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How To Deploy Windows Optics: Commands, Downloads, Instructions, and Screenshots

Jordan Drysdale & Kent Ickler // TL;DR Look for links, download them. Look for GPOs, import them. Look for screenshots, for guidance. Sysmon + Windows Audit Policies + Event Collectors […]

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How to Avoid Holiday Shopping Scams (From a Former Cyber Detective)

Christmas is the time where we allow our imaginations to run wild, it’s the season of goodwill, high spirits and Christmas joy. However, cybercriminals don’t take holidays. We still have to be on our guard, and question what is real and what is not. Common Holiday Scams Fake Online Stores Around this time of year, […]

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β€˜Mortified’ OBR chair hopes inquiry into budget leak will report next week

Reuters news agency says it obtained document after visiting URL it predicted file would be uploaded to

The chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility has said he felt mortified by the early release of its budget forecasts as the watchdog launched a rapid inquiry into how it had β€œinadvertently made it possible” to see the documents.

Richard Hughes said he had written to the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, and the chair of the Treasury select committee, Meg Hillier, to apologise.

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Β© Photograph: Kirsty O’Connor/Treasury

Β© Photograph: Kirsty O’Connor/Treasury

Β© Photograph: Kirsty O’Connor/Treasury

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What is Managed ITDR? Key Definitions, Features, and Benefits

Key takeaways: MITDR explained: Managed ITDR combines identity threat detection with expert-led response. Why it matters: Get better protection and lower costs without building a full in-house team. What to look for: Prioritize behavioral monitoring, real-time response, and expert oversight You’ve got the ITDR solution. That’s a good step towards effective account and identity-based threat […]

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Cybersecurity Has a Motivation Problem

I’ve worked in cybersecurity long enough to see that our biggest challenge isn’t a technical one, it’s motivational. We can build the strongest firewalls, design the smartest detection systems, and run endless awareness campaigns, but none of it matters if people don’t want to care. That’s the uncomfortable truth; cyber security has a motivation problem. […]

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Starmer to unveil digital ID cards in plan set to ignite civil liberties row

β€˜Brit card’ already facing opposition from privacy campaigners as government looks for ways to tackle illegal immigration

All working adults will need digital ID cards under plans to be announced by Keir Starmer, in a move that will spark a battle with civil liberties campaigners.

The prime minister will set out the measures on Friday at a conference on how progressive politicians can tackle the problems facing the UK, including addressing voter concerns around immigration.

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Β© Photograph: Alberto Pezzali/AP

Β© Photograph: Alberto Pezzali/AP

Β© Photograph: Alberto Pezzali/AP

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Digital ID cards: a versatile and useful tool or a worrying cybersecurity risk?

As Keir Starmer aims to revive ID card system first proposed by Tony Blair, we look at the arguments for and against

It is 21 years since Tony Blair’s government made proposals for an ID card system to tackle illegal working and immigration, and to make it more convenient for the public to access services.

The same issues are on the agenda again as Keir Starmer revives what became one of New Labour’s most controversial policies. He is about to find out if he can defeat the argument that David Cameron’s Conservatives made before scrapping it. They said the ID card approach to personal privacy was β€œthe worst of all worlds – intrusive, ineffective and enormously expensive”.

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Β© Photograph: Amer Ghazzal/Shutterstock

Β© Photograph: Amer Ghazzal/Shutterstock

Β© Photograph: Amer Ghazzal/Shutterstock

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Offline Memory Forensics With Volatility

Volatility is a memory forensics tool that can pull SAM hashes from a vmem file. These hashes can be used to escalate from a local user or no user to a domain user leading to further compromise.

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Webcast: Attack Tactics 7 – The Logs You Are Looking For

Slides for this webcast can be found here: https://www.blackhillsinfosec.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/SLIDES_AttackTactics7LogsYouAreLookingFor.pdf So we went through an attack in the BHIS Webcast, β€œAttack Tactics 5! Zero to Hero Attack.” Then we went through […]

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Podcast: Attack Tactics 6! Return of the Blue Team

Download slides:Β https://www.activecountermeasures.com/presentations In this webcast we walk through the step-by-step defenses to stop the attackers in every step of the way we showed in Attack Tactics Part 5!!! Originally recorded […]

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Webcast: Attack Tactics 6! Return of the Blue Team

Slides for this webcast can be found here: https://www.blackhillsinfosec.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/SLIDES_AttackTactics6ReturnofBlueTeam.pdf In this webcast we walk through the step-by-step defenses to stop the attackers in every step of the way we showed […]

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Webcast: Attack Tactics 5 – Zero to Hero Attack

Timecode links take you to YouTube: 4:11 – Infrastructure & Background8:28 – Overview & Breakdown of Attack Methodology and Plans11:35 – Start of Attack (Gaining Access), Password Spraying Toolkit15:24 – […]

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PODCAST: From Active Countermeasures – Attack Tactics 4

Join John Strand as he continues his Attack Tactic series this time with the defense ideas for the attacks mentioned in episode 3 (see more here) To see the entire […]

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PODCAST: Attack Tactics Part 2

John talked about how we’d attack, here’s how you can defend against those attacks. Grab the slides here:Β https://blackhillsinformationsecurity.shootproof.com/gallery/6843799/

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