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  • First Defcon – The results Reviews
  • Defender, KQL and Lockbit Microsoft
  • Do well, not be “popular” Ramblings
  • Defense Layers: A Case Study Microsoft
  • Device vs. User Microsoft
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New Year, New Post, from the start

Posted on January 10, 2025January 10, 2025 By Michael Kavka 1 Comment on New Year, New Post, from the start

So much has gone on since my last post back in 2023, but too much to go over honestly. I am rebooting this blog as of this post and hopefully can be more consistent in posting about stuff.  So as we enter 2025 I want to take a look at upcoming stuff. First off I…

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First Defcon – The results

Posted on August 17, 2023 By Michael Kavka No Comments on First Defcon – The results

This year marked the first time I made it out to Defcon. I have known about this conference since the 90’s, just had not figured out a way to get out there and experience it. For those that want a TL;DR, it is a supersized conference. There are also plenty of smaller conferences that I…

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Defender, KQL and Lockbit

Posted on August 3, 2022 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Defender, KQL and Lockbit

Recently, SentinelOne had a blog post about how Lockbit Ransomware was using Windows Defender to side load Cobalt Strike. Considering that this technique I sat down to write up a query(that is available at my Github here) for a custom detection of this procedure based off the information in the SentinelOne Blog post. Here I…

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