Red Teaming Case Study - Cyber Threat Hunting - Detect Advanced Threats Hiding In Your Network

Red Teaming Case Study

To ensure the effectiveness of our client’s security implementations LIFARS frequently conducts red team engagements and penetration tests evaluating whether...

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capability to reboot affected devices into Safe Mode Case Study Malware Analysis Case Study Snatch Ransomware

Snatch Ransomware – Malware Analysis Case Study

Overview. During last month LIFARS DFIR Team encountered various variants of Snatch Ransomware. This ransomware is known for its capability...

Investigating Process Objects and Network Activity Technical Guide Windows Memory Forensics

Windows Memory Forensics Technical Guide Part 3

Investigating Process Objects and Network Activity. Generally speaking, an object is a data structure that represents a system resource, such...

Case Study Clipper AutoIt v2 LIFARS DFIR Team discovered QUILCLIPPER AutoIt Malware Qulab Stealer and Clipper malware

Clipper AutoIt v2 – QUILCLIPPER AutoIt Malware

Overview. During a recent engagement, the LIFARS DFIR Team discovered a sample of rare malware, which uses not very common techniques.  It turns out that...

Introduction to Structured Analysis with Volatility Technical Guide Windows Memory Forensics Windows Memory Forensics Part 2

Windows Memory Forensics Technical Guide Part 2

Introduction to Structured Analysis with Volatility.  Investigative Process Steps. Windows Processes. Structured Analysis and Investigative Process After a short introduction...

Introduction to Memory Forensics Unstructured Analysis Memory Acquisition Technical Guide Windows Memory Forensics

Windows Memory Forensics Technical Guide Part 1

Introduction to Memory Forensics Unstructured Analysis. Overview Memory forensics has been a crucial part of an investigation process for some...

Case Study Cryptocurrency Miners Threat Actors Use Targeted Attack XMRig-based CoinMiners by Blue Mockingbird group

Cryptocurrency Miners – XMRig Based CoinMiner by Blue Mockingbird Group

Since the end of March LIFARS DFIR team has observed an increase in the number of incidents related to Monero...

Mining parameters from dark corners of Web Archives ParamSpider Technical Guide

ParamSpider – Mining parameters from dark corners of Web Archives

Have you ever wondered how to scrape all the parameters from domain and subdomains from the past without manually crawling...

923 words on Windows Ntuser.dat Computer Forensics digital forensic investigation LIFARS Tech Diary Technical Guide What is the NTUSER.DAT File in Windows

923 words on Windows NTUSER.dat

With a little bit digging you can discover treasure trove of information, which can be utilized in your digital forensic...

Case Study LIFARS Pen Testing Team VPN Security VPN Solution Security Case Study VPN Solution Security Testing

VPN Solution Security Testing

In April, our client requested LIFARS Pen Testing Team to perform an authenticated black-box penetration test of the VPN solution...

Case Study LIFARS Pen Testing Team LIFARS Tech Diary Session hijacking attack What is Session Hijacking?

Session Hijacking – Case Study

LIFARS frequently conducts penetration tests to ensure the effectiveness of our client’s security implementations and to evaluate whether their systems...

Advanced Persistent Threat APT41 APT41 – A spy who steals or a thief who spies Case Study LIFARS Tech Diary nation-state actor becomes a cybercriminal Spy Who Encrypted Me

APT41 – A spy who steals or a thief who spies

APT41 – The Spy Who Encrypted Me. This case study is based on our most recent investigation into one of...

Forensic Analysis of Windows Shellbags Investigative Value of Windows ShellBags LIFARS Tech Diary Whitepaper Windows ShellBags Forensics

Windows ShellBags Forensics, Investigative Value of Windows ShellBags

Windows ShellBags are one of the well-known and valuable sources of information regarding computer system’s user behavior. Although their primary...

Effective Measures to Prevent Phishing Attacks Fortification of Your Human Cyber Defenses Phishing Attack Simulations Phishing is a social engineering technique Whitepaper

Phishing Attack Simulations and Effective Measures to Prevent Them

Fortification of Your Human Cyber Defenses. The explanation of new and old ways of phishing attacks and recommendations for effective...

Case Study Cyber Incident Response Tools Data Breach Response Incident Response Retainer LIFARS Tech Diary Osquery for Cyber Incident Response Osquery for Cyber Threat Detection and DFIR

Osquery for Cyber Incident Response

In this case study we demonstrate the use of Osquery framework for cyber security incident response.In this case study we...

Case Study Extract used plaintext passwords How to Crack Password LIFARS Password Cracking Password Cracking Password Cracking Case Study

LIFARS Password Cracking Case Study

For this case study we extract used plaintext passwords from more than 1,500,000 cracked active directory hashes from LIFARS’ former...