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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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Device vs. User

Posted on September 10, 2021 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Device vs. User

Identity is the new perimeter. We keep hearing that, especially from Microsoft. Unfortunately, they have not completely bought into this in their Defender suite of security products. Microsoft Defender security products are nice. They work decently, Gartner likes them, but there is a problem with them. They focus on the device too much as far…

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