ISSUE 23.09.1 • 2026-03-05 By Susan Bradley For once, I don’t anticipate any issues with the forthcoming March updates. Nonetheless, I’ve raised the MS-DEFCON level to 2. It’s always wise to pause updates until thorough examinations are made and any bugs have been worked out. A little patience goes a long way. I’m excited by […]

This webcast was originally published on September 12, 2024.   In this video, Kirsten Gross and James Marrs discuss how logging strategies can affect cyber investigations, specifically focusing on Windows logs. […]

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Jordan Drysdale // UPDATES! October 30, 2023There’s been an additional update for Sysmon! Event ID 29! Another Event ID (EID) was added to the Sysmon service. This event ID followed […]

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BHIS’ Defensery Driven Duo Delivers Another Delectable Transmission! We know you are worried about your networks. After hours of discussion, we’ve come to the realization that some of our dedicated […]

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On this webcast, we’ll guide you through an iterative process of building and deploying effective and practical Group Policy Objects (GPOs) that increase security posture. Slides for this webcast can […]

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John Strand // In this blog, I want to walk through how we can set up Sysmon to easily get improved logging over what we get from normal (and just […]

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Click on the timecodes to jump to that part of the video (on YouTube) Slides for this webcast can be found here: https://www.blackhillsinfosec.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/SLIDES_WindowsLogginSysmonELK.pdf 4:36 Problem Statement and Executive Problem Statement 9:00 […]

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Click on the timecodes to jump to that part of the video (on YouTube) Slides for this webcast can be found here: https://www.blackhillsinfosec.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/SLIDES_ImplementingSysmonAppLocker.pdf 5:03 Introduction, problem statement, and executive problem […]

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Kent Ickler & Jordan Drysdale // BHIS Webcast and Podcast This post accompanies BHIS’s webcast recorded on August 7, 2018, Active Directory Best Practices to Frustrate Attackers, which you can view below. […]

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Joff Thyer & Derek Banks // Editor’s Note: This is a more in-depth write-up based on the webcast which can be watched here. As penetration testers, we often find ourselves […]

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