Archive - Eric’s Substack

Atomic & Stateful Detection Rules

Harnessing the Power of Precision and Context in Detection Engineering

Oct 14 •

April 2024

Prefetch Analysis Lab

Analyze evidence of execution artifacts from a data breach investigation.

Apr 29 •

November 2023

So you want to be a SOC Analyst? 2.0

A revamp of the original SYWTBSA blog series, condensed and self-contained in a cloud-hosted lab VM. No local VM required!

Nov 3, 2023 •

October 2023

So you want to be a SOC Analyst? Part 6

Let's get a little more advanced with our detection rules by leveraging automated YARA scanning.

Oct 30, 2023 •

So you want to be a SOC Analyst? Part 5

So now you can write detections, which means you will soon learn about false positives; let's practice tuning those.

Oct 29, 2023 •

Threat Hunting with Velociraptor - Long Tail Analysis Lab

Leverage "rarity" in Velociraptor hunts to identify outliers with a hands-on lab using data generated from 10 systems, one of which is compromised.

Oct 28, 2023 •

May 2023

VMware Memory Analysis with MemProcFS

A lab guide for analyzing an infected memory image of a running VMware system with MemProcFS.

May 27, 2023 •

April 2023

Capturing & Parsing Forensic Triage Acquisitions for Investigation Timelining

This guide will walk you though capturing and processing triage acquisitions into forensic timelines, step-by-step, with a VM containing all needed…

Apr 12, 2023 •

March 2023

Find Threats in Event Logs with Hayabusa

A powerful technique for finding threats in Windows event logs.

Mar 21, 2023 •

A "Thank You" to Paid Subscribers

I sincerely want to thank those of you that are supporting this blog. Here are some resources just for you.

Mar 20, 2023 •

So you want to be a SOC Analyst? Part 4

Now that we've detected attacks, let's learn to actively block an attack.

Mar 20, 2023 •

Mounting E01 Forensic Images in Linux

So you want to mount an E01 forensic image? This guide will help.

Mar 10, 2023 •

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