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Blog March 11 2025

Abusing Windows Built-in VPN Providers

Some interesting things happen when you connect to a virtual private network (VPN). One that recently caught my interest is updates to the routing table.…

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Blog March 06 2025

Measuring the Success of Your Adversary Simulations

Adversary Simulations (“AdSim” or “Red Teams”) represent a serious commitment on the part of an organization. In the United States, AdSim engagements are…

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Blog March 04 2025

The Hidden Trap in the PCI DSS SAQ A Changes

The Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) just announced a change to Self Assessment Questionnaire A (SAQ A). The change eliminates two…

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Blog February 25 2025

A Threat Hunter’s Guide to Decoding the Cloud

This blog will guide you through how to be a successful threat hunter in cloud environments, along with some helpful tips and advice.

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Blog February 20 2025

Exploring NTDS.dit – Part 1: Cracking the Surface with DIT Explorer

NTDS.dit is the file housing the data for Windows Active Directory (AD). In this blog post, I’ll be diving into how the file is organized. I’ll also be walking…

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Blog February 18 2025

Getting Started Using LLMs in Application Testing With an MVP

Are you interested in incorporating Large Language Models (LLMs) into app tests yet lack the tooling to get you there? This blog walks through how to start…

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Blog February 11 2025

From RAGs to Riches: Using LLMs and RAGs to Enhance Your Ops

1.1      IntroductionIn this blog, I will explore Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and how it can be applied to research capabilities. RAG is a framework…

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Blog January 23 2025

Operating Inside the Interpreted: Offensive Python

IntroductionEvery once in a while, I get the urge to go back and revisit older techniques that used to be popular but have fallen out of favor with the…

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Blog January 14 2025

Command Line Underdog: WMIC in Action

My typical engagements are mostly Red Teams, so I do not often get a chance to play with terminal server application breakouts—but on a recent engagement, I…

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Blog January 07 2025

Solving NIST Password Complexities: Guidance From a GRC Perspective

Not another password change! Isn’t one (1) extra-long password enough? As a former Incident Response, Identity and Access Control, and Education and Awareness…

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Blog December 19 2024

Malware Series: Process Injection Mapped Sections

We're back with another post about common malware techniques. This time, we are talking about using shared memory sections to inject and execute code in a…

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Blog December 17 2024

Top 10 Blogs of 2024

At TrustedSec, we are all about leveraging our collective intelligence and knowledge to uplift the cybersecurity community. One of our most popular educational…

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