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Tag Archives: basics
Identifying Sites in Encrypted Traffic
There is some mis-information around; that encrypted traffic is useless, and you should go back to netflow and statistical analysis only. I disagree. I will be doing a few posts showing clear-text information leakage we can use to our advantage. … Continue reading
Posted in Encrypted Traffic, Network Analytics, Network Forensics
Tagged artefact locations, basics, cyber security, hats off security, Network Forensics, PCAP, SSL, TLS
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SMBv2+ SYNC Header Explained
SMB2 Header The SMB2 Header will either be ASYNC or SYNC, you need to look this up from the flags. SYNC is the most common header as this can be in the form of a request or a response, where … Continue reading
Posted in Network Analytics, Network Forensics, SMB
Tagged artefact locations, basics, hats off security, Network Forensics, SMB
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SMB Quick Introduction
SMB There are currently 3 major versions of SMB version 3 is quite new (2012) and has been implemented on the latest versions of Windows (8, 2012), Samba 4.1+ and macOS 10.10 Yosemite. I say ‘quite new’ as it takes … Continue reading
Posted in Network Analytics, Network Forensics, SMB
Tagged basics, hats off security, Network Forensics, SMB
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TTLs and where to find them
Recently I have been conducted a lot of interviews for SOC Analysts; one of the questions I ask is as follows: You are reviewing your DNS logs and find an answer to a DNS query which shows rabbitcoldhotel.evil.com on <AnyExternalIP> … Continue reading
Posted in Network Analytics, Network Forensics
Tagged basics, hats off security, Interview Questions, Network Forensics, SOC Analyst
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Windows Spotlight Image Location
Bit of a change from my typical security related posts. I was hunting around on my machine for a new blog post when I stumbled across a folder full of oddly named files. The files were named as their SHA1 … Continue reading
Posted in Content Delivery Manager, Windows Spotlight
Tagged artefact locations, basics, file locations, hats off security, spotlight, Windows 10
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HTTP Cookies – Part 4 – Safari Cookies
Safari Location Pretty sure this location has been the same for a number of years now, if not let me know in the comments: ~/libraries/cookies Removing Safari Cookies I am not a MAC expert, so I am going to bow … Continue reading
Posted in Browser Forensics, Cookies, Safari
Tagged artefact locations, basics, browser forensics, cookies, hats off security, Safari
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HTTP Cookies – Part 3 – Chrome Cookies
Chrome Location Windows 7 onwards: %LocalAppData%\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default Unlike Internet Explorer (and like Firefox) Chrome does not use individual text files, but instead uses a SQLite database. In order to view this you will need a SQLite browser (easy to get … Continue reading
Posted in Browser Forensics, Chrome, Cookies
Tagged artefact locations, basics, browser forensics, chrome, hats off security, Windows 10, windows 7, windows 8.1, Windows8
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HTTP Cookies – Part 1 – Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge
Finding Internet Explorer/Edge Cookies (Windows 7-10… possibly Vista, but who uses Vista?!) Microsoft introduced a cool new way of finding your cookies. From the Run prompt or any Explorer window type “shell:cookies” and you will be taken to the Cookies … Continue reading
Wireshark – Introduction
What is Wireshark According to Wireshark.org: Wireshark® is a network protocol analyzer. It lets you capture and interactively browse the traffic running on a computer network. What does this mean to you? This means Wireshark allows you to view network … Continue reading
Posted in Network Forensics, Shellshock, Wireshark
Tagged basics, hats off security, Network Forensics, shellshock, Wireshark
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Types of Threat – Explained
From a high level what are the types or categories of threats faced by the Security professional? Let’s go over some basics. Internal Authorised Internal Unauthorised Internal to External External to Internal External to External (new) The first 4 are … Continue reading
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