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If you’ve been doing digital forensics, detection engineering, or threat hunting for some time, you already know how essential Windows event logs are for spotting malicious activities. Although Windows’ default logging has improved over the years, it still falls short of delivering the depth of visibility needed to catch sophisticated threats. That’s where Windows Advanced Audit Policies come into play. It offers additional, high-value events that are crucial for detection and hunting.

Connecting all your company resources in a network for sharing is valuable, but you need a way to verify that only authorized users and devices can access these resources. Authentication serves this purpose by providing methods for users and devices to prove their identity. In Windows environments, two main authentication protocols are used: NTLM (New Technology LAN Manager) and Kerberos. In this article we will discuss NTLM vs Kerberos and show why it is important to implement Kerberos if possible.

The newly found Windows shortcut vulnerability is now being actively exploited by state-sponsored Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) actors to execute covert malicious commands. According to new research conducted by Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative (ZDI), the vulnerability, designated as ZDI-CAN-25373, is now being exploited by Chinese, Iranian, North Korean, and Russian threat actors for worldwide cyber espionage and data theft.

The foreach loop in PowerShell enables you to iterate through all the items in a collection and execute a block of code for each element. For example, you can use a foreach loop to create a list of all files in a directory for an audit, display all the processes running on the system, or move old files to an archive. This article details the syntax of the PowerShell foreach loop and explores common use cases, complete with example scripts.

PowerShell is a command line shell and scripting language developed by Microsoft. The original version, Windows PowerShell, runs only on Windows and is no longer actively developed; it receives just bug fixes and security updates. The modern version is called simply PowerShell. Built on the.NET framework, it is open source and supports multiple platforms, including Windows, macOS and Linux. Here is a summary of the product’s evolution.

Windows permission misconfigurations remain a common attack vector in enterprise environments. Attackers consistently leverage these misconfigurations for privilege escalation, with Security Descriptor Definition Language (SDDL) emerging as a blind spot. From LockBit's manipulation of event log permissions to RomCom's exploitation of Task Scheduler vulnerabilities (CVE-2024-49039), SDDL misconfigurations have become a prime target for sophisticated attacks.

A PowerShell function is a block of code designed to perform a specific task. Once a function is created and tested, it can be used in multiple scripts, reducing coding effort and risk of errors. Using well-named functions also makes scripts easier to read and maintain. And since functions can return values that can be used as input to other functions or code blocks, they facilitate building complex operations.

Windows Server 2025, the latest iteration of Microsoft's flagship server operating system, introducing new features, enhanced performance, and improved security capabilities. However, with these updates come new potential vulnerabilities, bringing with it the need for robust security configurations to protect against evolving threats. This is where benchmarks and hardening practices come into play.