Microsoft introduced Data Protection Application Programming Interface (DPAPI) in Windows environments as a method to encrypt and decrypt sensitive data such as credentials using the…
Windows File Explorer is the is the graphical file management utility for the Windows operating system and the default desktop environment. Windows explorer was introduced…
It is not uncommon developers or users responsible to write code (i.e. detection engineers using Sigma) to utilize Visual Studio Code as their code editor.…
Active Directory users that have the Kerberos pre-authentication enabled and require access to a resource initiate the Kerberos authentication process by sending an Authentication Server…
When the Windows Operating system is installed via a clean installation or via an upgrade, the Windows Setup binary is executed. The Windows setup allows…
The Backup Operators is a Windows built-in group. Users which are part of this group have permissions to perform backup and restore operations. More specifically,…
A lot of organizations have some sort of application development program and it is highly likely that developers will utilize Visual Studio for their development…
Windows Event logs are the main source of information for defensive security teams to identify threats and for administrators to troubleshoot errors. The logs are…