Geopolitics and the state of cyber. “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.” — Chinese proverb. Hello dear readers, Although our next blog was supposed to be a short pun article on the importance of offensive forward security and training…

The what, why, when, where and how. Part one: the what. Hi there, dear readers. You got the APT-joke in the title, right? Good! In this small blog post series, I’ll take you through a virtual Purple Team Mission from early start to aftercare. The way most people know about…

…because the industry standards do not always suffice. TL;DR: we added our own Time Phased Kill Chain to VECTR to be able to report attack paths and detection results in the order that they actually took place. Code and step by step how-to are located at the bottom of the…

…because we all love Christmas lists! 2021 was a great year for us. On the very first day, Crypt0jan and I welcomed Cyb3rt as the Hunter of our Purple Team and shortly after, we started a Mission in one of the most protected areas of the Netherlands. …

…well, to make things work, honestly. Not for fun nor profit. TL;DR: Intel’s ixgbe-driver sees our Finisar 10Gb SPF+ cards as 1Gb, and therefor loading these drivers will fail. But this patch by Crypt0jan will make them work and spare you his headaches, anger and frustration. You’re welcome. Tested with: …

TL;DR: secure your infrastructure. Open Redis servers are being abused by cybercriminals to store shell commands in your memory. Also, the underlying problem is not new. 1 — open mind Chapter8 gathers cyber intelligence through several sources, some of which scan the internet for openly accessible services. …

Goede training is intensief. Volgens de regels van de sport, met respect maar hard. Training bereidt je voor op een gevecht onder gecontroleerde omstandigheden, tussen gelijkwaardige tegenstanders. Een digitale aanval is een smerig straatgevecht. Geen keurige wedstrijd met lijntjes op een veld, een scheidsrechter en een paar gekleurde kaarten. Op…

Craftsmen, guilds and doing things by hand are commonly associated with classic professions. If one started out as a carpenter or a blacksmith, it would take years to become an artisan, learning on the job. …