If you’ve ever worked with Windows authentication logs, you know they can be a chaotic mess. Even when you’re looking for something apparently simple and useful – like tracking admin logins – you quickly find yourself in a sea of redundant entries, some of them logged for no apparent reason, and poorly documented details. I’ve…
Read MoreStepping Deeper into the CTF World It seems that this year, I’m a step further into the world of Capture The Flag (CTF) competitions: not sure why but I don’t regret it. We’re only halfway through the year, and I’ve already participated in three events. Not a huge amount, but a noticeable jump considering that…
Read MoreYes, you read that title right. Today I’m going to tell you about the time I went on a hunt to bring a velociraptor and a chainsaw into the Würth Phoenix Security Operations Center. I know that it might sound strange to many and few will believe it, but I’m sure that once you get…
Read MoreNowadays attacks evolve over time and threat actors are following different ways to reach the same objectives. This could represent a problem on the defensive side. How can you always be up-to-date and ready to detect, but then when a vulnerability is exploited be able to act in several ways depending on the threat actor?…
Read MoreIn this post, we’ll explore the synergy between a Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) platform and a traditional Security Operations Center (SOC) service. For those interested in the topic, I recommend reading my previous article, where I demonstrated a concrete example of integration between our SIEM and SATAYO, the CTI platform we use in our SOC….
Read MoreHave you already read this blog post Adding soar features to the soc part 1 vulnerability management? If not, you have to! It explains the SOAR features leveraged by the Würth Phoenix SOC and how we implement our Vulnerability Management process. In this article, I’ll take a step back, focusing on what happens before the…
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