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Brandon McGrath

Senior Security Consultant

EXPERIENCE
Brandon began work as a Security Consultant after graduation. From there, he began contributing to the open-source community and research as a whole.

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

  • BS – Computer Networks and Security – Birmingham City University
  • Certified Red Team Operator (CRTO)
  • Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP)
  • Certified Red Team Professional (CRTP)
  • eLearnSecurity Penetration Testing eXtreme (PTX)

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Research and work can be found at:

PASSION FOR SECURITY
Brandon has a passion for pulling apart Windows and AV products alike, which tends to manifest in many Visual Studio project files.

Featured Blogs And Resources

Discover the blogs, analysis, webinars, and podcasts by this team member.

Blog November 03 2022

Windows Processes, Nefarious Anomalies, and You: Threads

In part 1 of this blog mini-series, we looked at memory regions and analyzed them to find some potential malicious behavior. In part 2, we will do the same…

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Blog November 01 2022

Windows Processes, Nefarious Anomalies, and You: Memory Regions

Memory Scanner identifies RWX and MZ headers in private memory regions, indicating potential malicious activity, providing context for further analysis and…

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Blog April 16 2026

Dungeons and Daemons

Play Roll for Initiative. Hack the Planet.Dungeons & Daemons is a cybersecurity RPG that drops you into the boots of a Red Team operator on a live…

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Webinars April 15 2026

You Had Us at the First Alert: A Guide to Finding Frequently Missed Detections

Join us for this webinar to get a clearer picture of where your detection coverage has blind spots and a practical roadmap for closing them before a real…

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Blog April 14 2026

Benchmarking Self-Hosted LLMs for Offensive Security

We put LLMs to the test—let's find out how good AI is at hacking! We walk through six simple challenges with intentionally naïve setups to test how capable…

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Events April 09 2026

TrustedSec Livestream - AMA: Detection Engineering in 2026 and Beyond with John Dwyer

Come prepared with your questions and walk away with actionable knowledge to sharpen your detection capabilities.

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Blog April 09 2026

IAM the Captain Now – Hijacking Azure Identity Access

I decided to spend some research time diving in depth into Identity and Access Management (IAM) within Microsoft Azure. I am going to show you within this blog…

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Blog April 07 2026

Building a Detection Foundation: Part 5 - Correlation in Practice

From Data Sources to DetectionWe've covered a lot of ground in this series: Windows Security events for logon tracking and process execution; PowerShell…

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Podcasts April 06 2026

Security Noise - A Goblin, a Ghost, and a Ninja Walk into the Azure Bar

On this episode, Geoff and Skyler are joined by NyxGeek to discuss his suite of Azure bypass techniques. Since these techniques leave no trace, what does it…

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Blog April 02 2026

Reduce Repetition and Free up Time With Mobile File Extractor

If you do the same thing three times, automate it. Introducing Mobile Data Extractor, a Python tool that handles the repetitive work of mobile app data…

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