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Sublime Just Got Even Smarter: Automatic Calendar Event Deletion Is Here
If you’ve been following me for a while, you already know how much I love Sublime . It’s one of those tools that just keeps getting better — feature after feature, update after update — all with one goal: making email security effortless . And today, they’ve released something that’s honestly a game changer . The Hidden Threat: Malicious Calendar Invites We’ve all seen those sketchy calendar invites — you know, the ones that magically appear on your calendar even though you
Oct 31, 20253 min read


Tracking Lateral Movement: PowerShell Remoting, WMIC, Explicit Credentials, NTLM Relay Attacks, Credential Theft and Reuse (Event IDs)
Welcome back, folks! If you’ve been following this series, I’ve already covered how attackers move laterally using things like named pipes, scheduled tasks, services, and registry modifications and more .Now it’s time to unpack some classic but still dangerous remote execution tricks — and how to actually hunt them down using Windows logs. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PowerShell Remoting & WMIC
Oct 29, 20257 min read


Tracking Lateral Movement — Named Pipes, Scheduler, Services, Registry, and DCOM (Event IDs)
Hey — today we’re unpacking lateral movement. Think of it like this : an attacker already got a foothold in your network and now wants to move sideways to more valuable systems. In this article I’ll try tp show you the common ways they do that, what Windows logs to watch for, and practical detective steps you can take right now. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Why this matters Once an attacker can
Oct 28, 202510 min read


PowerShell Logging: Making the Invisible Visible
If you’ve worked in cybersecurity for a while, you know one truth: PowerShell is both a friend and a foe . Administrators love it because it makes automation simple. Attackers love it because it makes exploitation simple. From credential theft to data exfiltration, lateral movement, and even memory-only malware — PowerShell can do it all. So, the real question is not whether PowerShell is being used, but how and by whom . That’s where PowerShell logging comes into play — y
Oct 24, 20256 min read


Event Log Clearing and Malware Execution: Evidence from Windows Logs
If you’ve worked in cybersecurity or digital forensics for even a short while, you’ve probably realized that Windows event logs are like the system’s memory — they remember almost everything that happens. From user logins and process creations to application crashes and errors, these logs quietly record the life story of a system. But what happens when someone — say, an attacker — tries to erase those memories ? Or when malware crashes in the middle of doing something shady
Oct 22, 20257 min read
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