating dangerous viruses…

Our First Hackathon Sometime in mid-June of 2020, Elastic invited my organization to participate in a hackathon they were hosting. For those that don’t know, Elastic is a pretty big up and comer in the Search space and described at times as the next Google. …

Things to consider either before you join the military or while still serving — Serving in the military is a time-honored tradition for some Americans and their families. Such so, that our culture and politics continues to highlight the esteem of military service and the reverence placed on service members. …

Data is Everything Whether hunting down hackers in your network, optimizing traffic flow, or just trying to build a network baseline, you’ll learn that data is everything. Data is our gateway to gaining deeper insights into the patterns or behaviors of our users and devices. …

Background on Myself On August 30th, 2018, I graduated from the Udacity Deep Learning Nanodegree. Unlike many others to go through the program, I do not have a Computer Science or Engineering degree. In fact, I don’t have any graduate or undergraduate degree. My highest form of a completed college education is an…