Author: drkeithjones
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Hunting Lazy OPSEC: Spotting Default C2 Certificates with DuckDB and Zeek
Threat actors love to reuse tools, and sometimes, they get lazy. Case in point: AsyncRAT and its notorious fork, DcRAT. These remote access trojans often ship with default, self-signed certificates. If the…
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Beyond the Grep: Hunting Malware with Zeek and DuckDB SQL
Hunting through raw Zeek logs just got a massive upgrade. If you’ve spent years in the SOC, you’ve likely built up a library of complex awk chains and grep commands to parse…
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Ian Diaz – The U.S. Marshal, the Etsy Sonogram, and the Condo Plot
Imagine a real-life psychological thriller where the villain carries a federal badge. When a high-ranking U.S. Marshal’s relationship with his fiancé imploded over an Anaheim condo, he didn’t just walk away—he used…
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How I Used Gemini To Fix My Terrible Zeek Documentation
I built a Zeek-based Amadey malware detector… and then absolutely did NOT document it. https://github.com/keithjjones/zeek-amadey-detector So instead of fixing my own mess, I made Gemini do it. In this video: If your…
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Fix NoMachine’s CAPS LOCK Reversal Bug
I was recently trying to connect to a remote NoMachine host, and the sense of caps lock was reversed compared to my local machine. This happens if your caps was on when…
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Keith Jones’ Journey As Expert Digital Forensics Expert To AI Malware Researcher
Had a great time as a guest on the Security Unfiltered Podcast, talking about work-life balance in cybersecurity—especially for parents. We covered how remote work has shifted expectations, the challenge of growing…
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Manually Download MacOS Sequoia
Apple’s macOS updates are typically seamless through the App Store, but sometimes, a bug can throw a wrench in the process. I recently encountered this firsthand when updating one of my Macs…
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Drone Flight @ BWI Airport Sept 8, 2024
Enjoy some runway 33L activity at the Baltimore Washington International Airport in Maryland. The FAA authorized me to fly and photograph airport activity with my part 107 commercial drone license.
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Detect STRRAT Malware With Zeek And Suricata
Join me in learning how to detect the STRRAT malware family with Zeek and Suricata. Corelight Blog: https://corelight.com/blog/newsroom/news/strrat-malware Source Code: https://github.com/corelight/zeek-strrat-detector 00:00:10:18 – 00:00:37:17Dr. Keith JonesHey, welcome. We’re going to talk about…