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Data Driven Security Archives
In the “Changes on CRAN” section of the latest version of the The R Journal (Vol. 10/2, December 2018) had this short blurb entitled “CRAN mirror security”: Currently, there are 100 official ...
Toolsmith Snapshot: R-cyber With Rud.is
Save {{ articles[0].views | formatCount}} Views Join the DZone community and get the full member experience. Join For Free I recently delivered my presentation, "DFIR Redefinded: Deeper Functionality for Investigators in Representation" at the Computer Technology Investigators Network (CTIN) Conference on the Microsoft campus.
Toolsmith Snapshot: Ad Blocking With Pi Hole
Save {{ articles[0].views | formatCount}} Views Join the DZone community and get the full member experience. Join For Free Digi-Key Electronics’ Internet of Things (IoT) Resource Center Inspires the Future: Read More Pi-hole is a DNS sinkhole that protects your devices from unwanted content, without installing any client-side software.
gganimate: Animate YouR Security Analysis
I regularly challenge myself and others to visualize the results of their analysis, when and where the data permits it. The likes of ggplot2 enable this beautifully for R users. Then, in September 2018, gganimate hit my radar via R-bloggers and I had an epiphany. “gganimate extends the grammar of graphics as implemented by ggplot2 to include the description of animation.
Toolsmith Snapshot: Bashark Linux Post-Exploitation Toolkit
I’ll walk you through some post-exploitation scenarios with Bashark. We’ll assume that we have acquired user-level permissions on our victim system initially. It’s always good to assess your operating environment as you begin. You will need to determine if you're running on bare metal or a virtual machine with isvm. We can determine further host information with i. Clearly, we don’t have root access, so what steps might we take to elevate privilege?
Toolsmith #133: Anomaly Detection and Threat Hunting With Anomalize
When, in October and November's toolsmith posts, I redefined DFIR under the premise of Deeper Functionality for Investigators in R, I discovered a "tip of the iceberg" scenario. To that end, I'd like to revisit the concept with an additional discovery and opportunity. In reality, this is really a case of DFIR ( Deeper Functionality for Investigators in R) within the general practice of the original and paramount DFIR (Digital Forensics/ Incident Response).
Security Boulevard
When, in October and November‘s toolsmith posts, I redefined DFIR under the premise of Deeper Functionality for Investigators in R, I discovered a “tip of the iceberg” scenario. To that end, I’d like to revisit the concept with an additional discovery and opportunity. In reality, this is really a case of DFIR (Deeper Functionality for Investigators in R) within the general practice of the original and paramount DFIR (Digital Forensics/Incident Response).
Security Boulevard
Continuing where we left off in The HELK vs APTSimulator – Part 1 , I will focus our attention on additional, useful HELK features to aid you in your threat hunting practice. HELK offers Apache Spark, GraphFrames, and Jupyter Notebooks as part of its lab offering. These capabilities scale well beyond a standard ELK stack, this really is where parallel computing and significantly improved processing and analytics truly take hold.
toolsmith #131 - The HELK vs APTSimulator - Part 1 - Security Boulevard
Ladies and gentlemen, for our main attraction, I give you…The HELK vs APTSimulator, in a Death Battle! The late, great Randy “Macho Man” Savage said many things in his day, in his own special way, but “Expect the unexpected in the kingdom of madness!” could be our toolsmith theme this month and next. Man, am I having a flashback to my college days, many moons ago. 𙂠The HELK just brought it on.
Toolsmith Release Advisory: Steph Locke's HIBPwned R package
I'm a bit slow on this one but better late than never. Steph dropped her HIBPwned R package on CRAN at the beginning of June, and it's well worth your attention. HIBPwned is an R package that wraps Troy Hunt's HaveIBeenPwned.com API, useful to check if you have an account that has been compromised in a data breach. As one who has been "pwned" no less than three times via three different accounts thanks to LinkedIn, Patreon, and Adobe, I love Troy's site and have visited it many times.
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