mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills▌

Perform authorized initial access using EvilGinx3 adversary-in-the-middle phishing framework to capture session tokens and bypass multi-factor authentication during red team engagements.

Tests and exploits deep link (URL scheme and App Link) vulnerabilities in Android and iOS mobile applications to identify unauthorized access, data injection, intent hijacking, and redirect manipulation. Use when assessing mobile app attack surface through custom URI schemes, Android App Links, iOS Universal Links, or intent-based navigation. Activates for requests involving deep link security testing, URL scheme exploitation, mobile intent abuse, or link hijacking.

Hardens Windows endpoints using CIS (Center for Internet Security) Benchmark recommendations to reduce attack surface, enforce security baselines, and meet compliance requirements. Use when deploying new Windows workstations or servers, remediating audit findings, or establishing organization-wide security baselines. Activates for requests involving Windows hardening, CIS benchmarks, GPO security baselines, or endpoint configuration compliance.

A cryptographic audit systematically reviews an application's use of cryptographic primitives, protocols, and key management to identify vulnerabilities such as weak algorithms, insecure modes, hardco

Detect and extract hidden data embedded in images, audio, and other media files using steganalysis tools to uncover covert communication channels.

Deobfuscates malicious JavaScript code used in web-based attacks, phishing pages, and dropper scripts by reversing encoding layers, eval chains, string manipulation, and control flow obfuscation to reveal the original malicious logic. Activates for requests involving JavaScript malware analysis, script deobfuscation, web skimmer analysis, or obfuscated dropper investigation.

Perform forensic analysis of network packet captures (PCAP/PCAPNG) using Wireshark, tshark, and tcpdump to reconstruct network communications, extract transferred files, identify malicious traffic, and establish evidence of data exfiltration or command-and-control activity.

Conduct a thick client application penetration test to identify insecure local storage, hardcoded credentials, DLL hijacking, memory manipulation, and insecure API communication in desktop applications using dnSpy, Procmon, and Burp Suite.

Implement automated incident response playbooks in Cortex XSOAR to orchestrate security workflows across SOC tools and reduce manual response time.

Analyzes network traffic captures and flow data to identify adversary activity during security incidents, including command-and-control communications, lateral movement, data exfiltration, and exploitation attempts. Uses Wireshark, Zeek, and NetFlow analysis techniques. Activates for requests involving network traffic analysis, packet capture investigation, PCAP analysis, network forensics, C2 traffic detection, or exfiltration detection.

Deploy and configure the Havoc C2 framework with teamserver, HTTPS listeners, redirectors, and Demon agents for authorized red team operations.

Trivy is a comprehensive open-source vulnerability scanner by Aqua Security that detects vulnerabilities in OS packages, language-specific dependencies, misconfigurations, secrets, and license violati

Generates structured cyber threat intelligence reports at strategic, operational, and tactical levels tailored to specific audiences including executives, security operations teams, and technical analysts. Use when producing finished intelligence products from raw collection data, creating sector threat briefings, or delivering post-incident intelligence assessments. Activates for requests involving CTI report writing, threat briefings, intelligence products, finished intelligence, or executive security reporting.

Captures and analyzes network packet data using Wireshark and tshark to identify malicious traffic patterns, diagnose protocol issues, extract artifacts, and support incident response investigations on authorized network segments.

Detecting and exploiting SQL injection vulnerabilities using sqlmap to extract database contents during authorized penetration tests.

Analyzes Windows Security, System, and Sysmon event logs in Splunk to detect authentication attacks, privilege escalation, persistence mechanisms, and lateral movement using SPL queries mapped to MITRE ATT&CK techniques. Use when SOC analysts need to investigate Windows-based threats, build detection queries, or perform forensic timeline analysis of Windows endpoints and domain controllers.

Recover deleted files from disk images and storage media using PhotoRec's file signature-based carving engine regardless of file system damage.

Tests APIs for injection vulnerabilities including SQL injection, NoSQL injection, OS command injection, LDAP injection, and Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) through API parameters, headers, and request bodies. The tester crafts malicious payloads targeting different backend technologies and injection contexts to extract data, execute commands, or access internal services. Maps to OWASP API8:2023 Security Misconfiguration and API7:2023 SSRF. Activates for requests involving API injection testing, SQLi in APIs, NoSQL injection, SSRF testing, or API input validation assessment.

Traces ransomware cryptocurrency payment flows using blockchain analysis tools such as Chainalysis Reactor, WalletExplorer, and blockchain.com APIs. Identifies wallet clusters, tracks fund movement through mixers and exchanges, and supports law enforcement attribution. Activates for requests involving ransomware payment tracing, bitcoin wallet analysis, cryptocurrency forensics, or blockchain intelligence gathering.

Integrate Hardware Security Modules (HSMs) using PKCS#11 interface for cryptographic key management, signing operations, and secure key storage with python-pkcs11, AWS CloudHSM, and YubiHSM2.

Reverse engineer Rust-compiled malware using IDA Pro and Ghidra with techniques for handling non-null-terminated strings, crate dependency extraction, and Rust-specific control flow analysis.

Deploy CyberArk Secure Cloud Access to eliminate standing privileges in hybrid and multi-cloud environments using just-in-time access with time, entitlement, and approval controls.

Detect Kerberos Pass-the-Ticket (PtT) attacks by analyzing Windows Event IDs 4768, 4769, and 4771 for anomalous ticket usage patterns in Splunk and Elastic SIEM

Identifying and exploiting Insecure Direct Object Reference vulnerabilities to access unauthorized resources by manipulating object identifiers in API requests and URLs.

Implements Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR) workflows using Splunk SOAR (formerly Phantom) to automate alert triage, IOC enrichment, containment actions, and incident response playbooks. Use when SOC teams need to reduce manual analyst work, standardize response procedures, or integrate multiple security tools into automated workflows.

The Metasploit Framework is the world's most widely used penetration testing platform, maintained by Rapid7. It contains over 2,300 exploits, 1,200 auxiliary modules, and 400 post-exploitation modules

Configure Cloudflare DDoS protection with managed rulesets, rate limiting, WAF rules, Bot Management, and origin protection to mitigate volumetric, protocol, and application-layer attacks.

Acquire and analyze mobile device data using Cellebrite UFED and open-source tools to extract communications, location data, and application artifacts.

Deploy FIDO2/WebAuthn passwordless authentication using security keys and platform authenticators. Covers WebAuthn API integration, FIDO2 server configuration, passkey enrollment, biometric authentica

Implements FIDO2/WebAuthn hardware security key authentication including registration ceremonies, authentication flows, YubiKey enrollment, and passkey migration strategies. Builds a complete relying party server using the python-fido2 library that supports cross-platform authenticators, resident key (discoverable credential) workflows, and user verification policies. Activates for requests involving FIDO2 implementation, WebAuthn registration, hardware security key enrollment, YubiKey integration, or passkey migration from password-based authentication.

Implements security controls at the API gateway layer including authentication enforcement, rate limiting, request validation, IP allowlisting, TLS termination, and threat protection. The engineer configures API gateways (Kong, AWS API Gateway, Azure APIM, Apigee) to act as a centralized security enforcement point that validates, throttles, and monitors all API traffic before it reaches backend services. Activates for requests involving API gateway security, API management security, gateway authentication, or centralized API protection.

Reverse engineers .NET malware using dnSpy decompiler and debugger to analyze C#/VB.NET source code, identify obfuscation techniques, extract configurations, and understand malicious functionality including stealers, RATs, and loaders. Activates for requests involving .NET malware analysis, C# malware decompilation, managed code reverse engineering, or .NET obfuscation analysis.

Detect kernel-level rootkits in Linux memory dumps using Volatility3 linux plugins (check_syscall, lsmod, hidden_modules), rkhunter system scanning, and /proc vs /sys discrepancy analysis to identify hooked syscalls, hidden kernel modules, and tampered system structures.

ISO/IEC 27001:2022 is the international standard for establishing, implementing, maintaining, and continually improving an Information Security Management System (ISMS). This skill covers the complete

Performs systematic security testing of web applications following the OWASP Web Security Testing Guide (WSTG) methodology to identify vulnerabilities in authentication, authorization, input validation, session management, and business logic. The tester uses Burp Suite as the primary interception proxy alongside manual testing techniques to find flaws that automated scanners miss. Activates for requests involving web app pentest, OWASP testing, application security assessment, or web vulnerability testing.

Performs comprehensive iOS application security assessments using Frida for dynamic instrumentation, Objection for runtime exploration, SSL pinning bypass for traffic interception, keychain extraction for credential analysis, and IPA static analysis for binary-level review. Use when conducting authorized iOS penetration tests, evaluating mobile app security posture against OWASP MASTG, or assessing iOS app data protection and transport security controls. Activates for requests involving iOS app pentesting, Frida-based iOS instrumentation, mobile app SSL pinning bypass, or IPA reverse engineering.

Conducts comprehensive network penetration tests against authorized target environments by performing host discovery, port scanning, service enumeration, vulnerability identification, and controlled exploitation to assess the security posture of network infrastructure. The tester follows PTES methodology from reconnaissance through post-exploitation and reporting. Activates for requests involving network pentest, infrastructure security assessment, internal network testing, or external perimeter testing.

Maps observed adversary behaviors, security alerts, and detection rules to MITRE ATT&CK techniques and sub-techniques to quantify detection coverage and guide control prioritization. Use when building an ATT&CK-based coverage heatmap, tagging SIEM alerts with technique IDs, aligning security controls to adversary playbooks, or reporting threat exposure to executives. Activates for requests involving ATT&CK Navigator, Sigma rules, MITRE D3FEND, or coverage gap analysis.

Correlates security events in IBM QRadar SIEM using AQL (Ariel Query Language), custom rules, building blocks, and offense management to detect multi-stage attacks across network, endpoint, and application log sources. Use when SOC analysts need to investigate QRadar offenses, build correlation rules, or tune detection logic for reducing false positives.

End-to-end encryption (E2EE) ensures that only the communicating parties can read messages, with no intermediary (including the server) able to decrypt them. This skill implements a simplified version

Analyze Microsoft Outlook PST and OST files for email forensic evidence including message content, headers, attachments, deleted items, and metadata using libpff, pst-utils, and forensic email analysis tools for legal investigations and incident response.

Bypass Web Application Firewall protections using encoding techniques, HTTP method manipulation, parameter pollution, and payload obfuscation to deliver SQL injection, XSS, and other attack payloads past WAF detection rules.

Detects rootkit presence on compromised systems by identifying hidden processes, hooked system calls, modified kernel structures, hidden files, and covert network connections using memory forensics, cross-view detection, and integrity checking techniques. Activates for requests involving rootkit detection, hidden process discovery, kernel integrity checking, or system call hook analysis.

Analyzes encryption algorithms, key management, and file encryption routines used by ransomware families to assess decryption feasibility, identify implementation weaknesses, and support recovery efforts. Covers AES, RSA, ChaCha20, and hybrid encryption schemes. Activates for requests involving ransomware cryptanalysis, encryption analysis, key recovery assessment, or ransomware decryption feasibility.

Red team engagement planning is the foundational phase that defines scope, objectives, rules of engagement (ROE), threat model selection, and operational timelines before any offensive testing begins.

Executes Atomic Red Team tests mapped to MITRE ATT&CK techniques, performs coverage gap analysis across the ATT&CK matrix, and runs detection validation loops to measure blue team visibility. Covers Invoke-AtomicRedTeam PowerShell execution, ATT&CK Navigator layer generation for heatmaps, Sigma rule correlation, and continuous atomic testing pipelines. Activates for requests involving purple team exercises, atomic test execution, ATT&CK coverage assessment, detection engineering validation, or adversary emulation testing.

Reverse engineer Go-compiled malware using Ghidra with specialized scripts for function recovery, string extraction, and type reconstruction in stripped Go binaries.

Captures WPA/WPA2 handshakes and performs offline password cracking using aircrack-ng, hashcat, and dictionary attacks during authorized wireless security assessments to evaluate passphrase strength and wireless network security posture.

Securing container registry images by implementing vulnerability scanning with Trivy and Grype, enforcing image signing with Cosign and Sigstore, configuring registry access controls, and building CI/CD pipelines that prevent deploying unscanned or unsigned images.

Scan container images for known vulnerabilities using Anchore Grype with SBOM-based matching and configurable severity thresholds.

Extract and analyze browser history, cookies, cache, downloads, and bookmarks from Chrome, Firefox, and Edge for forensic evidence of user web activity.

Enumerate subdomains of target domains using ProjectDiscovery's Subfinder passive reconnaissance tool to map the attack surface during security assessments.

Discovering and exploiting XML External Entity injection vulnerabilities to read server files, perform SSRF, and exfiltrate data during authorized penetration tests.

Perform static analysis of Android APK malware samples using apktool for decompilation, jadx for Java source recovery, and androguard for permission analysis, manifest inspection, and suspicious API call detection.

Assess the security posture of Kubernetes etcd clusters by evaluating encryption at rest, TLS configuration, access controls, backup encryption, and network isolation.

Deploy Breach and Attack Simulation tools to continuously validate security control effectiveness by safely emulating real-world attack techniques across the kill chain.

Detect WMI-based lateral movement by analyzing Windows Event ID 4688 process creation and Sysmon Event ID 1 for WmiPrvSE.exe child process patterns, remote process execution, and WMI event subscription persistence.

Implement GCP Binary Authorization to enforce deploy-time security controls that ensure only trusted, attested container images are deployed to Google Kubernetes Engine and Cloud Run.

This skill outlines methodologies for performing authorized penetration testing against AWS, Azure, and GCP cloud environments. It covers understanding the shared responsibility model for testing scope, leveraging cloud-specific attack tools like Pacu and ScoutSuite, exploiting IAM misconfigurations, testing for SSRF to cloud metadata services, and reporting findings aligned to MITRE ATT&CK Cloud matrix.

Intercepts and analyzes HTTP/HTTPS traffic from mobile applications using Burp Suite proxy to identify insecure API communications, authentication flaws, data leakage, and server-side vulnerabilities. Use when performing mobile application penetration testing, assessing API security, or evaluating client-server communication patterns. Activates for requests involving mobile traffic interception, Burp Suite mobile proxy, API security testing, or mobile HTTPS analysis.

Performs interactive dynamic malware analysis using the ANY.RUN cloud sandbox to observe real-time execution behavior, interact with malware prompts, and capture process trees, network traffic, and system changes. Activates for requests involving interactive sandbox analysis, cloud-based malware detonation, real-time behavioral observation, or ANY.RUN usage.

Discover and inventory shadow API endpoints that operate outside documented specifications using traffic analysis, code scanning, and API discovery platforms.

Analyzes malicious Linux ELF (Executable and Linkable Format) binaries including botnets, cryptominers, ransomware, and rootkits targeting Linux servers, containers, and cloud infrastructure. Covers static analysis, dynamic tracing, and reverse engineering of x86_64 and ARM ELF samples. Activates for requests involving Linux malware analysis, ELF binary investigation, Linux server compromise assessment, or container malware analysis.

Use OWASP Threat Dragon to create data flow diagrams, identify threats using STRIDE and LINDDUN methodologies, and generate threat model reports for secure design review.

Installs, configures, and tunes Snort 3 intrusion detection system to monitor network traffic for malicious activity using custom and community rulesets, preprocessors, and alert output plugins on authorized network segments.

Integrate FIRST's Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS) API to prioritize vulnerability remediation based on real-world exploitation probability within 30 days.

Automate phishing incident response using Splunk SOAR REST API to create containers, add artifacts, and trigger playbooks

Zero-Knowledge Proofs (ZKPs) allow a prover to demonstrate knowledge of a secret (such as a password or private key) without revealing the secret itself. This skill implements the Schnorr identificati

This skill covers implementing secure remote access to OT/ICS environments for operators, engineers, and vendors while preventing unauthorized access that could compromise industrial operations. It addresses jump server architecture, multi-factor authentication, session recording, privileged access management, vendor remote access controls, and compliance with IEC 62443 and NERC CIP-005 remote access requirements.

Detects anomalous authentication patterns using UEBA analytics, statistical baselines, and machine learning models to identify impossible travel, credential stuffing, brute force, password spraying, and compromised account behaviors across authentication logs. Activates for requests involving authentication anomaly detection, login behavior analysis, UEBA implementation, or suspicious sign-in investigation.

Examine file system slack space, MFT entries, USN journal, and alternate data streams to recover hidden data and reconstruct file activity on NTFS volumes.

Hunt for adversary persistence through Windows Management Instrumentation event subscriptions by monitoring WMI consumer, filter, and binding creation events that execute malicious code triggered by system events.

Perform comprehensive forensic analysis of disk images using Autopsy to recover files, examine artifacts, and build investigation timelines.

Implements data loss prevention policies using Microsoft Purview to protect sensitive information across Exchange Online, SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams, endpoint devices, and Power BI. The analyst configures sensitivity labels with encryption and content marking, creates DLP policies using built-in and custom sensitive information types with regex patterns, deploys endpoint DLP rules to control file operations on Windows and macOS devices, and monitors policy effectiveness through Activity Explorer and DLP alert management. Uses PowerShell cmdlets and the Microsoft Graph API for programmatic policy management. Activates for requests involving DLP policy creation, sensitivity label configuration, data classification, endpoint data protection, or Microsoft Purview compliance administration.

Implements secure API key generation, storage, rotation, and revocation controls to protect API authentication credentials from leakage, brute force, and abuse. The engineer designs API key formats with sufficient entropy, implements secure hashing for storage, enforces per-key scoping and rate limiting, monitors for leaked keys in public repositories, and builds key rotation workflows. Activates for requests involving API key management, API key security, key rotation policy, or API credential protection.

Detect DCSync attacks where adversaries abuse Active Directory replication privileges to extract password hashes by monitoring for non-domain-controller accounts requesting directory replication via DsGetNCChanges.

Assess Active Directory security posture using PingCastle, BloodHound, and Purple Knight to identify misconfigurations, privilege escalation paths, and attack vectors.

Implement secure conduit architecture for OT remote access following IEC 62443 zones and conduits model, deploying jump servers, MFA-enabled gateways, session recording, and approval-based workflows to control vendor and engineer access to industrial control systems without exposing OT networks directly.

Extract and catalog attack patterns from cyber threat intelligence reports into a structured STIX-based library mapped to MITRE ATT&CK for detection engineering and threat-informed defense.

Analyze Windows Shellbag registry artifacts to reconstruct folder browsing activity, detect access to removable media and network shares, and establish user interaction with directories even after deletion using SBECmd and ShellBags Explorer.

Hunt for unusual network connections by analyzing outbound traffic patterns, rare destinations, non-standard ports, and anomalous connection frequencies from endpoints.

This skill covers deploying HashiCorp Vault for centralized secrets management across cloud environments, including dynamic secret generation for databases and cloud providers, transit encryption, PKI certificate management, and Kubernetes integration. It addresses eliminating hardcoded credentials from application code and CI/CD pipelines by implementing short-lived, automatically rotated secrets.

Enumerate and audit Active Directory forest trust relationships using impacket for SID filtering analysis, trust key extraction, cross-forest SID history abuse detection, and inter-realm Kerberos ticket assessment.

Perform systematic alert triage in Elastic Security SIEM to rapidly classify, prioritize, and investigate security alerts for SOC operations.

Parses Kubernetes API server audit logs (JSON lines) to detect exec-into-pod, secret access, RBAC modifications, privileged pod creation, and anonymous API access. Builds threat detection rules from audit event patterns. Use when investigating Kubernetes cluster compromise or building k8s-specific SIEM detection rules.

Configuring Zscaler Private Access (ZPA) to replace traditional VPN with zero trust network access by deploying App Connectors, defining application segments, configuring access policies based on user identity and device posture, and integrating with IdPs.

Detect container escape attempts in real-time using Falco runtime security rules that monitor syscalls, file access, and privilege escalation.

Deploy and configure Tailscale as a WireGuard-based zero trust mesh VPN with identity-aware access controls, ACLs, and exit nodes for secure peer-to-peer connectivity.

Deploys canary tokens and honeytokens (fake AWS credentials, DNS canaries, document beacons, database records) that trigger alerts when accessed by attackers. Uses the Canarytokens API and custom webhook integrations for breach detection. Use when building deception-based early warning systems for intrusion detection.

Implements Sigstore-based software signing and verification using Cosign keyless signing, Rekor transparency log verification, and Fulcio certificate authority integration to establish cryptographic provenance for container images, binaries, and software artifacts. The practitioner configures OIDC-based identity binding, verifies signing events against the Rekor transparency log, and integrates signing workflows into CI/CD pipelines. Activates for requests involving software supply chain signing, keyless container signing, Sigstore deployment, or artifact provenance verification.

Builds an automated malware submission and analysis pipeline that collects suspicious files from endpoints and email gateways, submits them to sandbox environments and multi-engine scanners, and generates verdicts with IOCs for SIEM integration. Use when SOC teams need to scale malware analysis beyond manual sandbox submissions for high-volume alert triage.

Detects and analyzes process injection techniques used by malware including classic DLL injection, process hollowing, APC injection, thread hijacking, and reflective loading. Uses memory forensics, API monitoring, and behavioral analysis to identify injection artifacts. Activates for requests involving process injection detection, code injection analysis, hollowed process investigation, or in-memory threat detection.

Analyze IP address reputation using the Shodan API to identify open ports, running services, known vulnerabilities, and hosting context for threat intelligence enrichment and incident triage.

Performs proactive threat hunting in Elastic Security SIEM using KQL/EQL queries, detection rules, and Timeline investigation to identify threats that evade automated detection. Use when SOC teams need to hunt for specific ATT&CK techniques, investigate anomalous behaviors, or validate detection coverage gaps using Elasticsearch and Kibana Security.

Implement NextDNS as a zero trust DNS filtering layer with encrypted resolution, threat intelligence blocking, privacy protection, and organizational policy enforcement across all endpoints.

Tests authentication and authorization mechanisms in mobile application APIs to identify broken authentication, insecure token management, session fixation, privilege escalation, and IDOR vulnerabilities. Use when performing API security assessments against mobile app backends, testing JWT implementations, evaluating OAuth flows, or assessing session management. Activates for requests involving mobile API auth testing, token security assessment, OAuth mobile flow testing, or API authorization bypass.

Bypasses SSL/TLS certificate pinning implementations in Android and iOS applications to enable traffic interception during authorized security assessments. Covers OkHttp, TrustManager, NSURLSession, and third-party pinning library bypass techniques using Frida, Objection, and custom scripts. Activates for requests involving certificate pinning bypass, SSL pinning defeat, mobile TLS interception, or proxy-resistant app testing.

Performs digital forensics investigation on compromised endpoints including memory acquisition, disk imaging, artifact analysis, and timeline reconstruction. Use when investigating security incidents, collecting evidence for legal proceedings, or analyzing endpoint compromise scope. Activates for requests involving endpoint forensics, memory analysis, disk forensics, or incident investigation.

Executes malware samples in Cuckoo Sandbox to observe runtime behavior including process creation, file system modifications, registry changes, network communications, and API calls. Generates comprehensive behavioral reports for malware classification and IOC extraction. Activates for requests involving dynamic malware analysis, sandbox detonation, behavioral analysis, or automated malware execution.

Hunt for malicious PowerShell activity by analyzing Script Block Logging (Event 4104), Module Logging (Event 4103), and process creation events. The analyst parses Windows Event Log EVTX files to detect obfuscated commands, AMSI bypass attempts, encoded payloads, credential dumping keywords, and suspicious download cradles. Activates for requests involving PowerShell threat hunting, script block analysis, encoded command detection, or AMSI bypass identification.

Configure SSL/TLS inspection on network security devices to decrypt, inspect, and re-encrypt HTTPS traffic for threat detection while managing certificates, exemptions, and privacy compliance.

Hunt for web shell deployments on internet-facing servers by analyzing file creation in web directories, suspicious process spawning from web servers, and anomalous HTTP patterns.

Detects fileless malware and in-memory attacks that execute entirely in RAM without writing persistent files to disk, evading traditional antivirus. Use when building detections for PowerShell-based attacks, reflective DLL injection, WMI persistence, and registry-resident malware. Activates for requests involving fileless malware detection, in-memory attacks, PowerShell exploitation, or living-off-the-land techniques.

Simulates bandwidth throttling and network degradation attacks using tc, iperf3, and Scapy in authorized environments to test quality-of-service controls, application resilience, and network monitoring detection of traffic manipulation attacks.

Facilitate structured post-incident reviews to identify root causes, document what worked and failed, and produce actionable recommendations to improve future incident response.

Detect abuse of service accounts through anomalous interactive logons, privilege escalation, lateral movement, and unauthorized access patterns.

Tests APIs for mass assignment (auto-binding) vulnerabilities where clients can modify object properties they should not have access to by including additional parameters in API requests. The tester identifies writable endpoints, adds undocumented fields to request bodies (role, isAdmin, price, balance), and checks if the server binds these to the data model without filtering. Part of OWASP API3:2023 Broken Object Property Level Authorization. Activates for requests involving mass assignment testing, parameter binding abuse, auto-binding vulnerability, or API over-posting.

Uses AWS Athena to query CloudTrail, VPC Flow Logs, S3 access logs, and ALB logs for forensic investigation. Covers CREATE TABLE DDL with partition projection, forensic SQL queries for detecting unauthorized access, data exfiltration, lateral movement, and privilege escalation. Use when investigating AWS security incidents or building cloud-native forensic workflows at scale.

Exploit Kerberos Constrained Delegation misconfigurations in Active Directory to impersonate privileged users via S4U2self and S4U2proxy extensions for lateral movement and privilege escalation.

Configures Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE) advanced protection settings including attack surface reduction rules, controlled folder access, network protection, and exploit protection. Use when hardening Windows endpoints beyond default Defender settings, deploying enterprise-grade endpoint protection, or meeting compliance requirements for advanced malware defense. Activates for requests involving Windows Defender configuration, ASR rules, MDE tuning, or Microsoft endpoint security.

Build structured communication templates for malware incidents including stakeholder notifications, executive briefings, technical advisories, and regulatory disclosures with severity-based escalation procedures.

Detect NTFS timestamp manipulation (MITRE T1070.006) by comparing $STANDARD_INFORMATION vs $FILE_NAME timestamps in the MFT. Uses analyzeMFT and Python to identify files with anomalous temporal patterns indicating anti-forensic timestomping activity.

Implement Cloud Security Posture Management using AWS Security Hub, Azure Defender for Cloud, and open-source tools like Prowler and ScoutSuite for multi-cloud vulnerability detection.

Build network traffic baselines from NetFlow/IPFIX data using Python pandas for statistical analysis, z-score anomaly detection, and hourly/daily traffic pattern profiling

Parse NetFlow v9 and IPFIX records to detect volumetric anomalies, port scanning, data exfiltration, and C2 beaconing patterns. Uses the Python netflow library to decode flow records, builds traffic baselines, and applies statistical analysis to identify flows with abnormal byte counts, connection durations, and periodic timing patterns.

Build collaborative forensic incident timelines using Timesketch to ingest, normalize, and analyze multi-source event data for attack chain reconstruction and investigation documentation.

Analyzes bootkit and advanced rootkit malware that infects the Master Boot Record (MBR), Volume Boot Record (VBR), or UEFI firmware to gain persistence below the operating system. Covers boot sector analysis, UEFI module inspection, and anti-rootkit detection techniques. Activates for requests involving bootkit analysis, MBR malware investigation, UEFI persistence analysis, or pre-OS malware detection.

Detect command injection attacks against Modbus TCP/RTU protocol in ICS environments by monitoring for unauthorized write operations, anomalous function codes, malformed frames, and deviations from established communication baselines using ICS-aware IDS and protocol deep packet inspection.

Investigate USB device connection history from Windows registry, event logs, and setupapi logs to track removable media usage and potential data exfiltration.

Use BloodHound and SharpHound to enumerate Active Directory relationships and identify attack paths from compromised users to Domain Admin.

Deploys canary files (honeytokens) across file systems to detect ransomware encryption activity in real time. Uses strategically placed decoy documents monitored via file integrity monitoring or OS-level watchdogs to trigger alerts when ransomware modifies or encrypts them. Activates for requests involving ransomware canary deployment, honeyfile setup, deception-based ransomware detection, or file integrity monitoring for encryption.

Parse Windows Prefetch files to determine program execution history including run counts, timestamps, and referenced files for forensic investigation.

Performs tabletop exercises for SOC teams simulating security incidents through discussion-based scenarios to test incident response procedures, communication workflows, and decision-making under pressure without impacting production systems. Use when organizations need to validate IR playbooks, train analysts, or meet compliance requirements for incident response testing.

Monitor and analyze ransomware group data leak sites (DLS) to track victim postings, extract threat intelligence on group tactics, and assess sector-specific ransomware risk for proactive defense.

Hunt for supply chain compromise indicators including trojanized software updates, compromised dependencies, unauthorized code modifications, and tampered build artifacts.

Integrates Static Application Security Testing (SAST), Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST), and Software Composition Analysis (SCA) into CI/CD pipelines using open-source tools. Covers Semgrep for SAST, Trivy for SCA and container scanning, OWASP ZAP for DAST, and Gitleaks for secrets detection. Activates for requests involving DevSecOps pipeline setup, automated security scanning in CI/CD, SAST/DAST/SCA integration, or shift-left security implementation.

Write multi-event correlation rules that detect APT lateral movement by chaining Windows authentication events, process execution telemetry, and network connection logs across hosts. Uses Splunk SPL and Sigma rule format to correlate Event IDs 4624, 4648, 4688, and Sysmon Events 1/3 within sliding time windows to surface attack sequences invisible to single-event detections.

Detect Golden Ticket attacks in Active Directory by analyzing Kerberos TGT anomalies including mismatched encryption types, impossible ticket lifetimes, non-existent accounts, and forged PAC signatures in domain controller event logs.

Hunt for adversary persistence via Windows Scheduled Tasks by analyzing task creation events, suspicious task actions, and unusual scheduling patterns.

The Diamond Model of Intrusion Analysis provides a structured framework for analyzing cyber intrusions by examining four core features - Adversary, Capability, Infrastructure, and Victim. This skill covers implementing the Diamond Model programmatically to classify and correlate intrusion events, build activity threads, and generate pivot-ready intelligence.

Perform forensic acquisition and analysis of cloud storage services including Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, and Box by collecting both API-based remote data and local sync client artifacts from endpoint devices.

Detects DNS tunneling by computing Shannon entropy of DNS query names, analyzing query length distributions, inspecting TXT record payloads, and identifying high subdomain cardinality. Uses scapy for packet capture analysis and statistical methods to distinguish legitimate DNS from covert channels. Use when hunting for data exfiltration.

Investigate Active Directory compromise by analyzing authentication logs, replication metadata, Group Policy changes, and Kerberos ticket anomalies to identify attacker persistence and lateral movement paths.

Examine Linux system artifacts including auth logs, cron jobs, shell history, and system configuration to uncover evidence of compromise or unauthorized activity.

This skill covers deploying Microsoft Sentinel as a cloud-native SIEM and SOAR platform for centralized security operations. It details configuring data connectors for multi-cloud log ingestion, writing KQL detection queries, building automated response playbooks with Logic Apps, and leveraging the Sentinel data lake for petabyte-scale threat hunting across AWS, Azure, and GCP security telemetry.

Detect and analyze Linux persistence mechanisms including crontab entries, systemd service units, LD_PRELOAD hijacking, bashrc modifications, and authorized_keys backdoors using auditd and file integrity monitoring

Parses Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) in CycloneDX and SPDX JSON formats to identify supply chain vulnerabilities by correlating components against the NVD CVE database via the NVD 2.0 API. Builds dependency graphs, calculates risk scores, identifies transitive vulnerability paths, and generates compliance reports. Activates for requests involving SBOM analysis, software composition analysis, supply chain security assessment, dependency vulnerability scanning, CycloneDX/SPDX parsing, or CVE correlation.

Monitors Modbus TCP traffic on SCADA and ICS networks to detect anomalous function code usage, unauthorized register writes, and suspicious communication patterns. The analyst uses deep packet inspection with pymodbus, Scapy, and Zeek to baseline normal PLC/RTU communication behavior, then applies statistical and rule-based anomaly detection to identify reconnaissance, parameter manipulation, and denial-of-service attacks targeting Modbus devices on port 502. Activates for requests involving Modbus traffic analysis, SCADA network monitoring, ICS anomaly detection, PLC security monitoring, or OT network threat detection.

Detect dangerous ACL misconfigurations in Active Directory using ldap3 to identify GenericAll, WriteDACL, and WriteOwner abuse paths

Detect PowerShell Empire framework artifacts in Windows event logs by identifying Base64 encoded launcher patterns, default user agents, staging URL structures, stager IOCs, and known Empire module signatures in Script Block Logging events.

Builds automated threat intelligence feed integration pipelines connecting STIX/TAXII feeds, open-source threat intel, and commercial TI platforms into SIEM and security tools for real-time IOC matching and alerting. Use when SOC teams need to operationalize threat intelligence by automating feed ingestion, normalization, scoring, and distribution to detection systems.

Enrich malware file hashes using the VirusTotal API to retrieve detection rates, behavioral analysis, YARA matches, and contextual threat intelligence for incident triage and IOC validation.

Automates SOC 2 Type II audit preparation including gap assessment against AICPA Trust Services Criteria (CC1-CC9), evidence collection from cloud providers and identity systems, control testing validation, remediation tracking, and continuous compliance monitoring. Covers all five TSC categories (Security, Availability, Processing Integrity, Confidentiality, Privacy) with automated evidence gathering from AWS, Azure, GCP, Okta, GitHub, and Jira. Use when preparing for or maintaining SOC 2 Type II certification.

Executes comprehensive red team exercises that simulate real-world adversary operations against an organization's people, processes, and technology. The red team operates with stealth as a primary objective, employing the full attack lifecycle from initial reconnaissance through objective completion while testing the organization's detection and response capabilities. This differs from penetration testing by focusing on adversary emulation rather than vulnerability identification. Activates for requests involving red team exercise, adversary simulation, adversary emulation, or full-scope offensive security assessment.

Perform forensic investigation of AWS environments using CloudTrail logs to reconstruct attacker activity, identify compromised credentials, and analyze API call patterns.

Assessing GraphQL API endpoints for introspection leaks, injection attacks, authorization flaws, and denial-of-service vulnerabilities during authorized security tests.

Deploy Nozomi Networks Guardian sensors for passive OT network traffic analysis to achieve comprehensive asset visibility, real-time threat detection, and vulnerability assessment across industrial control systems without disrupting operations, leveraging behavioral anomaly detection and protocol-aware monitoring.

Deploy and configure Velociraptor for scalable endpoint forensic artifact collection during incident response using VQL queries, hunts, and pre-built artifact packs across Windows, Linux, and macOS environments.

Design and implement Privileged Access Workstations (PAWs) with device hardening, just-in-time access, and integration with CyberArk or BeyondTrust for secure administrative operations.

Detects and analyzes fileless malware that operates entirely in memory using PowerShell, WMI, .NET reflection, registry-resident payloads, and living-off-the-land binaries (LOLBins) without writing traditional executable files to disk. Activates for requests involving fileless threat detection, in-memory malware investigation, LOLBin abuse analysis, or WMI persistence examination.

Designs and implements VLAN-based network segmentation on managed switches to isolate network zones, enforce access control between segments, and reduce the attack surface by limiting lateral movement paths in enterprise network environments.

Business Email Compromise (BEC) is a sophisticated fraud scheme where attackers impersonate executives, vendors, or trusted partners to trick employees into transferring funds, sharing sensitive data,

Tests WebSocket API implementations for security vulnerabilities including missing authentication on WebSocket upgrade, Cross-Site WebSocket Hijacking (CSWSH), injection attacks through WebSocket messages, insufficient input validation, denial-of-service via message flooding, and information leakage through WebSocket frames. The tester intercepts WebSocket handshakes and messages using Burp Suite, crafts malicious payloads, and tests for authorization bypass on WebSocket channels. Activates for requests involving WebSocket security testing, WS penetration testing, CSWSH attack, or real-time API security assessment.

Kerberoasting is a post-exploitation technique that targets service accounts in Active Directory by requesting Kerberos TGS (Ticket Granting Service) tickets for accounts with Service Principal Names

Plan and execute authorized vishing (voice phishing) pretext calls to assess employee susceptibility to social engineering and evaluate security awareness controls.

Tests API authentication mechanisms for weaknesses including broken token validation, missing authentication on endpoints, weak password policies, credential stuffing susceptibility, token leakage in URLs or logs, and session management flaws. The tester evaluates JWT implementation, API key handling, OAuth flows, and session token entropy to identify authentication bypasses. Maps to OWASP API2:2023 Broken Authentication. Activates for requests involving API authentication testing, token validation assessment, credential security testing, or API auth bypass.

Execute and test the JWT none algorithm attack to bypass signature verification by manipulating the alg header field in JSON Web Tokens.

Implements comprehensive Google Workspace security hardening including admin console configuration, phishing-resistant MFA enforcement, DLP policies, email authentication (SPF/DKIM/DMARC), OAuth app control, and external sharing restrictions. Activates for requests involving Google Workspace hardening, G Suite security configuration, or cloud office security administration.

This skill covers conducting cybersecurity assessments of electric power grid infrastructure including generation facilities, transmission substations, distribution systems, and energy management system (EMS) control centers. It addresses NERC CIP compliance verification, substation automation security, IEC 61850 protocol analysis, synchrophasor (PMU) network security, and the unique threat landscape targeting power grid operations as demonstrated by Industroyer/CrashOverride and related attacks.

Identifies lateral movement techniques in enterprise networks by analyzing authentication logs, network flows, SMB traffic, and RDP sessions using Zeek, Velociraptor, and SIEM correlation rules to detect attackers moving between systems.

Identifies and exploits insecure local data storage vulnerabilities in Android and iOS mobile applications including unencrypted databases, world-readable files, insecure SharedPreferences, plaintext credential storage, and improper keychain/keystore usage. Use when performing mobile penetration testing focused on OWASP M9 (Insecure Data Storage) or assessing compliance with MASVS-STORAGE requirements. Activates for requests involving mobile data storage security, local storage exploitation, SharedPreferences analysis, or mobile data leakage assessment.

Simulates ARP spoofing attacks in authorized lab or pentest environments using arpspoof, Ettercap, and Scapy to demonstrate man-in-the-middle risks, test network detection capabilities, and validate ARP inspection countermeasures.

Develop precise YARA rules for malware detection by identifying unique byte patterns, strings, and behavioral indicators in executable files while minimizing false positives.

Performs privilege escalation assessments on compromised Linux and Windows systems to identify paths from low-privilege access to root or SYSTEM-level control. The tester enumerates misconfigurations, vulnerable services, kernel exploits, SUID binaries, unquoted service paths, and credential stores to demonstrate the full impact of an initial compromise. Activates for requests involving privilege escalation testing, local exploitation, post-compromise escalation, or OS-level security assessment.

Perform systematic SIEM false positive reduction through rule tuning, threshold adjustment, correlation refinement, and threat intelligence enrichment to combat alert fatigue.

Implementing Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) to continuously monitor multi-cloud environments for misconfigurations, compliance violations, and security risks using Prowler, ScoutSuite, AWS Security Hub, Azure Defender, and GCP Security Command Center.

Scans GitHub Actions workflows and CI/CD pipeline configurations for supply chain attack vectors including unpinned actions, script injection via expressions, dependency confusion, and secrets exposure. Uses PyGithub and YAML parsing for automated audit. Use when hardening CI/CD pipelines or investigating compromised build systems.

Performs memory forensics analysis using Volatility 3 to extract evidence of malware execution, process injection, network connections, and credential theft from RAM dumps captured during incident response. Covers memory acquisition, process analysis, DLL inspection, and malware detection. Activates for requests involving memory forensics, RAM analysis, Volatility framework, memory dump investigation, volatile evidence analysis, or live memory acquisition.

Implements privileged session monitoring and recording using Privileged Access Management (PAM) solutions, focusing on CyberArk Privileged Session Manager (PSM) and open-source alternatives. Covers session recording configuration, keystroke logging, real-time monitoring, risk-based session analysis, and compliance audit trail generation. Activates for requests involving privileged session recording, PAM session monitoring, CyberArk PSM configuration, administrator activity monitoring, or compliance session auditing.

Configure and execute agentless vulnerability scanning using network protocols, cloud snapshot analysis, and API-based discovery to assess systems without installing endpoint agents.

Analyze WAF (ModSecurity/AWS WAF/Cloudflare) logs to detect SQL injection attack campaigns. Parses ModSecurity audit logs and JSON WAF event logs to identify SQLi patterns (UNION SELECT, OR 1=1, SLEEP(), BENCHMARK()), tracks attack sources, correlates multi-stage injection attempts, and generates incident reports with OWASP classification.

Spearphishing simulation is a targeted social engineering attack vector used by red teams to gain initial access. Unlike broad phishing campaigns, spearphishing uses OSINT-derived intelligence to craf

Implements security monitoring using Datadog Cloud SIEM, Cloud Security Management (CSM), and Workload Protection to detect threats, enforce compliance, and respond to security events across cloud and hybrid infrastructure. Covers Agent deployment, log source ingestion, detection rule creation, security dashboards, and automated notification workflows. Activates for requests involving Datadog security setup, Cloud SIEM configuration, CSM threat detection, or security monitoring dashboards.

Detect RDP brute force attacks by analyzing Windows Security Event Logs for failed authentication patterns (Event ID 4625), successful logons after failures (Event ID 4624), NLA failures, and source IP frequency analysis.

Detect and exploit JavaScript prototype pollution vulnerabilities on both client-side and server-side applications to achieve XSS, RCE, and authentication bypass through property injection.

Analyze memory dumps using Volatility3 plugins to detect injected code, rootkits, credential theft, and malware artifacts in Windows, Linux, and macOS memory images.

Queries Certificate Transparency logs via crt.sh and pycrtsh to detect phishing domains, unauthorized certificate issuance, and shadow IT. Monitors newly issued certificates for typosquatting and brand impersonation using Levenshtein distance. Use for proactive phishing domain detection and certificate monitoring.

Implement a phishing report button in email clients with automated triage workflow that analyzes user-reported suspicious emails and provides feedback to reporters.

Identify ransomware network indicators including C2 beaconing patterns, TOR exit node connections, data exfiltration flows, and encryption key exchange via Zeek conn.log and NetFlow analysis

Detecting and exploiting Server-Side Template Injection (SSTI) vulnerabilities across Jinja2, Twig, Freemarker, and other template engines to achieve remote code execution.

Detect and exploit blind Server-Side Request Forgery vulnerabilities using out-of-band techniques, DNS interactions, and timing analysis to access internal services and cloud metadata endpoints.

This skill instructs security practitioners on deploying Microsoft Defender for Cloud as a cloud-native application protection platform for Azure, multi-cloud, and hybrid environments. It covers enabling Defender plans for servers, containers, storage, and databases, configuring security recommendations, managing Secure Score, and integrating with the unified Defender portal for centralized threat management.

Perform comprehensive ICS/OT asset discovery using Claroty xDome platform, leveraging passive monitoring, Claroty Edge active queries, and integration ecosystem to gain full visibility into industrial control system assets including PLCs, RTUs, HMIs, and network infrastructure across Purdue Model levels.

Identifies and exploits IPv6-specific vulnerabilities including SLAAC spoofing, Router Advertisement flooding, and IPv6 tunneling during authorized assessments to test dual-stack security controls and IPv6-aware network defenses.

Analyzes network traffic generated by malware during sandbox execution or live incident response to identify C2 protocols, data exfiltration channels, payload downloads, and lateral movement patterns using Wireshark, Zeek, and Suricata. Activates for requests involving malware network analysis, C2 traffic decoding, malware PCAP analysis, or network-based malware detection.

Write custom Semgrep SAST rules in YAML to detect application-specific vulnerabilities, enforce coding standards, and integrate into CI/CD pipelines.

The NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) 2.0, released in February 2024, provides a comprehensive taxonomy for managing cybersecurity risk through six core Functions - Govern, Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond, and Recover. This skill covers conducting a maturity assessment against the CSF using Implementation Tiers to measure organizational cybersecurity posture and create improvement roadmaps.

Harbor is an open-source container registry that provides security features including vulnerability scanning (integrated Trivy), image signing (Notary/Cosign), RBAC, content trust policies, replicatio

Build effective detection rules using Splunk Search Processing Language (SPL) correlation searches to identify security threats in SOC environments.

Assess Bluetooth Low Energy device security by scanning, enumerating GATT services, and detecting vulnerabilities

Auditing HTTP security headers including CSP, HSTS, X-Frame-Options, and cookie attributes to identify missing or misconfigured browser-level protections.

Assess SSL/TLS server configurations using the sslyze Python library to evaluate cipher suites, certificate chains, protocol versions, HSTS headers, and known vulnerabilities like Heartbleed and ROBOT.

Perform Kerberoasting attacks using Impacket's GetUserSPNs to extract and crack Kerberos TGS tickets for Active Directory service accounts.

Deploys DNS, HTTP, and AWS API key canary tokens across network infrastructure to detect unauthorized access and lateral movement. Integrates with webhook alerting (Slack, Teams, email, generic HTTP) for real-time intrusion notifications. Provides automated token generation, placement strategies, and monitoring for enterprise network environments. Use when building deception-based network intrusion detection with Canarytokens.org and Thinkst Canary platforms.

Auditing Microsoft Entra ID (Azure Active Directory) configuration to identify risky authentication policies, overly permissive role assignments, stale accounts, conditional access gaps, and guest user risks using AzureAD PowerShell, Microsoft Graph API, and ScoutSuite.

Simulates man-in-the-middle attacks using Ettercap, mitmproxy, and Bettercap in authorized environments to intercept, analyze, and modify network traffic for testing encryption enforcement, certificate validation, and detection capabilities.

Use YARA pattern-matching rules to hunt for malware, suspicious files, and indicators of compromise across filesystems and memory dumps. Covers rule authoring, yara-python scanning, and integration with threat intel feeds.

Detect abuse of legitimate Windows binaries (LOLBins) used for living off the land attacks. Monitors process creation, command-line arguments, and parent-child relationships to identify suspicious LOLBin execution patterns.

Conduct red team operations using the Covenant C2 framework for authorized adversary simulation, including listener setup, grunt deployment, task execution, and lateral movement tracking.

Detecting and exploiting HTTP request smuggling vulnerabilities caused by Content-Length and Transfer-Encoding parsing discrepancies between front-end and back-end servers.

Build a structured SOC escalation matrix defining severity tiers, response SLAs, escalation paths, and notification procedures for security incidents.

Pass-the-Ticket (PtT) is a lateral movement technique that uses stolen Kerberos tickets (TGT or TGS) to authenticate to services without knowing the user's password. By extracting Kerberos tickets fro

Analyze Windows LNK shortcut files and Jump List artifacts to establish evidence of file access, program execution, and user activity using LECmd, JLECmd, and manual binary parsing of the Shell Link Binary format.

Performs User and Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) to detect anomalous user activities including impossible travel, unusual access patterns, privilege abuse, and insider threats using SIEM-based behavioral baselines and statistical analysis. Use when SOC teams need to identify compromised accounts or insider threats through deviation from established behavioral norms.

Analyze volatile memory dumps using Volatility 3 to extract running processes, network connections, loaded modules, and evidence of malicious activity.

This skill teaches security teams how to detect and respond to unauthorized cryptocurrency mining operations in cloud environments. It covers identifying cryptomining indicators through compute usage anomalies, network traffic patterns to mining pools, GuardDuty CryptoCurrency findings, and runtime process monitoring on EC2, ECS, EKS, and Azure Automation workloads.

Automate network traffic analysis using tshark and pyshark for protocol statistics, suspicious flow detection, DNS anomaly identification, and IOC extraction from PCAP files

Conduct a focused Active Directory penetration test to enumerate domain objects, discover attack paths with BloodHound, exploit Kerberos weaknesses, escalate privileges via ADCS/DCSync, and demonstrate domain compromise.

Implement comprehensive API security testing using the 42Crunch platform to perform static audit and dynamic conformance scanning of OpenAPI specifications.

Detects insider data exfiltration by analyzing DLP policy violations, file access patterns, upload volume anomalies, and off-hours activity in endpoint and cloud logs. Uses pandas for behavioral analytics and statistical baselines. Use when investigating insider threats or building user behavior analytics for data loss prevention.

Audit Azure Blob and ADLS storage accounts for public access exposure, weak or long-lived SAS tokens, missing encryption at rest, disabled HTTPS-only traffic, and outdated TLS versions using the azure-mgmt-storage Python SDK.

Authenticated (credentialed) vulnerability scanning uses valid system credentials to log into target hosts and perform deep inspection of installed software, patches, configurations, and security sett

Correlates disparate security incidents, IOCs, and adversary behaviors across time and organizations to identify unified threat campaigns, attribute them to common threat actors, and extract shared indicators for improved detection. Use when multiple incidents exhibit overlapping indicators, when sector-wide attack campaigns require cross-organizational analysis, or when building campaign-level intelligence products. Activates for requests involving campaign analysis, incident clustering, cross-organizational IOC correlation, or MISP correlation engine.

Implements strategies to reduce SOC alert fatigue by tuning detection rules, consolidating duplicate alerts, implementing risk-based alerting, and measuring alert quality metrics to maintain analyst effectiveness and prevent critical alert dismissal. Use when SOC teams face overwhelming alert volumes, high false positive rates, or declining analyst performance.

Detects lateral movement techniques including Pass-the-Hash, PsExec, WMI execution, RDP pivoting, and SMB-based spreading using SIEM correlation of Windows event logs, network flow data, and endpoint telemetry mapped to MITRE ATT&CK Lateral Movement (TA0008) techniques.

Configures Windows Group Policy Objects (GPO) to prevent ransomware execution and limit its spread. Implements AppLocker rules, Software Restriction Policies, Controlled Folder Access, attack surface reduction rules, and network protection settings. Activates for requests involving Windows GPO hardening against ransomware, AppLocker configuration, Controlled Folder Access setup, or endpoint protection via Group Policy.

Configure ModSecurity WAF with OWASP Core Rule Set (CRS) for web application logging, tune rules to reduce false positives, analyze audit logs for attack detection, and implement custom SecRules for application-specific threats. The analyst configures SecRuleEngine, SecAuditEngine, and CRS paranoia levels to balance security coverage with operational stability. Activates for requests involving WAF configuration, ModSecurity rule tuning, web application audit logging, or CRS deployment.

SPF, DKIM, and DMARC form the three pillars of email authentication. Together they prevent domain spoofing, validate message integrity, and define policies for handling unauthenticated mail. Proper im

Implement User and Entity Behavior Analytics using Elasticsearch/OpenSearch to build behavioral baselines, calculate anomaly scores, perform peer group analysis, and detect insider threat indicators such as data exfiltration, privilege abuse, and unauthorized access patterns.

Implement Kubernetes network segmentation using Calico NetworkPolicy and GlobalNetworkPolicy for zero-trust pod-to-pod communication.

Perform comprehensive security posture assessment of AWS accounts using ScoutSuite to enumerate resources, identify misconfigurations, and generate actionable security reports.

Tune SIEM detection rules to reduce false positives by analyzing alert volumes, creating whitelists, adjusting thresholds, and measuring detection efficacy metrics in Splunk and Elastic

Reverse engineers malware binaries using NSA's Ghidra disassembler and decompiler to understand internal logic, cryptographic routines, C2 protocols, and evasion techniques at the assembly and pseudo-C level. Activates for requests involving malware reverse engineering, disassembly analysis, decompilation, binary analysis, or understanding malware internals.

Leverage the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog alongside EPSS and CVSS to prioritize CVE remediation based on real-world exploitation evidence.

Enumerates DNS records, attempts zone transfers, brute-forces subdomains, and maps DNS infrastructure during authorized reconnaissance to identify attack surface, misconfigurations, and information disclosure in target domains.

Deploy CyberArk Privileged Access Management to discover, vault, rotate, and monitor privileged credentials across enterprise infrastructure. This skill covers vault architecture, session isolation, c

Detect Pass-the-Hash attacks by analyzing NTLM authentication patterns, identifying Type 3 logons with NTLM where Kerberos is expected, and correlating with credential dumping.

Analyzes RAM memory dumps from compromised systems using the Volatility framework to identify malicious processes, injected code, network connections, loaded modules, and extracted credentials. Supports Windows, Linux, and macOS memory forensics. Activates for requests involving memory forensics, RAM analysis, volatile data examination, process injection detection, or memory-resident malware investigation.

Implement Kubernetes Pod Security Admission to enforce baseline and restricted security profiles at namespace level using built-in admission controller.

Perform security assessments of SCADA Human-Machine Interface (HMI) systems to identify vulnerabilities in web-based HMIs, thin-client configurations, authentication mechanisms, and communication channels between HMI and PLCs, aligned with IEC 62443 and NIST SP 800-82 guidelines.

Dark web monitoring involves systematically scanning Tor hidden services, underground forums, paste sites, and dark web marketplaces to identify threats targeting an organization, including leaked cre

Implements AWS Nitro Enclave-based confidential computing environments with cryptographic attestation, KMS policy integration using PCR-based condition keys, and secure vsock communication channels. The practitioner builds enclave images, configures attestation-aware KMS policies, validates attestation documents against the AWS Nitro PKI root of trust, and establishes isolated computation pipelines for processing sensitive data such as PII, cryptographic keys, and healthcare records. Activates for requests involving Nitro Enclave setup, enclave attestation validation, confidential computing on AWS, or KMS enclave policy configuration.

The General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR) is the EU's comprehensive data protection law governing the collection, processing, storage, and transfer of personal data. This skill cover

Analyzes malware command-and-control (C2) communication protocols to understand beacon patterns, command structures, data encoding, and infrastructure. Covers HTTP, HTTPS, DNS, and custom protocol C2 analysis for detection development and threat intelligence. Activates for requests involving C2 analysis, beacon detection, C2 protocol reverse engineering, or command-and-control infrastructure mapping.

Validate backup integrity through cryptographic hash verification, automated restore testing, corruption detection, and recoverability checks to ensure backups are reliable for disaster recovery and ransomware response scenarios.

Hunt for MITRE ATT&CK T1098 account manipulation including shadow admin creation, SID history injection, group membership changes, and credential modifications using Windows Security Event Logs.

Detect WMI event subscription persistence by analyzing Sysmon Event IDs 19, 20, and 21 for malicious EventFilter, EventConsumer, and FilterToConsumerBinding creation.

Configures pfSense firewall rules, NAT policies, VPN tunnels, and traffic shaping to enforce network segmentation, control traffic flow, and protect internal network zones in enterprise and small-to-medium business environments.

Triages security alerts in Splunk Enterprise Security by classifying severity, investigating notable events, correlating related telemetry, and making escalation or closure decisions using SPL queries and the Incident Review dashboard. Use when SOC analysts face queued alerts from correlation searches, need to prioritize investigation order, or must document triage decisions for handoff to Tier 2/3 analysts.

Implement network segmentation based on the Purdue Enterprise Reference Architecture (PERA) model to separate industrial control system networks into hierarchical security zones from Level 0 physical process through Level 5 enterprise, enforcing strict traffic control between OT and IT domains.

Deploying Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access for SASE-based zero trust network access using GlobalProtect agents, ZTNA Connectors, security policy enforcement, and integration with Strata Cloud Manager for unified security management.

Analyze Chromium-based browser artifacts using Hindsight to extract browsing history, downloads, cookies, cached content, autofill data, saved passwords, and browser extensions from Chrome, Edge, Brave, and Opera for forensic investigation.

Detect lateral movement in network traffic using Zeek (formerly Bro) log analysis. Parses conn.log, smb_mapping.log, smb_files.log, dce_rpc.log, kerberos.log, and ntlm.log to identify SMB file transfers, NTLM account spray activity, remote service execution, and anomalous internal connections.

Detects and analyzes malicious behavior in mobile applications through behavioral analysis, permission abuse detection, network traffic monitoring, and dynamic instrumentation. Use when analyzing suspicious mobile applications for data exfiltration, command-and-control communication, credential stealing, SMS interception, or other malware indicators. Activates for requests involving mobile malware analysis, app behavior monitoring, trojan detection, or suspicious app investigation.

Detect and analyze covert communication channels used by malware including DNS tunneling, ICMP exfiltration, steganographic HTTP, and protocol abuse for C2 and data exfiltration.

Triage and prioritize vulnerabilities using CISA's Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC) decision tree framework to produce actionable remediation priorities.

Assessing JSON Web Token implementations for cryptographic weaknesses, algorithm confusion attacks, and authorization bypass vulnerabilities during security engagements.

Performs runtime dynamic analysis of Android applications using Frida, Objection, and Android Debug Bridge to observe application behavior during execution, intercept function calls, modify runtime values, and identify vulnerabilities that static analysis misses. Use when testing Android apps for runtime security flaws, hooking sensitive methods, bypassing client-side protections, or analyzing obfuscated applications. Activates for requests involving Android dynamic analysis, runtime hooking, Frida Android instrumentation, or live app behavior analysis.

Reverse engineers iOS applications using Frida dynamic instrumentation to understand internal logic, extract encryption keys, bypass security controls, and discover hidden functionality without source code access. Use when performing authorized iOS penetration testing, analyzing proprietary protocols, understanding obfuscated logic, or extracting runtime secrets from iOS binaries. Activates for requests involving iOS reverse engineering, Frida iOS hooking, Objective-C/Swift method tracing, or iOS binary analysis.

Deploys remote browser isolation (RBI) as a core component of a Zero Trust architecture. Implements isolation policies with URL categorization and risk-based routing, content disarming and reconstruction (CDR) for file sanitization, data loss prevention controls within isolated sessions, and integration with Secure Web Gateway and ZTNA platforms. Based on Cloudflare Browser Isolation, Menlo Security, and Zscaler RBI approaches. Use when hardening web access against zero-day exploits, phishing, credential theft, and browser-based data exfiltration.

Detecting exposed AWS credentials in source code repositories, CI/CD pipelines, and configuration files using TruffleHog, git-secrets, and AWS-native detection mechanisms to prevent credential theft and unauthorized account access.

Uses Microsoft RESTler to perform stateful REST API fuzzing by automatically generating and executing test sequences that exercise API endpoints, discover producer-consumer dependencies between requests, and find security and reliability bugs. The tester compiles an OpenAPI specification into a RESTler fuzzing grammar, configures authentication, runs test/fuzz-lean/fuzz modes, and analyzes results for 500 errors, authentication bypasses, resource leaks, and payload injection vulnerabilities. Activates for requests involving API fuzzing, RESTler testing, stateful API testing, or automated API security scanning.

Monitors Certificate Transparency (CT) logs to detect unauthorized certificate issuance, discover subdomains via CT data, and alert on suspicious certificate activity for owned domains. Uses the crt.sh API and direct CT log querying based on RFC 6962 to build continuous monitoring pipelines that catch rogue certificates, track CA behavior, and map the external attack surface. Activates for requests involving certificate transparency monitoring, CT log auditing, subdomain discovery via certificates, or certificate issuance alerting.

Detect compromised O365 and Google Workspace email accounts by analyzing inbox rule creation, suspicious sign-in locations, mail forwarding rules, and unusual API access patterns via Microsoft Graph and audit logs.

Analyze binary exploitation techniques including buffer overflows and ROP chains using pwntools Python library. Covers checksec analysis, gadget discovery with ROPgadget, and exploit development for CTF and authorized security assessments.

Performs automated static analysis of Android applications using Mobile Security Framework (MobSF) to identify hardcoded secrets, insecure permissions, vulnerable components, weak cryptography, and code-level security flaws without executing the application. Use when assessing Android APK/AAB files for security vulnerabilities before deployment, during penetration testing, or as part of CI/CD security gates. Activates for requests involving Android static analysis, MobSF scanning, APK security assessment, or mobile application code review.

This skill guides organizations through implementing zero trust architecture in cloud environments following NIST SP 800-207 and Google BeyondCorp principles. It covers identity-centric access controls, micro-segmentation, continuous verification, device trust assessment, and deploying Identity-Aware Proxy to eliminate implicit network trust in AWS, Azure, and GCP environments.

Test web applications for HTTP Host header injection vulnerabilities to identify password reset poisoning, web cache poisoning, SSRF, and virtual host routing manipulation risks.

Analyzes malicious PDF files using PDFiD, pdf-parser, and peepdf to identify embedded JavaScript, shellcode, exploits, and suspicious objects without opening the document. Determines the attack vector and extracts embedded payloads for further analysis. Activates for requests involving PDF malware analysis, malicious document analysis, PDF exploit investigation, or suspicious attachment triage.

Implementing AWS CloudTrail log analysis for security monitoring, threat detection, and forensic investigation using Athena, CloudWatch Logs Insights, and SIEM integration to identify unauthorized access, privilege escalation, and suspicious API activity.

Capture and analyze network traffic using Wireshark and tshark to reconstruct network events, extract artifacts, and identify malicious communications.

Investigates insider threat incidents involving employees, contractors, or trusted partners who misuse authorized access to steal data, sabotage systems, or violate security policies. Combines digital forensics, user behavior analytics, and HR/legal coordination to build an evidence-based case. Activates for requests involving insider threat investigation, employee data theft, privilege misuse, user behavior anomaly, or internal threat detection.

Systematically audit AWS S3 bucket permissions to identify publicly accessible buckets, overly permissive ACLs, misconfigured bucket policies, and missing encryption settings using AWS CLI, S3audit, and Prowler to enforce least-privilege data access controls.

Campaign attribution analysis involves systematically evaluating evidence to determine which threat actor or group is responsible for a cyber operation. This skill covers collecting and weighting attr

Implementing Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) in cloud environments by configuring identity-aware proxies, micro-segmentation, continuous verification with conditional access policies, and replacing traditional VPN-based access with BeyondCorp-style architectures across AWS, Azure, and GCP.

This skill covers security hardening for serverless compute platforms including AWS Lambda, Azure Functions, and Google Cloud Functions. It addresses least privilege IAM roles, dependency vulnerability scanning, secrets management integration, input validation, function URL authentication, and runtime monitoring to protect against injection attacks, credential theft, and supply chain compromises.

Tests REST and GraphQL APIs for Broken Object Level Authorization (BOLA/IDOR) vulnerabilities where an authenticated user can access or modify resources belonging to other users by manipulating object identifiers in API requests. The tester intercepts API calls, identifies object ID parameters (numeric IDs, UUIDs, slugs), and systematically replaces them with IDs belonging to other users to determine if the server enforces per-object authorization. This is OWASP API Security Top 10 2023 risk API1. Activates for requests involving BOLA testing, IDOR in APIs, object-level authorization testing, or API access control bypass.

Deploy Mimecast Targeted Threat Protection including URL Protect, Attachment Protect, Impersonation Protect, and Internal Email Protect to defend against advanced phishing and spearphishing attacks.

Execute cloud-native incident containment across AWS, Azure, and GCP by isolating compromised resources, revoking credentials, preserving forensic evidence, and applying security group restrictions to prevent lateral movement.

Detect typosquatting, homograph phishing, and brand impersonation domains using dnstwist to generate domain permutations and identify registered lookalike domains targeting your organization.

Reverse engineer ransomware encryption routines to identify cryptographic algorithms, key generation flaws, and potential decryption opportunities using static and dynamic analysis.

Secure Helm chart deployments by validating chart integrity, scanning templates for misconfigurations, and enforcing security contexts in Kubernetes releases.

Simulates VLAN hopping attacks using switch spoofing and double tagging techniques in authorized environments to test VLAN segmentation effectiveness and validate switch port security configurations against Layer 2 bypass attacks.

Detects container escape attempts by analyzing namespace configurations, privileged container checks, dangerous capability assignments, and host path mounts using the kubernetes Python client. Identifies CVE-2022-0492 style escapes via cgroup abuse. Use when auditing container security posture or investigating escape attempts.

Configure Microsoft Entra Privileged Identity Management to enforce just-in-time role activation, approval workflows, and access reviews for Azure AD privileged roles.

Conducts disk forensics investigations using forensic imaging, file system analysis, artifact recovery, and timeline reconstruction to support incident response cases. Utilizes tools such as FTK Imager, Autopsy, and The Sleuth Kit for evidence acquisition, deleted file recovery, and artifact examination. Activates for requests involving disk forensics, hard drive analysis, forensic imaging, file recovery, evidence acquisition, or digital forensic investigation.

Deploy privileged access management for database systems including Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and MySQL. Covers session proxy configuration, credential vaulting, query auditing, dynamic credentia

Implements SIEM detection use cases by designing correlation rules, threshold alerts, and behavioral analytics mapped to MITRE ATT&CK techniques across Splunk, Elastic, and Sentinel. Use when SOC teams need to expand detection coverage, formalize use case lifecycle management, or build a detection library aligned to organizational threat profile.

Perform comprehensive cloud asset inventory and relationship mapping using Cartography to build a Neo4j security graph of infrastructure assets, IAM permissions, and attack paths across AWS, GCP, and Azure.

Deploying Cloudflare Access with Cloudflare Tunnel to provide zero trust access to self-hosted and private applications, configuring identity-aware access policies, device posture checks, and WARP client enrollment for VPN replacement.

Extract embedded configuration from Agent Tesla RAT samples including SMTP/FTP/Telegram exfiltration credentials, keylogger settings, and C2 endpoints using .NET decompilation and memory analysis.

Detects defense evasion techniques used by adversaries in endpoint logs including log tampering, timestomping, process injection, and security tool disabling. Use when investigating suspicious endpoint behavior, building detection rules for evasion tactics, or conducting threat hunting for stealthy adversary activity. Activates for requests involving evasion detection, defense evasion analysis, log tampering detection, or MITRE ATT&CK TA0005.

Deploy and configure Proofpoint Email Protection as a secure email gateway to detect and block phishing, malware, BEC, and spam before messages reach user inboxes.

This skill covers implementing Open Policy Agent (OPA) and Gatekeeper for policy-as-code enforcement in Kubernetes and CI/CD pipelines. It addresses writing Rego policies, deploying OPA Gatekeeper as a Kubernetes admission controller, testing policies in development, and integrating policy evaluation into deployment pipelines.

Conduct authorized physical penetration testing using tailgating, badge cloning, lock bypassing, and rogue device deployment to evaluate facility security controls.

Auditing Google Cloud Platform IAM permissions to identify overly permissive bindings, primitive role usage, service account key proliferation, and cross-project access risks using gcloud CLI, Policy Analyzer, and IAM Recommender.

AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) is a symmetric block cipher standardized by NIST (FIPS 197) used to protect classified and sensitive data. This skill covers implementing AES-256 encryption in GCM m

Test web applications for XML injection vulnerabilities including XXE, XPath injection, and XML entity attacks to identify data exposure and server-side request forgery risks.

Builds a structured ransomware incident response playbook aligned with the CISA StopRansomware Guide and NIST Cybersecurity Framework. Covers preparation, detection, containment, eradication, recovery, and post-incident phases with actionable checklists. Activates for requests involving ransomware response planning, CISA compliance, incident response playbook creation, or ransomware preparedness assessment.

Integrate AFL++ coverage-guided fuzz testing into CI/CD pipelines to discover memory corruption, input handling, and logic vulnerabilities in C/C++ and compiled applications.

Deploy Zeek network security monitor to capture, parse, and analyze network traffic metadata for threat detection, anomaly identification, and forensic investigation.

Identifying and exploiting OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect misconfigurations including redirect URI manipulation, token leakage, and authorization code theft during security assessments.

Detect Mimikatz execution through command-line patterns, LSASS access signatures, binary indicators, and in-memory detection of known modules.

This skill covers analyzing Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) firmware for security vulnerabilities including hardcoded credentials, insecure update mechanisms, backdoor functions, memory corruption flaws, and undocumented debug interfaces. It addresses firmware extraction from common PLC platforms (Siemens S7, Allen-Bradley, Schneider Modicon), static analysis of firmware images, dynamic analysis in emulated environments, and comparison against known-good baselines to detect tampering.

Vulnerability remediation SLAs define mandatory timeframes for patching or mitigating identified vulnerabilities based on severity, asset criticality, and exploit availability. Effective SLA programs

This skill covers hardening GitHub Actions workflows against supply chain attacks, credential theft, and privilege escalation. It addresses pinning actions to SHA digests, minimizing GITHUB_TOKEN permissions, protecting secrets from exfiltration, preventing script injection in workflow expressions, and implementing required reviewers for workflow changes.

Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) gathering is the first active phase of a red team engagement, where operators collect publicly available information about the target organization to identify attack s

Implement API abuse detection using token bucket, sliding window, and adaptive rate limiting algorithms to prevent DDoS, brute force, and credential stuffing attacks.

This skill guides practitioners through hardening AWS Identity and Access Management configurations to enforce least privilege access across cloud accounts. It covers IAM policy scoping, permission boundaries, Access Analyzer integration, and credential rotation strategies to reduce the blast radius of compromised identities.

Configure Google Workspace advanced phishing and malware protection settings including pre-delivery scanning, attachment protection, spoofing detection, and Enhanced Safe Browsing.

Classify and prioritize security incidents using structured IR playbooks to determine severity, assign response teams, and initiate appropriate response procedures.

STIX (Structured Threat Information eXpression) and TAXII (Trusted Automated eXchange of Intelligence Information) are OASIS open standards for representing and transporting cyber threat intelligence.

Hash cracking is an essential skill for penetration testers and security auditors to evaluate password strength. Hashcat is the world's fastest password recovery tool, supporting over 300 hash types w

Detect DNS-based data exfiltration by analyzing Zeek dns.log for high-entropy subdomains and anomalous query patterns

Detect and prevent API enumeration attacks including BOLA and IDOR exploitation by monitoring sequential identifier access patterns and authorization failures.

Performs advanced network reconnaissance using Nmap's scripting engine, timing controls, evasion techniques, and output parsing to discover hosts, enumerate services, detect vulnerabilities, and fingerprint operating systems across authorized target networks.

Build and configure a resilient command-and-control infrastructure using BishopFox's Sliver C2 framework with redirectors, HTTPS listeners, and multi-operator support for authorized red team engagements.

Deploy MISP (Malware Information Sharing Platform) to aggregate, correlate, and distribute threat intelligence feeds from multiple sources for centralized IOC management and automated SIEM integration.

Deploys and configures CrowdStrike Falcon EDR agents across enterprise endpoints to enable real-time threat detection, behavioral analysis, and automated response. Use when onboarding endpoints to EDR coverage, configuring detection policies, or integrating Falcon telemetry with SIEM platforms. Activates for requests involving CrowdStrike deployment, Falcon sensor installation, EDR policy configuration, or endpoint detection and response.

Map advanced persistent threat (APT) group tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) to the MITRE ATT&CK framework using the ATT&CK Navigator and attackcti Python library. The analyst queries STIX/TAXII data for group-technique associations, generates Navigator layer files for visualization, and compares defensive coverage against adversary profiles. Activates for requests involving APT TTP mapping, ATT&CK Navigator layers, threat actor profiling, or MITRE technique coverage analysis.

Build a systematic threat hunt hypothesis framework that transforms threat intelligence, attack patterns, and environmental data into testable hunting hypotheses.

Detect abuse of elevation control mechanisms including UAC bypass, sudo exploitation, and setuid/setgid manipulation by monitoring registry modifications, process elevation flags, and unusual parent-child process relationships.

Implements Delinea Secret Server for privileged access management (PAM) including secret vault configuration, role-based access policies, automated password rotation, session recording, and integration with Active Directory and cloud platforms. Activates for requests involving PAM deployment, privileged credential vaulting, secret server administration, or password rotation automation.

Detect and test for OWASP API3:2023 Broken Object Property Level Authorization vulnerabilities including excessive data exposure and mass assignment attacks.

Analyzes and simulates BGP hijacking scenarios in authorized lab environments to assess route origin validation, RPKI deployment, and BGP monitoring defenses against prefix hijacking and route leak attacks on internet routing infrastructure.

Detects command-and-control (C2) communications tunneled through DNS protocol including DNS tunneling tools (Iodine, dnscat2, dns2tcp, Cobalt Strike DNS beacon), domain generation algorithms (DGA), encoded payload delivery via TXT/CNAME records, and DNS beaconing patterns. Covers Shannon entropy analysis of query subdomains, statistical anomaly detection, ML-based DGA classification, passive DNS correlation, and Zeek/Suricata signature development. Activates for requests involving DNS-based C2 detection, DNS tunnel identification, suspicious DNS traffic investigation, or DGA domain classification.

Configure rsyslog for centralized log collection with TLS encryption, custom templates, and log rotation. Generates server and client configuration files with GnuTLS stream drivers, x509 certificate authentication, per-host log segregation, and reliable queue settings for high-availability syslog infrastructure.

RSA (Rivest-Shamir-Adleman) is the most widely deployed asymmetric cryptographic algorithm, used for digital signatures, key exchange, and encryption. This skill covers generating, storing, rotating,

This skill covers deploying anomaly detection systems for industrial control environments using machine learning models trained on OT network baselines, physics-based process models, and behavioral analysis of industrial protocol communications. It addresses building normal behavior profiles for SCADA polling patterns, detecting deviations in Modbus/DNP3/OPC UA traffic, identifying rogue devices, and correlating network anomalies with physical process data from historians.

Parse Windows Prefetch files using the windowsprefetch Python library to reconstruct application execution history, detect renamed or masquerading binaries, and identify suspicious program execution patterns.

Perform static analysis of malicious PDF documents using peepdf, pdfid, and pdf-parser to extract embedded JavaScript, shellcode, and suspicious objects.

Automate GoPhish phishing simulation campaigns using the Python gophish library. Creates email templates with tracking pixels, configures SMTP sending profiles, builds target groups from CSV, launches campaigns, and analyzes results including open rates, click rates, and credential submission statistics for security awareness assessment.

This skill covers implementing a structured patch management program for OT/ICS environments where traditional IT patching approaches can cause process disruption or safety hazards. It addresses vendor compatibility testing, risk-based patch prioritization, staged deployment through test environments, maintenance window coordination, rollback procedures, and compensating controls when patches cannot be applied due to operational constraints or vendor restrictions.

MS17-010 (EternalBlue) is a critical vulnerability in Microsoft's SMBv1 implementation that allows remote code execution. Originally discovered by the NSA and leaked by the Shadow Brokers in 2017, it

PCI DSS 4.0.1 establishes 12 requirements across 6 control objectives for organizations that store, process, or transmit cardholder data. With PCI DSS 3.2.1 retiring April 2024 and 51 new requirements

Detecting misconfigured Azure Storage accounts including publicly accessible blob containers, missing encryption settings, overly permissive SAS tokens, disabled logging, and network access violations using Azure CLI, PowerShell, and Microsoft Defender for Storage.

Implement HashiCorp Boundary for identity-aware zero trust infrastructure access management with dynamic credential brokering, session recording, and Vault integration.

Deploy and manage network honeypots using OpenCanary, T-Pot, or Cowrie to detect unauthorized access, lateral movement, and attacker reconnaissance.

Investigates phishing email incidents from initial user report through header analysis, URL/attachment detonation, impacted user identification, and containment actions using SOC tools like Splunk, Microsoft Defender, and sandbox analysis platforms. Use when a reported phishing email requires full incident investigation to determine scope and impact.

Deploy and configure an OpenTAXII server to share and consume STIX-formatted cyber threat intelligence using the TAXII 2.1 protocol for automated indicator exchange between organizations.

Detect unusual API call patterns in AWS CloudTrail logs using boto3, statistical baselining, and behavioral analysis to identify credential compromise, privilege escalation, and unauthorized resource access.

Configure and execute authenticated vulnerability scans using OpenVAS/Greenbone Vulnerability Management with SSH and SMB credentials for comprehensive host-level assessment.

Detects AI-generated deepfake audio used in voice phishing (vishing) attacks by extracting spectral features (MFCC, spectral centroid, spectral contrast, zero-crossing rate) and classifying samples with machine learning models. Supports batch analysis of audio files, generates confidence scores, and produces forensic reports. Activates for requests involving deepfake voice detection, vishing investigation, AI-generated speech analysis, voice cloning detection, or audio authenticity verification.

Tests Android inter-process communication (IPC) through intents for vulnerabilities including intent injection, unauthorized component access, broadcast sniffing, pending intent hijacking, and content provider data leakage. Use when assessing Android app attack surface through exported components, testing intent-based data flows, or evaluating IPC security. Activates for requests involving Android intent security, IPC testing, exported component analysis, or Drozer assessment.

Conducts authorized wireless network penetration tests to assess the security of WiFi infrastructure by testing for weak encryption protocols, captive portal bypasses, evil twin attacks, WPA2/WPA3 handshake capture, rogue access point detection, and client-side attacks. The tester evaluates wireless authentication, network segmentation, and the effectiveness of wireless intrusion detection systems. Activates for requests involving wireless pentest, WiFi security assessment, WPA2/WPA3 testing, or rogue access point detection.

Uses Postman to perform structured API security testing by building collections that test for OWASP API Security Top 10 vulnerabilities including authentication bypass, authorization flaws, injection, and data exposure. The tester creates environments with multiple user roles, writes test scripts for automated security validation, and integrates Postman with OWASP ZAP and Newman for CI/CD security testing. Activates for requests involving Postman security testing, API security collection, automated API testing, or OWASP API testing with Postman.

Implements Mobile Application Management (MAM) policies to protect enterprise data on managed and unmanaged mobile devices through app-level controls including data loss prevention, selective wipe, app configuration, and containerization. Use when securing corporate apps on BYOD devices, implementing Intune App Protection Policies, or enforcing data separation between personal and work apps. Activates for requests involving MAM deployment, app protection policies, mobile containerization, or BYOD security.

Nikto is an open-source web server and web application scanner that tests against over 7,000 potentially dangerous files/programs, checks for outdated versions of over 1,250 servers, and identifies ve

Tests web applications for Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities by injecting JavaScript payloads into reflected, stored, and DOM-based contexts to demonstrate client-side code execution, session hijacking, and user impersonation. The tester identifies all injection points and output contexts, crafts context-appropriate payloads, and bypasses sanitization and CSP protections. Activates for requests involving XSS testing, cross-site scripting assessment, client-side injection testing, or JavaScript injection vulnerability testing.

Indicator lifecycle management tracks IOCs from initial discovery through validation, enrichment, deployment, monitoring, and eventual retirement. This skill covers implementing systematic processes f

Performs firmware image extraction and analysis using binwalk to identify embedded filesystems, compressed archives, bootloaders, kernel images, and cryptographic material. Covers entropy analysis for detecting encrypted or compressed regions, recursive extraction of nested archives, SquashFS/CramFS/JFFS2 filesystem mounting, and string analysis for credential and configuration discovery. Activates for requests involving firmware reverse engineering, IoT device analysis, embedded system security assessment, or router/camera firmware extraction.

Testing web applications for clickjacking vulnerabilities by assessing frame embedding controls and crafting proof-of-concept overlay attacks during authorized security assessments.

Conducts penetration testing of iOS and Android mobile applications following the OWASP Mobile Application Security Testing Guide (MASTG) to identify vulnerabilities in data storage, network communication, authentication, cryptography, and platform-specific security controls. The tester performs static analysis of application binaries, dynamic analysis at runtime, and API security testing to evaluate the complete mobile attack surface. Activates for requests involving mobile app pentest, iOS security assessment, Android security testing, or OWASP MASTG assessment.

Responds to malware infections across enterprise endpoints by identifying the malware family, determining infection vectors, assessing spread, and executing eradication procedures. Covers the full lifecycle from detection through containment, analysis, removal, and recovery. Activates for requests involving malware response, malware eradication, trojan removal, worm containment, malware triage, or infected endpoint remediation.

Test for Server-Side Request Forgery vulnerabilities by probing cloud metadata endpoints, internal network services, and protocol handlers through user-controllable URL parameters. Tests AWS/GCP/Azure metadata APIs (169.254.169.254), internal port scanning via HTTP, URL scheme bypass techniques, and DNS rebinding detection.

Uses Rekall memory forensics framework to analyze memory dumps for process hollowing, injected code via VAD anomalies, hidden processes, and rootkit detection. Applies plugins like pslist, psscan, vadinfo, malfind, and dlllist to extract forensic artifacts from Windows memory images. Use during incident response memory analysis.

Tenable Nessus is the industry-leading vulnerability scanner used to identify security weaknesses across network infrastructure including servers, workstations, network devices, and operating systems.

Implement Zero Trust Network Access using Zscaler Private Access (ZPA) to replace traditional VPN with identity-based, context-aware access to private applications through the Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange.

Deploy Google BeyondCorp Enterprise zero trust access controls using Identity-Aware Proxy (IAP), context-aware access policies, device trust validation, and Access Context Manager to enforce identity and posture-based access to GCP resources and internal applications.

Testing web applications for Cross-Site Request Forgery vulnerabilities by crafting forged requests that exploit authenticated user sessions during authorized security assessments.

Detect data staging activity before exfiltration by monitoring for archive creation with 7-Zip/RAR, unusual temp folder access, large file consolidation, and staging directory patterns via EDR and process telemetry

This skill covers hardening container images by minimizing attack surface, removing unnecessary packages, implementing multi-stage builds, configuring non-root users, and applying CIS Docker Benchmark recommendations to produce secure production-ready images.

Harden LDAP directory services against common attacks including credential harvesting, LDAP injection, anonymous binding, and channel binding bypass. Covers LDAPS enforcement, channel binding, LDAP si

Implements USB device control policies to restrict unauthorized removable media access on endpoints, preventing data exfiltration and malware introduction via USB devices. Use when deploying device control via Group Policy, Intune, or EDR platforms to enforce USB restrictions. Activates for requests involving USB control, removable media policy, device control, or data loss prevention via USB.

Building a Threat Intelligence Platform (TIP) involves deploying and integrating multiple CTI tools into a unified system for collecting, analyzing, enriching, and disseminating threat intelligence. T

Monitor Certificate Transparency logs using crt.sh and Certstream to detect phishing domains, lookalike certificates, and unauthorized certificate issuance targeting your organization.

Queries Azure Monitor activity logs and sign-in logs via azure-monitor-query to detect suspicious administrative operations, impossible travel, privilege escalation, and resource modifications. Builds KQL queries for threat hunting in Azure environments. Use when investigating suspicious Azure tenant activity or building cloud SIEM detections.

Extract cached credentials, password hashes, Kerberos tickets, and authentication tokens from memory dumps using Volatility and Mimikatz for forensic investigation.

Detect DCSync attacks by analyzing Windows Event ID 4662 for unauthorized DS-Replication-Get-Changes requests from non-domain-controller accounts.

Detecting data exfiltration attempts from AWS S3 buckets by analyzing CloudTrail S3 data events, VPC Flow Logs, GuardDuty findings, Amazon Macie alerts, and S3 access patterns to identify unauthorized bulk downloads and cross-account data transfers.

Detect and exploit race condition vulnerabilities in web applications using Turbo Intruder's single-packet attack technique to bypass rate limits, duplicate transactions, and exploit time-of-check-to-time-of-use flaws.

Perform static and symbolic analysis of Solidity smart contracts using Slither and Mythril to detect reentrancy, integer overflow, access control, and other vulnerability classes before deployment to Ethereum mainnet.

Sign and verify container image provenance using Sigstore Cosign with keyless OIDC-based signing, attestations, and Kubernetes admission enforcement.

Implements application whitelisting using Windows AppLocker to restrict unauthorized software execution on endpoints, reducing attack surface from malware, unauthorized tools, and shadow IT. Use when enforcing application control policies, meeting compliance requirements for software restriction, or preventing execution of unsigned or untrusted binaries. Activates for requests involving AppLocker, application whitelisting, software restriction, or executable control.

Implementing Cloud Data Loss Prevention (DLP) using Amazon Macie, Azure Information Protection, and Google Cloud DLP API to discover, classify, and protect sensitive data across cloud storage, databases, and data pipelines.

This skill covers implementing network segmentation in Operational Technology environments using VLANs, industrial firewalls, data diodes, and software-defined networking. It addresses the Purdue Model-based segmentation strategy, migration from flat networks to segmented architectures without disrupting operations, configuring OT-aware firewalls with industrial protocol deep packet inspection, and validating segmentation effectiveness through traffic analysis.

Build comprehensive forensic super-timelines using Plaso (log2timeline) to correlate events across file systems, logs, and artifacts into a unified chronological view.

Perform forensic analysis of SQLite databases to recover deleted records from freelists and WAL files, decode encoded timestamps, and extract evidence from browser history, messaging apps, and mobile device databases.

Exploit PHP type juggling vulnerabilities caused by loose comparison operators to bypass authentication, circumvent hash verification, and manipulate application logic through type coercion attacks.

Detect Cobalt Strike beacon network activity using default TLS certificate signatures (serial 8BB00EE), JA3/JA3S/JARM fingerprints, HTTP C2 profile pattern matching, beacon jitter analysis, and named pipe detection via Zeek, Suricata, and Python PCAP analysis.

Analyze the NTFS Master File Table ($MFT) to recover metadata and content of deleted files by examining MFT record entries, $LogFile, $UsnJrnl, and MFT slack space using MFTECmd, analyzeMFT, and X-Ways Forensics.

Evaluates and selects Threat Intelligence Platform (TIP) products based on organizational requirements including feed integration capability, STIX/TAXII support, workflow automation, analyst interface, and total cost of ownership. Use when conducting a TIP procurement, migrating between TIP solutions, or assessing whether the current TIP meets program maturity requirements. Activates for requests involving ThreatConnect, MISP, OpenCTI, Anomali, EclecticIQ, or TIP procurement decisions.

Recover files from disk images and unallocated space using Foremost's header-footer signature carving to extract evidence regardless of file system state.

Automate OSINT collection using SpiderFoot REST API and CLI for target profiling, module-based reconnaissance, and structured result analysis across 200+ data sources

Develops comprehensive threat actor profiles for APT groups, criminal organizations, and hacktivist collectives by aggregating TTP documentation, historical campaign data, tooling fingerprints, and attribution indicators from multiple intelligence sources. Use when briefing executives on sector-specific threats, updating threat model assumptions, or prioritizing defensive controls against specific adversaries. Activates for requests involving MITRE ATT&CK Groups, Mandiant APT profiles, CrowdStrike adversary naming, or sector-specific threat briefings.

Execute web cache deception attacks by exploiting path normalization discrepancies between CDN caching layers and origin servers to cache and retrieve sensitive authenticated content.

Perform coverage-guided fuzzing of compiled binaries using AFL++ (American Fuzzy Lop Plus Plus) to discover memory corruption, crashes, and security vulnerabilities. The tester instruments target binaries with afl-cc/afl-clang-fast, manages input corpora with afl-cmin and afl-tmin, runs parallel fuzzing campaigns with afl-fuzz, and triages crashes using CASR or GDB scripts. Activates for requests involving binary fuzzing, crash discovery, coverage-guided testing, or AFL++ fuzzing campaigns.

Detect Kerberoasting attacks by monitoring for anomalous Kerberos TGS requests targeting service accounts with SPNs for offline password cracking.

Docker Bench for Security is an open-source script that checks dozens of common best practices around deploying Docker containers in production. Based on the CIS Docker Benchmark, it audits host confi

Parse Windows PowerShell Script Block Logs (Event ID 4104) from EVTX files to detect obfuscated commands, encoded payloads, and living-off-the-land techniques. Uses python-evtx to extract and reconstruct multi-block scripts, applies entropy analysis and pattern matching for Base64-encoded commands, Invoke-Expression abuse, download cradles, and AMSI bypass attempts.

Deploy Runtime Application Self-Protection (RASP) agents to detect and block attacks from within application runtime, covering OpenRASP integration, attack pattern detection, and security policy configuration for Java and Python web applications.

Systematically hunt for adversary persistence mechanisms across Windows endpoints including registry, services, startup folders, and WMI subscriptions.

Detects and analyzes Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) security attacks including sniffing, replay attacks, GATT enumeration abuse, and Man-in-the-Middle interception. Uses Ubertooth One and nRF52840 sniffers for packet capture, the bleak Python library for GATT service enumeration, and crackle for BLE encryption cracking. Use when assessing IoT device BLE security, monitoring for BLE-based attacks on wireless infrastructure, or performing authorized BLE penetration testing. Activates for requests involving BLE security assessment, Ubertooth sniffing, GATT enumeration, or BLE replay detection.

Builds a structured SOC incident response playbook for ransomware attacks covering detection, containment, eradication, and recovery phases with specific SIEM queries, isolation procedures, and decision trees. Use when SOC teams need formalized response procedures for ransomware incidents aligned to NIST SP 800-61 and MITRE ATT&CK ransomware techniques.

Performing security reviews of serverless functions across AWS Lambda, Azure Functions, and GCP Cloud Functions to identify overly permissive execution roles, insecure environment variables, injection vulnerabilities, and missing runtime protections.

Implements an integrated incident ticketing system connecting SIEM alerts to ServiceNow, Jira, or TheHive for structured incident tracking, SLA management, escalation workflows, and compliance documentation. Use when SOC teams need formalized incident lifecycle management with automated ticket creation, assignment routing, and resolution tracking.

Detect DLL side-loading attacks where adversaries place malicious DLLs alongside legitimate applications to hijack execution flow for defense evasion.

Exploits JWT algorithm confusion vulnerabilities where the server's token verification library accepts the algorithm specified in the JWT header rather than enforcing a fixed algorithm. The tester manipulates the alg header to switch from RS256 to HS256 (using the RSA public key as the HMAC secret), sets alg to none to bypass signature verification, or exploits kid/jku/x5u header injection to supply attacker-controlled keys. Activates for requests involving JWT algorithm confusion, alg none attack, key confusion attack, or JWT signature bypass.

Extract stored credentials from compromised endpoints using the LaZagne post-exploitation tool to recover passwords from browsers, databases, system vaults, and applications during authorized red team operations.

Conduct a sector-specific threat landscape assessment by analyzing threat actor targeting patterns, common attack vectors, and industry-specific vulnerabilities to inform organizational risk management.

This skill covers implementing code signing for build artifacts to ensure integrity and authenticity throughout the software supply chain. It addresses signing binaries, packages, and containers using GPG, Sigstore, and platform-specific signing tools, establishing trust chains, and verifying signatures in deployment pipelines.

Detect process hollowing (T1055.012) by analyzing memory-mapped sections, hollowed process indicators, and parent-child process anomalies in EDR telemetry.

Identifies and unpacks UPX-packed and other packed malware samples to expose the original executable code for static analysis. Covers both standard UPX unpacking and handling modified UPX headers that prevent automated decompression. Activates for requests involving malware unpacking, UPX decompression, packer removal, or preparing packed samples for analysis.

This skill covers performing vulnerability assessments in OT environments using the Claroty xDome platform for comprehensive asset discovery, risk scoring, vulnerability correlation, and remediation prioritization. It addresses passive vulnerability identification through traffic analysis, active safe querying of OT devices, integration with CVE databases and ICS-CERT advisories, and risk-based prioritization that accounts for operational impact and compensating controls.

Conduct a comprehensive external network penetration test to identify vulnerabilities in internet-facing infrastructure using PTES methodology, reconnaissance, scanning, exploitation, and reporting.

Builds SOC performance metrics and KPI tracking dashboards measuring Mean Time to Detect (MTTD), Mean Time to Respond (MTTR), alert quality ratios, analyst productivity, and detection coverage using SIEM data. Use when SOC leadership needs operational visibility, continuous improvement tracking, or executive-level reporting on security operations effectiveness.

Detect anomalies in DNP3 (Distributed Network Protocol 3) communications used in SCADA systems by monitoring for unauthorized control commands, firmware update attempts, protocol violations, and deviations from baseline traffic patterns using deep packet inspection and machine learning approaches.

Identify and test open redirect vulnerabilities in web applications by analyzing URL redirection parameters, bypass techniques, and exploitation chains for phishing and token theft.

Deploys and configures Zeek (formerly Bro) network security monitor to passively analyze network traffic, generate structured logs, detect anomalous behavior, and create custom detection scripts for threat hunting and incident response.

Build automated alerting for vulnerability remediation SLA breaches with severity-based timelines, escalation workflows, and compliance reporting dashboards.

Create, validate, and share STIX 2.1 threat intelligence objects using the stix2 Python library. Covers indicators, malware, campaigns, relationships, bundles, and TAXII 2.1 publishing.

Implement GCP Organization Policy constraints to enforce security guardrails across the entire resource hierarchy, restricting risky configurations and ensuring compliance at organization, folder, and project levels.

Detect abnormal access patterns in AWS S3, GCS, and Azure Blob Storage by analyzing CloudTrail Data Events, GCS audit logs, and Azure Storage Analytics. Identifies after-hours bulk downloads, access from new IP addresses, unusual API calls (GetObject spikes), and potential data exfiltration using statistical baselines and time-series anomaly detection.

Kubernetes NetworkPolicies provide pod-level network segmentation by defining ingress and egress rules that control traffic flow between pods, namespaces, and external endpoints. Combined with CNI plu

Implements external attack surface management (EASM) using Shodan, Censys, and ProjectDiscovery tools (subfinder, httpx, nuclei) for asset discovery, subdomain enumeration, service fingerprinting, and exposure scoring. Includes a weighted risk scoring algorithm based on OWASP attack surface analysis methodology and the Relative Attack Surface Quotient (RSQ). Use when building continuous ASM programs or performing external reconnaissance for security assessments.

Detects credential stuffing attacks by analyzing authentication logs for login velocity anomalies, ASN diversity, password spray patterns, and geographic distribution of failed logins. Uses statistical analysis on Splunk or raw log data. Use when investigating account takeover campaigns or building detection rules for auth abuse.

Systematically assessing REST and GraphQL API endpoints against the OWASP API Security Top 10 risks using automated and manual testing techniques.

Detect and exploit second-order SQL injection vulnerabilities where malicious input is stored in a database and later executed in an unsafe SQL query during a different application operation.

Conduct systematic reviews of privileged accounts to validate access rights, identify excessive permissions, and enforce least privilege across PAM infrastructure.

Monitor for brand impersonation attacks across domains, social media, mobile apps, and dark web channels to detect phishing campaigns, fake sites, and unauthorized brand usage targeting your organization.

Investigates insider threat indicators including data exfiltration attempts, unauthorized access patterns, policy violations, and pre-departure behaviors using SIEM analytics, DLP alerts, and HR data correlation. Use when SOC teams receive insider threat referrals from HR, detect anomalous data movement by employees, or need to build investigation timelines for potential insider threats.

Implement BGP route origin validation using RPKI with Route Origin Authorizations, RPKI-to-Router protocol, and ROV policies on Cisco and Juniper routers to prevent route hijacking.

Audit service accounts across enterprise infrastructure to identify orphaned, over-privileged, and non-compliant accounts. This skill covers discovery of service accounts in Active Directory, cloud pl

Detect and investigate Azure service principal abuse including privilege escalation, credential compromise, admin consent bypass, and unauthorized enumeration in Microsoft Entra ID environments.

BloodHound is a graph-based Active Directory reconnaissance tool that uses graph theory to reveal hidden and unintended relationships within AD environments. Red teams use BloodHound to identify attac

Manages the end-to-end cyber threat intelligence lifecycle from planning and direction through collection, processing, analysis, dissemination, and feedback to ensure intelligence products meet stakeholder requirements and continuously improve. Use when establishing or maturing a CTI program, defining intelligence requirements with business stakeholders, or building feedback loops between intelligence consumers and producers. Activates for requests involving CTI program maturity, intelligence requirements, PIRs, or intelligence lifecycle management.

Designs and documents structured incident response playbooks that define step-by-step procedures for specific incident types aligned with NIST SP 800-61r3 and SANS PICERL frameworks. Covers playbook structure, decision trees, escalation criteria, RACI matrices, and integration with SOAR platforms. Activates for requests involving IR playbook creation, incident response procedure documentation, response runbook development, or SOAR playbook design.

Test and validate ransomware recovery procedures including backup restore operations, RTO/RPO target verification, recovery sequencing, and clean restore validation to ensure organizational resilience against destructive ransomware attacks.

Exploit misconfigured Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) ESC1 vulnerability to request certificates as high-privileged users and escalate domain privileges during authorized red team assessments.

Detect sandbox evasion techniques in malware samples by analyzing timing checks, VM artifact queries, user interaction detection, and sleep inflation patterns from Cuckoo/AnyRun behavioral reports

Perform DCSync attacks to replicate Active Directory credentials and establish domain persistence by extracting KRBTGT, Domain Admin, and service account hashes for Golden Ticket creation.

Implementing AWS Security Hub to aggregate security findings across AWS accounts, enable compliance standards like CIS AWS Foundations and PCI DSS, configure automated remediation with EventBridge and Lambda, and create custom security insights for organizational risk management.

This skill covers deploying AWS Security Hub as a centralized cloud security posture management platform that aggregates findings from GuardDuty, Inspector, Macie, and third-party tools. It details enabling security standards like CIS AWS Foundations Benchmark, configuring automated remediation, and building executive dashboards for compliance tracking across multi-account AWS organizations.

Implement SAML 2.0 Single Sign-On (SSO) using Okta as the Identity Provider (IdP). This skill covers end-to-end configuration of SAML authentication flows, attribute mapping, certificate management, a

Configure and execute access recertification campaigns in Saviynt Enterprise Identity Cloud to validate user entitlements, revoke excessive access, and maintain compliance with SOX, SOC2, and HIPAA.

Implements memory protection mechanisms including DEP (Data Execution Prevention), ASLR (Address Space Layout Randomization), CFG (Control Flow Guard), and other exploit mitigations to prevent memory corruption attacks. Use when hardening endpoints against buffer overflow exploits, ROP chains, and code injection. Activates for requests involving memory protection, exploit mitigation, DEP, ASLR, or CFG configuration.

Deploy and configure the Dragos Platform for OT network monitoring, leveraging its 600+ industrial protocol parsers, intelligence-driven threat detection analytics, and asset visibility capabilities to protect ICS environments against threat groups like VOLTZITE, GRAPHITE, and BAUXITE.

Detects ransomware encryption activity in real time using entropy analysis, file system I/O monitoring, and behavioral heuristics. Identifies mass file modification patterns, abnormal entropy spikes in written data, and suspicious process behavior characteristic of ransomware encryption routines. Activates for requests involving ransomware behavioral detection, entropy-based file monitoring, I/O anomaly detection, or real-time encryption activity alerting.

Detect AWS IAM privilege escalation paths using boto3 and Cloudsplaining policy analysis to identify overly permissive policies, dangerous permission combinations, and least-privilege violations

Systematically investigate all persistence mechanisms on Windows and Linux systems to identify how malware survives reboots and maintains access.

Analyzes indicators of compromise (IOCs) including IP addresses, domains, file hashes, URLs, and email artifacts to determine maliciousness confidence, campaign attribution, and blocking priority. Use when triaging IOCs from phishing emails, security alerts, or external threat feeds; enriching raw IOCs with multi-source intelligence; or making block/monitor/whitelist decisions. Activates for requests involving VirusTotal, AbuseIPDB, MalwareBazaar, MISP, or IOC enrichment pipelines.

Collects and synthesizes open-source intelligence (OSINT) about threat actors, malicious infrastructure, and attack campaigns using publicly available data sources, passive reconnaissance tools, and dark web monitoring. Use when investigating external threat actor infrastructure, performing pre-engagement reconnaissance for authorized red team assessments, or enriching CTI reports with publicly available adversary context. Activates for requests involving Maltego, Shodan, OSINT framework, SpiderFoot, or infrastructure reconnaissance.

Implement a structured threat intelligence lifecycle encompassing planning, collection, processing, analysis, dissemination, and feedback stages to produce actionable intelligence for organizational decision-making.

Performs runtime mobile security exploration of iOS applications using Objection, a Frida-powered toolkit that enables security testers to interact with app internals without jailbreaking. Use when assessing iOS app security posture, bypassing client-side protections, dumping keychain items, inspecting filesystem storage, and evaluating runtime behavior. Activates for requests involving iOS security testing, Objection runtime analysis, Frida-based iOS assessment, or mobile runtime exploration.

Configure Fluentd and Fluent Bit for centralized log aggregation, routing, filtering, and enrichment across distributed infrastructure

Testing web applications for path traversal vulnerabilities that allow reading or writing arbitrary files on the server by manipulating file path parameters.

Performing authorized privilege escalation assessments in AWS environments to identify IAM misconfigurations that allow users or roles to elevate their permissions using Pacu, CloudFox, Principal Mapper, and manual IAM policy analysis techniques.

Uses Falco YAML rules for runtime threat detection in containers and Kubernetes, monitoring syscalls for shell spawns, file tampering, network anomalies, and privilege escalation. Manages Falco rules via the Falco gRPC API and parses Falco alert output. Use when building container runtime security or investigating k8s cluster compromises.

Implementing microsegmentation using Akamai Guardicore Segmentation to map application dependencies, create granular network policies, visualize east-west traffic flows, and enforce least-privilege communication between workloads across data centers and cloud.

This skill teaches security teams how to deploy and operationalize Amazon GuardDuty for continuous threat detection across AWS accounts and workloads. It covers enabling protection plans for S3, EKS, EC2 runtime monitoring, and Lambda, interpreting finding severity levels, and building automated response workflows using EventBridge and Lambda.

Analyzes UEFI bootkit persistence mechanisms including firmware implants in SPI flash, EFI System Partition (ESP) modifications, Secure Boot bypass techniques, and UEFI variable manipulation. Covers detection of known bootkit families (BlackLotus, LoJax, MosaicRegressor, MoonBounce, CosmicStrand), ESP partition forensic inspection, chipsec-based firmware integrity verification, and Secure Boot configuration auditing. Activates for requests involving UEFI malware analysis, firmware persistence investigation, boot chain integrity verification, or Secure Boot bypass detection.

Tests OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect implementations for security flaws including authorization code interception, redirect URI manipulation, CSRF in OAuth flows, token leakage, scope escalation, and PKCE bypass. The tester evaluates the authorization server, client application, and token handling for common misconfigurations that enable account takeover or unauthorized access. Activates for requests involving OAuth security testing, OIDC vulnerability assessment, OAuth2 redirect bypass, or authorization code flow testing.

Implements passwordless authentication using Microsoft Entra ID with FIDO2 security keys, Windows Hello for Business, Microsoft Authenticator passkeys, and certificate-based authentication to eliminate password-based attacks. Activates for requests involving passwordless deployment, FIDO2 passkey configuration, phishing-resistant MFA, or Microsoft Entra authentication method policies.

Assesses organizational readiness for post-quantum cryptography migration per NIST FIPS 203/204/205 standards. Performs cryptographic inventory scanning to identify quantum-vulnerable algorithms (RSA, ECDH, ECDSA), evaluates hybrid TLS configurations with X25519MLKEM768, and validates CRYSTALS-Kyber (ML-KEM) and CRYSTALS-Dilithium (ML-DSA) readiness. Implements crypto-agility assessment using oqs-provider for OpenSSL. Use when planning or executing the transition from classical to post-quantum cryptographic algorithms across enterprise infrastructure.

Plan and execute a comprehensive red team engagement covering reconnaissance through post-exploitation using MITRE ATT&CK-aligned TTPs to evaluate an organization's detection and response capabilities.

Build comprehensive threat actor profiles using open-source intelligence (OSINT) techniques to document adversary motivations, capabilities, infrastructure, and TTPs for proactive defense.

Execute an internal network penetration test simulating an insider threat or post-breach attacker to identify lateral movement paths, privilege escalation vectors, and sensitive data exposure within the corporate network.

Deploy a Software-Defined Perimeter using the CSA v2.0 specification with Single Packet Authorization, mutual TLS, and SDP controller/gateway configuration to enforce zero trust network access.

Parse Windows LNK shortcut files to extract target paths, timestamps, volume information, and machine identifiers for forensic timeline reconstruction.

Configures host-based intrusion detection systems (HIDS) to monitor endpoint file integrity, system calls, and configuration changes for security violations. Use when deploying OSSEC, Wazuh, or AIDE for endpoint monitoring, building file integrity monitoring (FIM) policies, or meeting compliance requirements for change detection. Activates for requests involving HIDS configuration, file integrity monitoring, OSSEC/Wazuh deployment, or host-based detection.

Discover and inventory all privileged accounts across enterprise infrastructure including domain admins, local admins, service accounts, database admins, cloud IAM roles, and application admin account

Implementing Microsoft Defender for Cloud to enable cloud security posture management, workload protection across VMs, containers, databases, and storage, configure security recommendations, and set up adaptive security controls with automated remediation.

This skill covers implementing North American Electric Reliability Corporation Critical Infrastructure Protection (NERC CIP) compliance controls for Bulk Electric System (BES) cyber systems. It addresses asset categorization (CIP-002), electronic security perimeters (CIP-005), system security management (CIP-007), configuration management (CIP-010), supply chain risk management (CIP-013), and the 2025 updates including mandatory MFA for remote access and expanded low-impact asset requirements.

Parse Office 365 Unified Audit Logs via Microsoft Graph API to detect email forwarding rule creation, inbox delegation, suspicious OAuth app grants, and other indicators of account compromise.

Simulates SSL stripping attacks using sslstrip, Bettercap, and mitmproxy in authorized environments to test HSTS enforcement, certificate validation, and HTTPS upgrade mechanisms that protect users from downgrade attacks on encrypted connections.

Analyzes firmware images for embedded malware, backdoors, and unauthorized modifications targeting routers, IoT devices, UEFI/BIOS, and embedded systems. Covers firmware extraction, filesystem analysis, binary reverse engineering, and bootkit detection. Activates for requests involving firmware security analysis, IoT malware investigation, UEFI rootkit detection, or embedded device compromise assessment.

Analyzes malicious VBA macros embedded in Microsoft Office documents (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) to identify download cradles, payload execution, persistence mechanisms, and anti-analysis techniques. Uses olevba, oledump, and VBA deobfuscation to extract the attack chain. Activates for requests involving Office macro analysis, VBA malware investigation, maldoc analysis, or document-based threat examination.

Parse and analyze Cobalt Strike Malleable C2 profiles using dissect.cobaltstrike and pyMalleableC2 to extract C2 indicators, detect evasion techniques, and generate network detection signatures.

URLScan.io is a free service for scanning and analyzing suspicious URLs. It captures screenshots, DOM content, HTTP transactions, JavaScript behavior, and network connections of web pages in an isolat

This skill covers implementing automated security scanning for Infrastructure as Code (IaC) templates using tools like Checkov, tfsec, and KICS. It addresses detecting misconfigurations in Terraform, CloudFormation, Kubernetes manifests, and Helm charts before deployment, establishing policy-based governance, and integrating IaC scanning into CI/CD pipelines to prevent insecure cloud resource provisioning.

Deploy Cisco Duo multi-factor authentication across enterprise applications, VPN, RDP, and SSH access points. This skill covers Duo integration methods, adaptive authentication policies, device trust

Deploy SailPoint IdentityNow or IdentityIQ for identity governance and administration. Covers identity lifecycle management, access request workflows, certification campaigns, role mining, SOD policy

This skill provides step-by-step procedures for identifying and remediating Amazon S3 bucket misconfigurations that expose sensitive data to unauthorized access. It covers enabling S3 Block Public Access at account and bucket levels, auditing bucket policies and ACLs, enforcing encryption, configuring access logging, and deploying automated remediation using AWS Config and Lambda.

Deploy XM Cyber's continuous exposure management platform to map attack paths, identify choke points, and prioritize the 2% of exposures that threaten critical assets.

Identifies and exploits SMB protocol vulnerabilities using Metasploit Framework during authorized penetration tests to demonstrate risks from unpatched Windows systems, misconfigured shares, and weak authentication in enterprise networks.

Automate AWS GuardDuty threat detection findings processing using EventBridge and Lambda to enable real-time incident response, automatic quarantine of compromised resources, and security notification workflows.

Uses the Linux Audit framework (auditd) with ausearch and aureport utilities to detect intrusion attempts, unauthorized access, privilege escalation, and suspicious system activity. Covers audit rule configuration, log querying, timeline reconstruction, and integration with SIEM platforms. Activates for requests involving auditd analysis, Linux audit log investigation, ausearch queries, aureport summaries, or host-based intrusion detection on Linux.

Deploy and configure Suricata as a network intrusion prevention system with custom rules, Emerging Threats rulesets, and inline traffic inspection for real-time threat blocking.

Builds real-time incident response dashboards in Splunk, Elastic, or Grafana to provide SOC analysts and leadership with situational awareness during active incidents, tracking affected systems, containment status, IOC spread, and response timeline. Use when IR teams need unified visibility during incident coordination and post-incident reporting.

Scan container images, filesystems, and Kubernetes manifests for vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, exposed secrets, and license compliance issues using Aqua Security Trivy with SBOM generation and CI/CD integration.

Detect Living Off the Land Binaries (LOLBins/LOLBAS) abuse including certutil, regsvr32, mshta, and rundll32 via process telemetry, Sigma rules, and parent-child process analysis

Builds a structured vulnerability scanning workflow using tools like Nessus, Qualys, and OpenVAS to discover, prioritize, and track remediation of security vulnerabilities across infrastructure. Use when SOC teams need to establish recurring vulnerability assessment processes, integrate scan results with SIEM alerting, and build remediation tracking dashboards.

Tests APIs for excessive data exposure where endpoints return more data than the client application needs, relying on the frontend to filter sensitive fields. The tester intercepts API responses and analyzes them for leaked PII, internal identifiers, debug information, or sensitive business data that the UI does not display but the API transmits. This maps to OWASP API3:2023 Broken Object Property Level Authorization. Activates for requests involving API data leakage testing, excessive data exposure, response filtering bypass, or API over-fetching.

Processes STIX 2.1 threat intelligence bundles delivered via TAXII 2.1 servers, normalizing objects into platform-native schemas and routing them to appropriate consuming systems. Use when onboarding new TAXII collection endpoints, automating bi-directional intelligence sharing with ISACs, or building pipeline validation for malformed STIX bundles. Activates for requests involving OASIS STIX, TAXII server configuration, MISP TAXII, or Cortex XSOAR feed integrations.

Establish SAML 2.0 identity federation between on-premises Active Directory and Azure AD (Microsoft Entra ID) for seamless cross-domain authentication and SSO to cloud applications.

Hunt for adversary persistence and execution via Windows scheduled tasks by analyzing task creation events, suspicious task properties, and unusual execution patterns that indicate T1053.005 abuse.

Perform structured log source onboarding into SIEM platforms by configuring collectors, parsers, normalization, and validation for complete security visibility.

OpenCTI is an open-source platform for managing cyber threat intelligence knowledge, built on STIX 2.1 as its native data model. This skill covers building an automated IOC enrichment pipeline using O

Deploy and monitor Canary Tokens via the Thinkst Canary API for deception-based breach detection using web bug tokens, DNS tokens, document tokens, and AWS key tokens.

Detect LSASS credential dumping, SAM database extraction, and NTDS.dit theft using Sysmon Event ID 10, Windows Security logs, and SIEM correlation rules

Hunt for DCOM-based lateral movement by detecting abuse of MMC20.Application, ShellBrowserWindow, and ShellWindows COM objects through Sysmon Event ID 1 (process creation) and Event ID 3 (network connection) correlation, WMI event analysis, RPC endpoint mapper traffic on port 135, and DCOM-specific parent-child process relationships.

Kubernetes penetration testing systematically evaluates cluster security by simulating attacker techniques against the API server, kubelet, etcd, pods, RBAC, network policies, and secrets. Using tools

Container escape is a critical attack technique where an adversary breaks out of container isolation to access the host system or other containers. Detection involves monitoring for escape indicators

Implement continuous identity verification for zero trust using phishing-resistant MFA (FIDO2/WebAuthn), risk-based conditional access, and identity governance aligned with the CISA Zero Trust Maturity Model.

Enforce Kubernetes admission policies using OPA Gatekeeper with ConstraintTemplates, Rego rules, and the Gatekeeper policy library.

This skill covers hardening and securing process historian servers (OSIsoft PI, Honeywell PHD, GE Proficy, AVEVA Historian) in OT environments. It addresses network placement across Purdue levels, access control for historian interfaces, data replication through DMZ using data diodes or PI-to-PI connectors, SQL injection prevention in historian queries, and integrity protection of process data used for safety analysis, regulatory reporting, and process optimization.

Test web application email functionality for SMTP header injection vulnerabilities that allow attackers to inject additional email headers, modify recipients, and abuse contact forms for spam relay.

Harden Kubernetes Role-Based Access Control by implementing least-privilege policies, auditing role bindings, eliminating cluster-admin sprawl, and integrating external identity providers.

Malware IOC extraction is the process of analyzing malicious software to identify actionable indicators of compromise including file hashes, network indicators (C2 domains, IP addresses, URLs), regist

This skill covers integrating OWASP ZAP (Zed Attack Proxy) for Dynamic Application Security Testing in CI/CD pipelines. It addresses configuring baseline, full, and API scans against running applications, interpreting ZAP findings, tuning scan policies, and establishing DAST quality gates in GitHub Actions and GitLab CI.

Deploy and query Arkime (formerly Moloch) for full packet capture network traffic analysis. Uses the Arkime API v3 to search sessions, download PCAPs, analyze connection patterns, detect beaconing behavior, and identify suspicious network flows. Monitors DNS queries, HTTP traffic, and TLS certificate anomalies across captured traffic.

Executes structured recovery from a ransomware incident following NIST and CISA frameworks, including environment isolation, forensic evidence preservation, clean infrastructure rebuild, prioritized system restoration from verified backups, credential reset, and validation against re-infection. Covers Active Directory recovery, database restoration, and application stack rebuild in dependency order. Activates for requests involving ransomware recovery, post-encryption restoration, or disaster recovery from ransomware.

JSON Web Tokens (JWT) defined in RFC 7519 are compact, URL-safe tokens used for authentication and authorization in web applications. This skill covers implementing secure JWT signing with HMAC-SHA256

Detect malicious scheduled task creation and modification using Sysmon Event IDs 1 (Process Create for schtasks.exe), 11 (File Create for task XML), and Windows Security Event 4698/4702. The analyst correlates task creation with suspicious parent processes, public directory paths, and encoded command arguments to identify persistence and lateral movement via scheduled tasks. Activates for requests involving scheduled task detection, Sysmon persistence hunting, or T1053.005 Scheduled Task/Job analysis.

Identifying and exploiting Cross-Origin Resource Sharing misconfigurations that allow unauthorized cross-domain data access and credential theft during security assessments.

TLS 1.3 (RFC 8446) is the latest version of the Transport Layer Security protocol, providing significant improvements over TLS 1.2 in both security and performance. It reduces handshake latency to 1-R

The Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) is the industry standard framework maintained by FIRST (Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams) for assessing vulnerability severity. CVSS v4.0 (r

Ed25519 is a high-performance digital signature algorithm using the Edwards curve Curve25519. It provides 128-bit security with 64-byte signatures and 32-byte keys, offering significant advantages ove

Detect T1547.001 startup folder persistence by monitoring Windows startup directories for suspicious file creation, analyzing autoruns entries, and using Python watchdog for real-time filesystem monitoring.

Performs OAuth 2.0 scope minimization review to identify over-permissioned third-party application integrations, excessive API scopes, unused token grants, and risky OAuth consent patterns across identity providers and SaaS platforms. Activates for requests involving OAuth scope audit, API permission review, third-party app risk assessment, or consent grant minimization.

This skill covers implementing Software Composition Analysis (SCA) using Snyk to detect vulnerable open-source dependencies in CI/CD pipelines. It addresses scanning package manifests and lockfiles, automated fix pull request generation, license compliance checking, continuous monitoring of deployed applications, and integration with GitHub, GitLab, and Jenkins pipelines.

Implementing device posture assessment as a zero trust access control by integrating endpoint health signals from CrowdStrike ZTA, Microsoft Intune, and Jamf into conditional access policies that enforce compliance before granting resource access.

Proactively hunt for adversary abuse of legitimate system binaries (LOLBins) to execute malicious payloads while evading detection.

Implement MITRE ATT&CK coverage mapping to identify detection gaps, prioritize rule development, and measure SOC detection maturity against adversary techniques.

Discovering and accessing unprotected pages, APIs, and administrative interfaces by enumerating URLs and bypassing authentication controls during authorized security assessments.

Pod Security Standards (PSS) define three levels of security policies -- Privileged, Baseline, and Restricted -- enforced by the Pod Security Admission (PSA) controller built into Kubernetes 1.25+. PS

Performing authorized AWS penetration testing using Pacu, the open-source AWS exploitation framework, to enumerate IAM configurations, discover privilege escalation paths, test credential harvesting, and validate security controls through systematic attack simulation.

This skill details how to conduct cloud security audits using Center for Internet Security benchmarks for AWS, Azure, and GCP. It covers interpreting CIS Foundations Benchmark controls, running automated assessments with tools like Prowler and ScoutSuite, remediating failed controls, and maintaining continuous compliance monitoring against CIS v5 for AWS, v4 for Azure, and v4 for GCP.

Detect NTLM relay attacks by analyzing Windows Event 4624 logon type 3 with NTLMSSP authentication, identifying IP-to-hostname mismatches, Responder traffic signatures, SMB signing status, and suspicious authentication patterns across the domain.

Performs rapid malware triage and classification using YARA rules to match file patterns, strings, byte sequences, and structural characteristics against known malware families and suspicious indicators. Covers rule writing, scanning, and integration with analysis pipelines. Activates for requests involving YARA rule creation, malware classification, pattern matching, sample triage, or signature-based detection.

Deploy and configure Tofino industrial firewalls from Belden/Hirschmann to protect SCADA systems and PLCs using deep packet inspection for OT protocols including Modbus, EtherNet/IP, OPC, and S7comm, enforcing granular access control between ICS security zones.

Exploit the noPac vulnerability chain (CVE-2021-42278 sAMAccountName spoofing and CVE-2021-42287 KDC PAC confusion) to escalate from standard domain user to Domain Admin in Active Directory environments.

Detect adversary lateral movement across networks using Splunk SPL queries against Windows authentication logs, SMB traffic, and remote service abuse.

Hardens Linux endpoints using CIS Benchmark recommendations for Ubuntu, RHEL, and CentOS to reduce attack surface, enforce security baselines, and meet compliance requirements. Use when deploying new Linux servers, remediating audit findings, or establishing security baselines for Linux infrastructure. Activates for requests involving Linux hardening, CIS benchmarks for Linux, server security baselines, or Linux configuration compliance.

Detect lateral movement in Azure AD/Entra ID environments using Microsoft Graph API audit logs, Azure Sentinel KQL hunting queries, and sign-in anomaly correlation to identify privilege escalation, token theft, and cross-tenant pivoting.

This skill covers integrating Aqua Security's Trivy scanner into CI/CD pipelines for comprehensive container image vulnerability detection. It addresses scanning Docker images for OS package and application dependency CVEs, detecting misconfigurations in Dockerfiles, scanning filesystem and git repositories, and establishing severity-based quality gates that block deployment of vulnerable images.

Identifying sensitive data exposure vulnerabilities including API key leakage, PII in responses, insecure storage, and unprotected data transmission during security assessments.

Builds comprehensive identity governance and lifecycle management processes including joiner-mover-leaver automation, role mining, access request workflows, periodic recertification, and orphaned account remediation using IGA platforms. Activates for requests involving identity lifecycle management, JML processes, role-based access provisioning, or identity governance program design.

Implements full disk encryption using Microsoft BitLocker on Windows endpoints to protect data at rest from unauthorized access in case of device loss or theft. Use when deploying encryption for compliance requirements, securing mobile workstations, or implementing data protection controls across the enterprise. Activates for requests involving BitLocker encryption, disk encryption, TPM configuration, or data-at-rest protection.

Perform security risk analysis on Kubernetes resource manifests using Kubesec to identify misconfigurations, privilege escalation risks, and deviations from security best practices.

Implements eBPF-based security monitoring using Cilium Tetragon for real-time process execution tracking, network connection observability, file access auditing, and runtime enforcement. Covers TracingPolicy CRD authoring with kprobe/tracepoint hooks, in-kernel filtering via matchArgs/matchBinaries selectors, JSON event export, and integration with SIEM pipelines. Use when building kernel-level runtime security observability for Linux hosts or Kubernetes clusters.

Detect privilege escalation attempts including token manipulation, UAC bypass, unquoted service paths, kernel exploits, and sudo/doas abuse across Windows and Linux.

Performs purple team exercises by coordinating red team adversary emulation with blue team detection validation using MITRE ATT&CK-mapped attack scenarios, real-time detection testing, and collaborative gap remediation. Use when SOC teams need to validate detection capabilities, improve analyst skills, and close detection gaps through structured offensive-defensive collaboration.

Securing AWS Lambda execution roles by implementing least-privilege IAM policies, applying permission boundaries, restricting resource-based policies, using IAM Access Analyzer to validate permissions, and enforcing role scoping through SCPs.

Detect suspicious Windows service installations (MITRE ATT&CK T1543.003) by parsing System event logs for Event ID 7045, analyzing service binary paths, and identifying indicators of persistence mechanisms.

Executes authorized attack simulations against Active Directory environments to identify misconfigurations, weak credentials, dangerous privilege paths, and exploitable trust relationships that could lead to domain compromise. The tester uses BloodHound for attack path analysis, Mimikatz for credential extraction, and Impacket for protocol-level attacks including Kerberoasting, AS-REP Roasting, and delegation abuse. Activates for requests involving Active Directory pentest, AD attack simulation, domain compromise testing, or Kerberos attack assessment.

This skill covers detecting cyber attacks targeting Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems including man-in-the-middle attacks on industrial protocols, unauthorized command injection into PLCs, HMI compromise, historian data manipulation, and denial-of-service against control system communications. It leverages OT-specific intrusion detection systems, industrial protocol anomaly detection, and process data analytics to identify attacks that traditional IT security tools miss.

Crafts and injects custom network packets using Scapy, hping3, and Nemesis during authorized security assessments to test firewall rules, IDS detection, protocol handling, and network stack resilience against malformed and spoofed traffic.

Configure secure OAuth 2.0 authorization flows including Authorization Code with PKCE, Client Credentials, and Device Authorization Grant. This skill covers flow selection, PKCE implementation, token

Configures Windows Event Logging with advanced audit policies to generate high-fidelity security events for threat detection and forensic investigation. Use when enabling audit policies for logon events, process creation, privilege use, and object access to feed SIEM detection rules. Activates for requests involving Windows audit policy, event log configuration, security logging, or detection-oriented logging.

Hunt for adversary abuse of legitimate cloud services for C2, data staging, and exfiltration including abuse of Azure, AWS, GCP services, and SaaS platforms.

Linux privilege escalation involves elevating from a low-privilege user account to root access on a compromised system. Red teams exploit misconfigurations, vulnerable services, kernel exploits, and w

Deploy and operate Greenbone/OpenVAS vulnerability management using the python-gvm library to create scan targets, execute vulnerability scans, and parse scan reports via GMP protocol.

Detect data exfiltration through DNS tunneling by analyzing query entropy, subdomain length, query volume, TXT record abuse, and response payload sizes using passive DNS monitoring.

Detects prompt injection attacks targeting LLM-based applications using a multi-layered defense combining regex pattern matching for known attack signatures, heuristic scoring for structural anomalies, and transformer-based classification with DeBERTa models. The detector analyzes user inputs before they reach the LLM, flagging direct injections (system prompt overrides, role-play escapes, instruction hijacking) and indirect injections (encoded payloads, multi-language obfuscation, delimiter-based escapes). Based on the OWASP LLM Top 10 (LLM01:2025 Prompt Injection) and Simon Willison's prompt injection taxonomy. Activates for requests involving prompt injection detection, LLM input sanitization, AI security scanning, or prompt attack classification.

Deploy Aqua Security's Trivy scanner to detect vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, secrets, and license issues in container images across CI/CD pipelines and registries.

Analyzes structured and unstructured threat intelligence feeds to extract actionable indicators, adversary tactics, and campaign context. Use when ingesting commercial or open-source CTI feeds, evaluating feed quality, normalizing data into STIX 2.1 format, or enriching existing IOCs with campaign attribution. Activates for requests involving ThreatConnect, Recorded Future, Mandiant Advantage, MISP, AlienVault OTX, or automated feed aggregation pipelines.

Patch management is the systematic process of identifying, testing, deploying, and verifying software updates to remediate vulnerabilities across an organization's IT infrastructure. An effective patc

Design and execute a social engineering penetration test including phishing, vishing, smishing, and physical pretexting campaigns to measure human security resilience and identify training gaps.

This skill covers hardening managed Kubernetes clusters on EKS, AKS, and GKE by implementing Pod Security Standards, network policies, workload identity, RBAC scoping, image admission controls, and runtime security monitoring. It addresses cloud-specific security features including IRSA for EKS, Workload Identity for GKE, and Managed Identities for AKS.

Deploys deception technology including honeypots, honeytokens, and decoy systems to detect attackers who have bypassed perimeter defenses, providing high-fidelity alerts with near-zero false positive rates. Use when SOC teams need early warning of lateral movement, credential abuse, or internal reconnaissance by deploying convincing traps across the network.

Automates the Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) workflow including data flow mapping, privacy risk scoring matrices, GDPR Article 35 DPIA and CCPA/CPRA alignment checks, data inventory cataloging, and remediation tracking. Implements the NIST Privacy Framework PRAM methodology and ICO DPIA guidance for systematic identification and mitigation of privacy risks across processing activities. Use when conducting privacy assessments for new systems, evaluating regulatory compliance posture, or building automated privacy governance programs.

Deploy Cisco Identity Services Engine for 802.1X wired and wireless authentication, MAC Authentication Bypass, posture assessment, and dynamic VLAN assignment for network access control.

Proactively hunts for Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) activity within enterprise environments using hypothesis-driven searches across endpoint telemetry, network logs, and memory artifacts. Use when conducting scheduled threat hunting cycles, investigating anomalous behavior flagged by UEBA, or validating that known APT TTPs are not present in the environment. Activates for requests involving MITRE ATT&CK, Velociraptor, osquery, Zeek, or threat hunting playbooks.

Implement API schema validation using OpenAPI specifications and JSON Schema to enforce input/output contracts and prevent injection, data exposure, and mass assignment attacks.

Hunt for data exfiltration through network traffic analysis, detecting unusual data flows, DNS tunneling, cloud storage uploads, and encrypted channel abuse.

Detect process injection techniques (T1055) including CreateRemoteThread, process hollowing, and DLL injection via Sysmon Event IDs 8 and 10 and EDR process telemetry

Detecting compromised cloud credentials across AWS, Azure, and GCP by analyzing anomalous API activity, impossible travel patterns, unauthorized resource provisioning, and credential abuse indicators using GuardDuty, Defender for Identity, and SCC Event Threat Detection.

Hunt for threats in AWS environments using Detective behavior graphs, entity investigation timelines, GuardDuty finding correlation, and automated entity profiling across IAM users, EC2 instances, and IP addresses.

Implement API threat protection using Google Apigee policies including JSON/XML threat protection, OAuth 2.0, SpikeArrest, and Advanced API Security for OWASP Top 10 defense.

Implements endpoint Data Loss Prevention (DLP) controls to detect and prevent sensitive data exfiltration through email, USB, cloud storage, and printing. Use when deploying DLP agents, creating content inspection policies, or preventing unauthorized data movement from endpoints. Activates for requests involving DLP, data exfiltration prevention, content inspection, or sensitive data protection on endpoints.

Envelope encryption is a strategy where data is encrypted with a data encryption key (DEK), and the DEK itself is encrypted with a master key (KEK) managed by AWS KMS. This approach allows encrypting

Configure microsegmentation policies to enforce least-privilege workload-to-workload access using tools like VMware NSX, Illumio, and Calico, preventing lateral movement in zero trust architectures.

Perform vulnerability scanning in OT/ICS environments safely using passive monitoring, native protocol queries, and carefully controlled active scanning with Tenable OT Security to identify vulnerabilities without disrupting industrial processes or crashing legacy controllers.

Deploys and configures osquery for real-time endpoint monitoring using SQL-based queries to inspect running processes, open ports, installed software, and system configuration. Use when building visibility into endpoint state, threat hunting across fleet, or implementing compliance monitoring. Activates for requests involving osquery deployment, endpoint visibility, fleet management, or SQL-based endpoint querying.

Implementing and auditing GCP VPC firewall rules to enforce network segmentation, restrict ingress and egress traffic, apply hierarchical firewall policies across the organization, and monitor firewall rule effectiveness using VPC Flow Logs.

Detects and prevents code injection attacks targeting serverless functions (AWS Lambda, Azure Functions, Google Cloud Functions) through event source poisoning, malicious layer injection, runtime command execution, and IAM privilege escalation via function modification. The analyst combines static analysis of function code, CloudTrail event correlation, runtime behavior monitoring, and IAM policy auditing to identify injection vectors across the expanded serverless attack surface including API Gateway, S3, SQS, DynamoDB Streams, and CloudWatch event triggers. Activates for requests involving Lambda security assessment, serverless injection detection, function event poisoning analysis, or serverless privilege escalation investigation.

Analyze the threat landscape using MISP (Malware Information Sharing Platform) by querying event statistics, attribute distributions, threat actor galaxy clusters, and tag trends over time. Uses PyMISP to pull event data, compute IOC type breakdowns, identify top threat actors and malware families, and generate threat landscape reports with temporal trends.

Detects and exploits ransomware kill switch mechanisms including mutex-based execution guards, domain-based kill switches, and registry-based termination checks. Implements proactive mutex vaccination and kill switch domain monitoring to prevent ransomware from executing. Activates for requests involving ransomware kill switch analysis, mutex vaccination, WannaCry-style domain kill switches, or malware execution guard detection.

Automate credential rotation for service accounts across Active Directory, cloud platforms, and application databases to eliminate stale secrets and reduce compromise risk.

Implement Just-In-Time (JIT) access provisioning to eliminate standing privileges by granting temporary, time-bound access only when needed. This skill covers JIT architecture design, approval workflo

Implement automated user provisioning and deprovisioning using SCIM 2.0 protocol with Okta as the identity provider.

MITRE ATT&CK is a globally-accessible knowledge base of adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) based on real-world observations. This skill covers systematically mapping threat actor beh

Detects typosquatting attacks in npm and PyPI package registries by analyzing package name similarity using Levenshtein distance and other string metrics, examining publish date heuristics to identify recently created packages mimicking established ones, and flagging download count anomalies where suspicious packages have disproportionately low usage compared to their legitimate targets. The analyst queries the PyPI JSON API and npm registry API to gather package metadata for automated comparison. Activates for requests involving package typosquatting detection, dependency confusion analysis, malicious package identification, or software supply chain threat hunting in package registries.

Systematically remove malware, backdoors, and attacker persistence mechanisms from infected systems while ensuring complete eradication and preventing re-infection.

SSL/TLS certificate lifecycle management encompasses the full process of requesting, issuing, deploying, monitoring, renewing, and revoking X.509 certificates. Poor certificate management is a leading

Responds to security incidents in cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP) by performing identity-based containment, cloud-native log analysis, resource isolation, and forensic evidence acquisition adapted for ephemeral cloud infrastructure. Activates for requests involving cloud incident response, AWS security incident, Azure compromise, GCP breach, cloud forensics, or cloud identity compromise.

Detect C2 beaconing patterns in network traffic using frequency analysis, jitter detection, and domain reputation to identify compromised endpoints communicating with adversary infrastructure.

Hardware Security Modules (HSMs) are tamper-resistant physical devices that safeguard cryptographic keys and perform cryptographic operations in a hardened environment. Keys stored in an HSM never lea

Monitor paste sites like Pastebin and GitHub Gists for leaked credentials, API keys, and sensitive data dumps using automated scraping and keyword matching to detect breaches early.

Detect cyber attacks targeting OT historian servers (OSIsoft PI, Ignition, Wonderware) that sit at the IT/OT boundary and serve as pivot points for lateral movement between enterprise and control networks, including data manipulation, unauthorized queries, and exploitation of historian-specific vulnerabilities.

Detect Kerberos Golden Ticket forgery by analyzing Windows Event ID 4769 for RC4 encryption downgrades (0x17), abnormal ticket lifetimes, and krbtgt account anomalies in Splunk and Elastic SIEM

Execute HTTP Parameter Pollution attacks to bypass input validation, WAF rules, and security controls by injecting duplicate parameters that are processed differently by front-end and back-end systems.

Implementing zero trust access controls for SaaS applications using CASB, SSPM, conditional access policies, OAuth app governance, and session controls to enforce identity verification, device compliance, and data protection for cloud-hosted services.

Integrate gitleaks and trufflehog into CI/CD pipelines to detect leaked secrets before deployment

Implements immutable backup strategy using restic with S3-compatible storage and object lock for ransomware-resistant data protection. Automates backup creation, integrity verification via restic check --read-data, snapshot retention policy enforcement, and restore testing. Integrates with AWS S3 Object Lock, MinIO, and Backblaze B2 for WORM (Write Once Read Many) storage that prevents backup deletion or encryption by ransomware actors.

Hardening Docker containers for production involves applying security best practices aligned with CIS Docker Benchmark v1.8.0 to minimize attack surface, prevent privilege escalation, and enforce leas

Conducts security testing of REST, GraphQL, and gRPC APIs to identify vulnerabilities in authentication, authorization, rate limiting, input validation, and business logic. The tester uses the OWASP API Security Top 10 as the testing framework, combining Burp Suite interception with Postman collections and custom scripts to test endpoint security at every privilege level. Activates for requests involving API security testing, REST API pentest, GraphQL security assessment, or API vulnerability testing.

Design and implement a comprehensive DevSecOps pipeline in GitLab CI/CD integrating SAST, DAST, container scanning, dependency scanning, and secret detection.

Deploy and configure Rapid7 InsightVM Security Console and Scan Engines for authenticated and unauthenticated vulnerability scanning across enterprise environments.

Configure AIDE (Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment) for file integrity monitoring including baseline creation, scheduled integrity checks, change detection, and alerting

Identifying and validating cross-site scripting vulnerabilities using Burp Suite's scanner, intruder, and repeater tools during authorized security assessments.

Perform lateral movement across Windows networks using WMI-based remote execution techniques including Impacket wmiexec.py, CrackMapExec, and native WMI commands for stealthy post-exploitation during red team engagements.

Build an automated system to track adversary infrastructure using passive DNS, certificate transparency, WHOIS data, and IP enrichment to map and monitor threat actor command-and-control networks.

Deploy and operate CAPEv2 sandbox for automated malware analysis with behavioral monitoring, payload extraction, configuration parsing, and anti-evasion capabilities.

Detect suspicious PowerShell execution patterns including encoded commands, download cradles, AMSI bypass attempts, and constrained language mode evasion.

Design and implement network segmentation using firewall security zones, VLANs, ACLs, and microsegmentation policies to restrict lateral movement and enforce least-privilege network access.

Identifying and exploiting SSRF vulnerabilities to access internal services, cloud metadata, and restricted network resources during authorized penetration tests.

Threat actor infrastructure tracking involves monitoring and mapping adversary-controlled assets including command-and-control (C2) servers, phishing domains, exploit kit hosts, bulletproof hosting, a

Deploy and configure Wazuh SIEM/XDR for endpoint detection including agent management, custom decoder and rule XML creation, alert querying via the Wazuh REST API, and automated response actions.

Parses API Gateway access logs (AWS API Gateway, Kong, Nginx) to detect BOLA/IDOR attacks, rate limit bypass, credential scanning, and injection attempts. Uses pandas for statistical analysis of request patterns and anomaly detection. Use when investigating API abuse or building API-specific threat detection rules.

Configuring Google Cloud Identity-Aware Proxy (IAP) to enforce per-request identity verification for Compute Engine, App Engine, Cloud Run, and GKE services using access levels, context-aware policies, and programmatic access with service accounts.

Performs vulnerability remediation on endpoints by prioritizing CVEs based on risk scoring, deploying patches, applying configuration changes, and validating fixes. Use when remediating findings from vulnerability scans, responding to critical CVE advisories, or maintaining endpoint compliance with patch management SLAs. Activates for requests involving vulnerability remediation, CVE patching, endpoint vulnerability management, or security fix deployment.

Implement a vulnerability aging dashboard and SLA tracking system to measure remediation performance against severity-based timelines and drive accountability.

Exploit the Zerologon vulnerability (CVE-2020-1472) in the Netlogon Remote Protocol to achieve domain controller compromise by resetting the machine account password to empty.

Detect OS credential dumping techniques targeting LSASS memory, SAM database, NTDS.dit, and cached credentials using EDR telemetry, Sysmon process access monitoring, and Windows security event correlation.

Hunt for DNS-based persistence mechanisms including DNS hijacking, dangling CNAME records, wildcard DNS abuse, and unauthorized zone modifications using passive DNS databases, SecurityTrails API, and DNS audit log analysis.

Performs comprehensive security assessments of IoT devices and their ecosystems by testing hardware interfaces, firmware, network communications, cloud APIs, and companion mobile applications. The tester uses firmware extraction and analysis, hardware debugging via UART and JTAG, network protocol analysis, and runtime exploitation to identify vulnerabilities across all layers of the IoT stack. Activates for requests involving IoT security testing, embedded device assessment, firmware security analysis, or smart device penetration testing.

Deploy AI and NLP-powered detection systems to identify business email compromise attacks by analyzing writing style, behavioral patterns, and contextual anomalies that evade traditional rule-based filters.

Discover and exploit mass assignment vulnerabilities in REST APIs to escalate privileges, modify restricted fields, and bypass authorization controls by injecting unexpected parameters in API requests.

Apply bottom-up and top-down role mining techniques to discover optimal RBAC roles from existing user-permission assignments, reducing role explosion and enforcing least privilege.

Tests API rate limiting implementations for bypass vulnerabilities by manipulating request headers, IP addresses, HTTP methods, API versions, and encoding schemes to circumvent request throttling controls. The tester identifies rate limit headers, determines enforcement mechanisms, and attempts bypasses including X-Forwarded-For spoofing, parameter pollution, case variation, and endpoint path manipulation. Maps to OWASP API4:2023 Unrestricted Resource Consumption. Activates for requests involving rate limit bypass, API throttling evasion, brute force protection testing, or API abuse prevention assessment.

Build an append-only log integrity chain using SHA-256 hash chaining for tamper detection. Each log entry is hashed with the previous entry's hash to create a blockchain-like structure where modifying any entry invalidates all subsequent hashes. Implements log ingestion, chain verification, tamper detection with pinpoint identification, and periodic checkpoint anchoring to external timestamping services.

Implements cloud workload protection using boto3 and google-cloud APIs for runtime security monitoring, process anomaly detection, and file integrity checking on EC2/GCE instances. Scans for cryptomining, reverse shells, and unauthorized binaries. Use when building runtime security controls for cloud compute workloads.

This skill covers detecting anomalies in Modbus/TCP and Modbus RTU communications in industrial control systems. It addresses function code monitoring, register range validation, timing analysis, unauthorized client detection, and deep packet inspection for malformed Modbus frames. The skill leverages Zeek with Modbus protocol analyzers, Suricata IDS with OT rules, and custom Python-based detection using Markov chain models for normal Modbus transaction sequences.

Deploys and monitors ransomware canary files across critical directories using Python's watchdog library for real-time filesystem event detection. Places strategically named decoy files that mimic high-value targets (financial records, credentials, database exports) in locations ransomware typically enumerates first. Monitors for any read, modify, rename, or delete operations on canary files and triggers immediate alerts via email, Slack webhook, or syslog when interaction is detected, providing early warning before full encryption begins.

Detect and prevent privilege escalation in Kubernetes pods by monitoring security contexts, capabilities, and syscall patterns with Falco and OPA policies.

Performs authenticated and unauthenticated vulnerability scanning using Tenable Nessus to identify known vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, default credentials, and missing patches across network infrastructure, servers, and applications. The scanner correlates findings with CVE databases and CVSS scores to produce prioritized remediation guidance. Activates for requests involving vulnerability scanning, Nessus assessment, patch compliance checking, or automated vulnerability detection.

Configure AWS Verified Access to provide VPN-less zero trust network access to internal applications using identity and device posture verification with Cedar policy language.

Auditing Kubernetes cluster RBAC configurations to identify overly permissive roles, wildcard permissions, dangerous ClusterRoleBindings, service account abuse, and privilege escalation paths using kubectl, rbac-tool, KubiScan, and Kubeaudit.

Implements threat modeling using the MITRE ATT&CK framework to map adversary TTPs against organizational assets, assess detection coverage gaps, and prioritize defensive investments. Use when SOC teams need to align detection engineering with threat landscape, conduct threat assessments for new environments, or justify security tool procurement.

Performs entitlement review and access certification campaigns using SailPoint IdentityIQ including manager certifications, targeted entitlement reviews, role-based access validation, SOD violation remediation, and automated revocation workflows. Activates for requests involving access reviews, entitlement certifications, SailPoint IIQ governance, or periodic user access recertification.

Automates the enrichment of raw indicators of compromise with multi-source threat intelligence context using SOAR platforms, Python pipelines, or TIP playbooks to reduce analyst triage time and standardize enrichment outputs. Use when building automated enrichment workflows integrated with SIEM alerts, email submission pipelines, or bulk IOC processing from threat feeds. Activates for requests involving SOAR enrichment, Cortex XSOAR, Splunk SOAR, TheHive, Python enrichment pipelines, or automated IOC processing.

Use PyMISP to create, enrich, and share threat intelligence events on a MISP platform, including IOC management, feed integration, STIX export, and community sharing workflows.

Detect unauthorized SaaS and cloud service usage (shadow IT) by analyzing proxy logs, DNS query logs, and netflow data using Python pandas for traffic pattern analysis and domain classification.

Deploys deception-based honeytokens in Active Directory including fake privileged accounts with AdminCount=1, fake SPNs for Kerberoasting detection (honeyroasting), decoy GPOs with cpassword traps, and fake BloodHound paths. Monitors Windows Security Event IDs 4769, 4625, 4662, 5136 for honeytoken interaction. Use when implementing AD deception defenses for detecting lateral movement, credential theft, and reconnaissance.

Detect NTLM relay attacks through Windows Security Event correlation by analyzing Event 4624 LogonType 3 for IP-to-hostname mismatches, identifying Responder/LLMNR poisoning artifacts, auditing SMB and LDAP signing enforcement across the domain, and detecting NTLM downgrade attacks from NTLMv2 to NTLMv1 using event log analysis.

Exploiting web cache mechanisms to serve malicious content to other users by poisoning cached responses through unkeyed headers and parameters during authorized security tests.

Hunt for spearphishing campaign indicators across email logs, endpoint telemetry, and network data to detect targeted email attacks.

Configures Fail2ban with custom filters and actions to detect port scanning activity, SSH brute force attempts, and network reconnaissance, automatically banning offending IP addresses and alerting security teams to suspicious network probing.

This skill covers conducting cybersecurity assessments specific to oil and gas facilities including upstream (exploration/production), midstream (pipeline/transport), and downstream (refining/distribution) operations. It addresses SCADA systems controlling pipeline operations, DCS for refinery process control, safety instrumented systems for hazardous processes, remote terminal units at unmanned wellhead sites, and compliance with API 1164, TSA Pipeline Security Directives, IEC 62443, and NIST Cybersecurity Framework for critical infrastructure.

Identifying flaws in application business logic that allow price manipulation, workflow bypass, and privilege escalation beyond what technical vulnerability scanners can detect.

Use the Malpedia platform and API to research malware family relationships, track variant evolution, link families to threat actors, and integrate YARA rules for detection across malware lineages.

Detects early-stage ransomware indicators in network traffic before encryption begins, including initial access broker activity, command-and-control beaconing, credential harvesting, reconnaissance scanning, and staging behavior. Uses network detection tools (Zeek, Suricata, Arkime), SIEM correlation rules, and threat intelligence feeds to identify ransomware precursor patterns such as Cobalt Strike beacons, Mimikatz network signatures, and RDP brute-force attempts. Activates for requests involving pre-ransomware detection, network-based ransomware indicators, or early warning ransomware monitoring.

Craft, send, sniff, and dissect network packets using Scapy for protocol analysis, network reconnaissance, and traffic anomaly detection in authorized security testing

Conduct internal Active Directory reconnaissance using BloodHound Community Edition to map attack paths, identify privilege escalation chains, and discover misconfigurations in domain environments.

Executes a structured ransomware incident response from initial detection through containment, forensic analysis, decryption assessment, recovery, and post-incident hardening. Addresses ransom negotiation considerations, backup integrity verification, and regulatory notification requirements. Activates for requests involving ransomware response, ransomware recovery, crypto-ransomware, data encryption attack, ransom payment decision, or ransomware containment.

Designs and implements a ransomware-resilient backup strategy following the 3-2-1-1-0 methodology (3 copies, 2 media types, 1 offsite, 1 immutable/air-gapped, 0 errors on restore verification). Configures backup schedules aligned to RPO/RTO requirements, implements backup credential isolation to prevent ransomware from compromising backup infrastructure, and establishes automated restore testing. Activates for requests involving ransomware backup planning, backup resilience, air-gapped backup design, or backup recovery point objective configuration.

Executes authorized phishing simulation campaigns to assess an organization's susceptibility to email-based social engineering attacks. The tester designs realistic phishing scenarios, builds credential harvesting infrastructure, sends targeted phishing emails, and tracks open rates, click-through rates, and credential submission rates to measure human security awareness. Activates for requests involving phishing simulation, social engineering assessment, email security testing, or security awareness measurement.

Implements API rate limiting and throttling controls using token bucket, sliding window, and fixed window algorithms to protect against brute force attacks, credential stuffing, resource exhaustion, and API abuse. The engineer configures per-user, per-IP, and per-endpoint rate limits using Redis-backed counters, API gateway plugins, or application middleware, and implements proper HTTP 429 responses with Retry-After headers. Activates for requests involving rate limiting implementation, API throttling setup, request quota management, or API abuse prevention.

Email sandboxing detonates suspicious attachments and URLs in isolated environments to detect zero-day malware and evasive phishing payloads. Proofpoint Targeted Attack Protection (TAP) is an industry

Detect and prevent ARP spoofing attacks using ARPWatch, Dynamic ARP Inspection, Wireshark analysis, and custom monitoring scripts to protect against man-in-the-middle interception.

Build an automated pipeline to defang indicators of compromise (URLs, IPs, domains, emails) for safe sharing and distribute them in STIX format through TAXII feeds and threat intelligence platforms.

Deploy DefectDojo as a centralized vulnerability management dashboard with scanner integrations, deduplication, metrics tracking, and Jira ticketing workflows.

Test JWT implementations for critical vulnerabilities including algorithm confusion, none algorithm bypass, kid parameter injection, and weak secret exploitation to achieve authentication bypass and privilege escalation.

Identifies and exploits SQL injection vulnerabilities in web applications during authorized penetration tests using manual techniques and automated tools like sqlmap. The tester detects injection points through error-based, union-based, blind boolean, and time-based blind techniques across all major database engines (MySQL, PostgreSQL, MSSQL, Oracle) to demonstrate data extraction, authentication bypass, and potential remote code execution. Activates for requests involving SQL injection testing, SQLi exploitation, database security assessment, or injection vulnerability verification.

Implements security chaos engineering experiments that deliberately disable or degrade security controls to verify detection and response capabilities. Tests WAF bypass, firewall rule removal, log pipeline disruption, and EDR disablement scenarios using boto3 and subprocess. Use when validating SOC detection coverage and resilience.

Performs API inventory and discovery to identify all API endpoints in an organization's environment including documented, undocumented, shadow, zombie, and deprecated APIs. The tester uses passive traffic analysis, active scanning, DNS enumeration, JavaScript analysis, and cloud resource inventory to build a comprehensive API catalog. Maps to OWASP API9:2023 Improper Inventory Management. Activates for requests involving API discovery, shadow API detection, API inventory audit, or attack surface mapping.

Discover and exploit broken link hijacking vulnerabilities by identifying references to expired domains, decommissioned cloud resources, and dead external services that can be claimed by an attacker.

Analyze and bypass Content Security Policy implementations to achieve cross-site scripting by exploiting misconfigurations, JSONP endpoints, unsafe directives, and policy injection techniques.

Analyzes intrusion activity against the Lockheed Martin Cyber Kill Chain framework to identify which phases an adversary has completed, where defenses succeeded or failed, and what controls would have interrupted the attack at earlier phases. Use when conducting post-incident analysis, building prevention-focused security controls, or mapping detection gaps to kill chain phases. Activates for requests involving kill chain analysis, intrusion kill chain, attack phase mapping, or Lockheed Martin kill chain framework.

Securing API Gateway endpoints with AWS WAF by configuring managed rule groups for OWASP Top 10 protection, creating custom rate limiting rules, implementing bot control, setting up IP reputation filtering, and monitoring WAF metrics for security effectiveness.

Harden the Docker daemon by configuring daemon.json with user namespace remapping, TLS authentication, rootless mode, and CIS benchmark controls.

Auditing Terraform infrastructure-as-code for security misconfigurations using Checkov, tfsec, Terrascan, and OPA/Rego policies to detect overly permissive IAM policies, public resource exposure, missing encryption, and insecure defaults before cloud deployment.

Responds to phishing incidents by analyzing reported emails, extracting indicators, assessing credential compromise, quarantining malicious messages across the organization, and remediating affected accounts. Covers email header analysis, URL/attachment sandboxing, and mailbox-wide purge operations. Activates for requests involving phishing response, email incident, credential phishing, spear phishing investigation, or phishing remediation.

Automates GDPR Data Subject Access Request (DSAR) workflows including identity verification, PII discovery across databases and files using regex and NER, data mapping, response templating per Article 15 requirements, deadline tracking, and audit logging. Covers ICO/EDPB guidance compliance, exemption handling, and scalable batch processing. Use when building or auditing DSAR response capabilities under GDPR/UK GDPR.

Extract and analyze Windows Registry hives to uncover user activity, installed software, autostart entries, and evidence of system compromise.

Conducts external reconnaissance using Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) techniques to map an organization's external attack surface without directly interacting with target systems. The tester gathers information from public sources including DNS records, certificate transparency logs, search engines, social media, code repositories, and data breach databases to build a comprehensive target profile. Activates for requests involving OSINT reconnaissance, external footprinting, attack surface mapping, or passive information gathering.

Build automated threat intelligence enrichment pipelines in Splunk Enterprise Security using lookup tables, modular inputs, and the Threat Intelligence Framework.

Plans and facilitates tabletop exercises simulating ransomware incidents to test organizational readiness, decision-making, and communication procedures. Designs realistic scenarios based on current ransomware threat actors (LockBit, ALPHV/BlackCat, Cl0p), injects covering double extortion, backup destruction, and regulatory notification requirements. Evaluates participant responses against NIST CSF and CISA guidelines. Activates for requests involving ransomware tabletop, incident response exercise, or ransomware readiness drill.

Detect risky OAuth application consent grants in Azure AD / Microsoft Entra ID using Microsoft Graph API, audit logs, and permission analysis to identify illicit consent grant attacks.

Implementing AWS Config rules for continuous compliance monitoring of AWS resources, deploying managed and custom rules aligned to CIS and PCI DSS frameworks, configuring automatic remediation with SSM Automation, and aggregating compliance data across accounts.

Investigate supply chain attack artifacts including trojanized software updates, compromised build pipelines, and sideloaded dependencies to identify intrusion vectors and scope of compromise.

Implement Microsoft's Enhanced Security Admin Environment (ESAE) tiered administration model for Active Directory. Covers Tier 0/1/2 separation, privileged access workstations (PAWs), administrative f

Investigate compromised Docker containers by analyzing images, layers, volumes, logs, and runtime artifacts to identify malicious activity and evidence.

Detect unauthorized modifications to running containers by monitoring for binary execution drift, file system changes, and configuration deviations from the original container image.

Detect network reconnaissance and port scanning using Suricata and Snort IDS signatures, threshold-based detection rules, and traffic anomaly analysis to identify Nmap, Masscan, and custom scanning activity.

Performs GraphQL introspection attacks to extract the full API schema including types, queries, mutations, subscriptions, and field definitions from GraphQL endpoints. The tester uses introspection queries to map the attack surface, identifies sensitive fields and mutations, tests for query depth and complexity limits, and exploits GraphQL-specific vulnerabilities including batching attacks, alias-based brute force, and nested query DoS. Activates for requests involving GraphQL security testing, introspection attack, GraphQL enumeration, or GraphQL API penetration testing.

Performs statistical analysis of Zeek conn.log connection intervals to detect C2 beaconing patterns. Uses the ZAT library to load Zeek logs into Pandas DataFrames, calculates inter-arrival time standard deviation, and flags periodic connections with low jitter. Use when hunting for command-and-control callbacks in network data.

Systematically collects, categorizes, and distributes indicators of compromise (IOCs) during and after security incidents to enable detection, blocking, and threat intelligence sharing. Covers network, host, email, and behavioral indicators using STIX/TAXII formats and threat intelligence platforms. Activates for requests involving IOC collection, indicator extraction, threat indicator sharing, compromise indicators, STIX export, or IOC enrichment.

Perform comprehensive Windows forensic artifact analysis using Eric Zimmerman's open-source EZ Tools suite including KAPE, MFTECmd, PECmd, LECmd, JLECmd, and Timeline Explorer for parsing registry hives, prefetch files, event logs, and file system metadata.

Hunt for registry-based persistence mechanisms including Run keys, Winlogon modifications, IFEO injection, and COM hijacking in Windows environments.

Develop and apply a multi-factor asset criticality scoring model to weight vulnerability prioritization based on business impact, data sensitivity, and operational importance.

Use Sysinternals Autoruns to systematically identify and analyze malware persistence mechanisms across registry keys, scheduled tasks, services, drivers, and startup locations on Windows systems.

Tests APIs for Broken Function Level Authorization (BFLA) vulnerabilities where regular users can invoke administrative functions or access privileged API endpoints by directly calling them. The tester identifies admin and privileged endpoints, then attempts to access them with regular user credentials by manipulating HTTP methods, URL paths, and request parameters. Maps to OWASP API5:2023 Broken Function Level Authorization. Activates for requests involving BFLA testing, admin endpoint bypass, function-level access control testing, or API privilege escalation.

Reduce container attack surface by building application images on Google distroless base images that contain only the application runtime with no shell, package manager, or unnecessary OS utilities.

Perform security testing of SOAP web services by analyzing WSDL definitions and testing for XML injection, XXE, WS-Security bypass, and SOAPAction spoofing.

This skill covers implementing Okta as a centralized identity provider for cloud environments, configuring SSO integration with AWS, Azure, and GCP, deploying phishing- resistant MFA with Okta FastPass, managing lifecycle automation for user provisioning and deprovisioning, and enforcing adaptive access policies based on device posture and risk signals.

Implements 802.1X port-based network access control using RADIUS authentication, PacketFence NAC, and switch configurations to enforce identity-based access policies, posture assessment, and automatic VLAN assignment for authorized devices.

Deploys and configures Suricata IDS/IPS with Emerging Threats rulesets, EVE JSON logging, and custom rules for real-time network traffic inspection, threat detection, and integration with SIEM platforms for centralized security monitoring.

Execute and test GraphQL depth limit attacks using deeply nested recursive queries to identify denial-of-service vulnerabilities in GraphQL APIs.

Configure IAM permission boundaries in AWS to delegate role creation to developers while enforcing maximum privilege limits set by the security team.

Build a vulnerability exception and risk acceptance tracking system with approval workflows, compensating controls documentation, and expiration management.

Implements HashiCorp Vault dynamic secrets engines for database credentials, AWS IAM keys, and PKI certificates with automatic generation, lease management, and credential rotation to eliminate static secrets in application configurations. Activates for requests involving Vault secrets engine configuration, dynamic database credentials, ephemeral cloud credentials, or automated secret rotation.

Conduct systematic access reviews and certifications to ensure users have appropriate access rights aligned with their roles. This skill covers review campaign design, reviewer selection, risk-based p

Hunt for Volume Shadow Copy deletion activity that indicates ransomware preparation or anti-forensics by monitoring vssadmin, wmic, and PowerShell shadow copy commands.

Implement Amazon Macie to automatically discover, classify, and protect sensitive data in S3 buckets using machine learning and pattern matching for PII, financial data, and credentials detection.

Executes containment strategies to stop active adversary operations and prevent lateral movement during a confirmed security breach. Implements short-term and long-term containment using network segmentation, endpoint isolation, credential revocation, and access control modifications. Activates for requests involving breach containment, lateral movement prevention, network isolation, active threat containment, or live incident response.

Security awareness training is the human layer of phishing defense. An effective anti-phishing training program combines regular simulations, interactive learning modules, metric tracking, and positiv

Detect malicious email forwarding rules created by adversaries to maintain persistent access to email communications for intelligence collection and BEC attacks.

Parse and analyze email headers to trace the origin of phishing emails, verify sender authenticity, and identify spoofing through SPF, DKIM, and DMARC validation.

MISP (Malware Information Sharing Platform) is an open-source threat intelligence platform for gathering, sharing, storing, and correlating Indicators of Compromise (IOCs) of targeted attacks, threat

Performs Linux memory acquisition using LiME (Linux Memory Extractor) kernel module and analysis with Volatility 3 framework. Extracts process lists, network connections, bash history, loaded kernel modules, and injected code from Linux memory images. Use when performing incident response on compromised Linux systems.

This skill covers integrating Static Application Security Testing (SAST) tools—CodeQL and Semgrep—into GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines. It addresses configuring automated code scanning on pull requests and pushes, tuning rules to reduce false positives, uploading SARIF results to GitHub Advanced Security, and establishing quality gates that block merges when high-severity vulnerabilities are detected.

A Certificate Authority (CA) is the trust anchor in a PKI hierarchy, responsible for issuing, signing, and revoking digital certificates. This skill covers building a two-tier CA hierarchy (Root CA +

Configure SAML 2.0 single sign-on for Google Workspace with a third-party identity provider, enabling centralized authentication and enforcing organization-wide access policies.

Detect and analyze heap spray attacks in memory dumps using Volatility3 plugins to identify NOP sled patterns, shellcode landing zones, and suspicious large allocations in process virtual address space.

Collect volatile forensic evidence from a compromised system following order of volatility, preserving memory, network connections, processes, and system state before they are lost.

Hunt for adversary abuse of Living Off the Land Binaries (LOLBins) by analyzing endpoint process creation logs for suspicious execution patterns of legitimate Windows system binaries used for malicious purposes.

Automates Indicator of Compromise (IOC) enrichment by orchestrating lookups across VirusTotal, AbuseIPDB, Shodan, MISP, and other intelligence sources to provide contextual scoring and disposition recommendations. Use when SOC analysts need rapid multi-source enrichment of IPs, domains, URLs, and file hashes during alert triage or incident investigation.

Identifying and exploiting insecure deserialization vulnerabilities in Java, PHP, Python, and .NET applications to achieve remote code execution during authorized penetration tests.

Detect MITRE ATT&CK T1547.001 registry Run key persistence by analyzing Sysmon Event ID 13 logs and registry queries to identify malicious auto-start entries.

Perform GCP security testing using GCPBucketBrute for storage bucket enumeration, gcloud IAM privilege escalation path analysis, and service account permission auditing

Builds vendor-agnostic detection rules using the Sigma rule format for threat detection across SIEM platforms including Splunk, Elastic, and Microsoft Sentinel. Use when creating portable detection logic from threat intelligence, mapping rules to MITRE ATT&CK techniques, or converting community Sigma rules into platform-specific queries using sigmac or pySigma backends.

Create forensically sound bit-for-bit disk images using dd and dcfldd while preserving evidence integrity through hash verification.

Detect domain fronting C2 traffic by analyzing SNI vs HTTP Host header mismatches in proxy logs and TLS certificate discrepancies using pyOpenSSL for certificate inspection

Detect and exploit NoSQL injection vulnerabilities in MongoDB, CouchDB, and other NoSQL databases to demonstrate authentication bypass, data extraction, and unauthorized access risks.

This skill covers designing and implementing security zones and conduits for industrial automation and control systems (IACS) per IEC 62443-3-2. It addresses zone partitioning based on risk assessment, assigning Security Level targets (SL-T), designing conduit security controls, implementing microsegmentation with industrial firewalls, and validating zone architecture through traffic analysis and penetration testing against the Purdue Reference Model.

Collect, parse, and correlate system, application, and security logs to reconstruct events and establish timelines during forensic investigations.

Enforce Kubernetes network segmentation using Calico CNI network policies and global network policies to control pod-to-pod traffic, restrict egress, and implement zero-trust microsegmentation.

Develop and implement OT-specific incident response playbooks aligned with SANS PICERL framework, IEC 62443, and NIST SP 800-82 that address unique ICS challenges including safety-critical systems, limited downtime tolerance, and coordination between IT SOC, OT engineering, and plant operations teams.

Performs initial triage of security incidents to determine severity, scope, and required response actions using the NIST SP 800-61r3 and SANS PICERL frameworks. Classifies incidents by type, assigns priority based on business impact, and routes to appropriate response teams. Activates for requests involving incident triage, security alert classification, severity assessment, incident prioritization, or initial incident analysis.

Performs static analysis of Windows PE (Portable Executable) malware samples using PEStudio to examine file headers, imports, strings, resources, and indicators without executing the binary. Identifies suspicious characteristics including packing, anti-analysis techniques, and malicious imports. Activates for requests involving static malware analysis, PE file inspection, Windows executable analysis, or pre-execution malware triage.

Detect and prevent QR code phishing (quishing) attacks that bypass traditional email security by embedding malicious URLs in QR code images within emails.

Reverse engineers malicious Android APK files using JADX decompiler to analyze Java/Kotlin source code, identify malicious functionality including data theft, C2 communication, privilege escalation, and overlay attacks. Examines manifest permissions, receivers, services, and native libraries. Activates for requests involving Android malware analysis, APK reverse engineering, mobile malware investigation, or Android threat analysis.

Configure GitHub Advanced Security with CodeQL to perform automated static analysis and vulnerability detection across repositories at enterprise scale.

Implement the CISA Zero Trust Maturity Model v2.0 across the five pillars of identity, devices, networks, applications, and data to achieve progressive organizational zero trust maturity.

Parse Apache and Nginx access logs to detect SQL injection attempts, local file inclusion, directory traversal, web scanner fingerprints, and brute-force patterns. Uses regex-based pattern matching against OWASP attack signatures, GeoIP enrichment for source attribution, and statistical anomaly detection for request frequency and response size outliers.

This skill covers deploying and tuning Web Application Firewall rules on AWS WAF, Azure WAF, and Cloudflare to protect cloud-hosted applications against OWASP Top 10 attacks. It details configuring managed rule sets, creating custom rules for business logic protection, implementing rate limiting, deploying bot management, and reducing false positives through rule tuning and logging analysis.

Parses and analyzes the Windows Amcache.hve registry hive to extract evidence of program execution, application installation, and driver loading for digital forensics investigations. Uses Eric Zimmerman's AmcacheParser and Timeline Explorer for artifact extraction, SHA-1 hash correlation with threat intel, and timeline reconstruction. Activates for requests involving Amcache forensics, program execution evidence, Windows artifact analysis, or application compatibility cache investigation.

Triage web application vulnerability findings from DAST/SAST scanners using OWASP risk rating methodology to separate true positives from false positives and prioritize remediation.

Detect DNS tunneling and data exfiltration by analyzing Zeek dns.log for high-entropy subdomain queries, excessive query volume, long query lengths, and unusual DNS record types indicating covert channel communication.

Testing WebSocket implementations for authentication bypass, cross-site hijacking, injection attacks, and insecure message handling during authorized security assessments.

Identify, collect, and analyze ransomware attack artifacts to determine the variant, initial access vector, encryption scope, and recovery options.

Identify command-and-control beaconing patterns in network traffic by applying statistical frequency analysis, jitter calculation, and coefficient of variation scoring to detect periodic callbacks from compromised endpoints.

Systematically testing web applications for broken access control vulnerabilities including privilege escalation, missing function-level checks, and insecure direct object references.

Monitors dark web forums, marketplaces, paste sites, and ransomware leak sites for mentions of organizational assets, leaked credentials, threatened attacks, and threat actor communications to provide early warning intelligence. Use when establishing dark web monitoring coverage, investigating specific data breach claims, or enriching incident investigations with dark web context. Activates for requests involving dark web OSINT, leak site monitoring, credential exposure, Recorded Future dark web, or Tor hidden service intelligence.

Perform security analysis of Siemens S7comm and S7CommPlus protocols used by SIMATIC S7 PLCs to identify vulnerabilities including replay attacks, integrity bypass, unauthorized CPU stop commands, and program download manipulation exploiting weaknesses in S7-300, S7-400, S7-1200, and S7-1500 controllers.

Detect insider threat behavioral indicators including unusual data access, off-hours activity, mass file downloads, privilege abuse, and resignation-correlated data theft.

GoPhish is an open-source phishing simulation framework used by security teams to conduct authorized phishing awareness campaigns. It provides campaign management, email template creation, landing pag

Systematically deobfuscate multi-layer PowerShell malware using AST analysis, dynamic tracing, and tools like PSDecode and PowerDecode to reveal hidden payloads and C2 infrastructure.

Implementing Google's BeyondCorp zero trust access model to eliminate implicit trust from the network perimeter, enforce identity-aware access controls using IAP, Access Context Manager, and Chrome Enterprise Premium for VPN-less secure application access.

Performing comprehensive security assessments of Google Cloud Platform environments using Forseti Security, Security Command Center, and gcloud CLI to audit IAM policies, firewall rules, storage permissions, and compliance against CIS GCP Foundations Benchmark.

Simulate and detect software supply chain attacks including typosquatting detection via Levenshtein distance, dependency confusion testing against private registries, package hash verification with pip, and known vulnerability scanning with pip-audit.

This skill covers implementing Gitleaks for detecting and preventing hardcoded secrets in git repositories. It addresses configuring pre-commit hooks, CI/CD pipeline integration, custom rule authoring for organization-specific secrets, baseline management for existing repositories, and remediation workflows for exposed credentials.

Audit Kubernetes cluster security posture against CIS benchmarks using kube-bench with automated checks for control plane, worker nodes, and RBAC.

Implement API Security Posture Management to continuously discover, classify, and score APIs based on risk while enforcing security policies across the API lifecycle.

Detect and respond to Adversary-in-the-Middle (AiTM) phishing attacks that use reverse proxy kits like EvilProxy, Evilginx, and Tycoon 2FA to bypass MFA and steal session tokens.

Implements input and output validation guardrails for LLM-powered applications to prevent prompt injection, data leakage, toxic content generation, and hallucinated outputs. Builds a security validation pipeline using NVIDIA NeMo Guardrails Colang definitions, custom Python validators for PII detection and content policy enforcement, and the Guardrails AI framework for structured output validation. The guardrails system intercepts both user inputs (blocking injection attempts, stripping PII, enforcing topic boundaries) and model outputs (detecting hallucinations, filtering toxic content, validating JSON schema compliance). Activates for requests involving LLM output validation, AI content filtering, guardrail implementation, or LLM safety enforcement.

Configures mutual TLS (mTLS) authentication between microservices using Python cryptography library for certificate generation and ssl module for TLS verification. Validates certificate chains, checks expiration, and audits mTLS deployment status. Use when implementing zero-trust service-to-service authentication.

Implement software supply chain integrity verification for container builds using the in-toto framework to create cryptographically signed attestations across CI/CD pipeline steps.

Leverages Splunk Enterprise Security and SPL (Search Processing Language) to investigate security incidents through log correlation, timeline reconstruction, and anomaly detection. Covers Windows event logs, firewall logs, proxy logs, and authentication data analysis. Activates for requests involving Splunk investigation, SPL queries, SIEM log analysis, security event correlation, or log-based incident investigation.

Use AI and LLM-based reasoning to correlate findings across multiple OSINT sources—username enumeration, email lookups, social media profiles, domain records, breach databases, and dark-web mentions—into unified intelligence profiles with confidence scoring and link analysis.

Execute a phased DMARC rollout from p=none monitoring through p=quarantine to p=reject enforcement, ensuring all legitimate email sources are authenticated before blocking unauthorized senders.

Deploys canary files, honeypot shares, and decoy systems to detect ransomware activity at the earliest possible stage. Configures canary tokens embedded in strategic file locations that trigger alerts when ransomware attempts encryption, uses honeypot network shares that mimic high-value targets, and deploys Thinkst Canary appliances for comprehensive deception-based detection. Activates for requests involving ransomware honeypots, canary files, deception technology for ransomware, or early ransomware alerting.

Configure and deploy Palo Alto Networks next-generation firewalls with App-ID, User-ID, zone-based policies, SSL decryption, and threat prevention profiles for enterprise network security.

Conduct forensic investigations in cloud environments by collecting and analyzing logs, snapshots, and metadata from AWS, Azure, and GCP services.

Extracts indicators of compromise (IOCs) from malware samples including file hashes, network indicators (IPs, domains, URLs), host artifacts (file paths, registry keys, mutexes), and behavioral patterns for threat intelligence sharing and detection rule creation. Activates for requests involving IOC extraction, threat indicator harvesting, malware indicator collection, or building detection content from samples.

This skill covers conducting comprehensive security assessments of Operational Technology (OT) networks including SCADA systems, DCS architectures, and industrial control system communication paths. It addresses the Purdue Reference Model layers, identifies IT/OT convergence risks, evaluates firewall rules between zones, and maps industrial protocol traffic (Modbus, DNP3, OPC UA, EtherNet/IP) to detect misconfigurations, unauthorized connections, and attack surfaces in critical infrastructure.

Analyzes DNS query logs to detect data exfiltration via DNS tunneling, DGA domain communication, and covert C2 channels using entropy analysis, query volume anomalies, and subdomain length detection in SIEM platforms. Use when SOC teams need to identify DNS-based threats that bypass traditional network security controls.

Detects and responds to OAuth token theft and replay attacks in cloud environments, focusing on Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) token protection, conditional access policies, and sign-in anomaly detection. Covers access token theft, refresh token replay, Primary Refresh Token (PRT) abuse, and pass-the-cookie attacks. Activates for requests involving OAuth token theft detection, token replay prevention, Azure AD conditional access token protection, or cloud identity attack investigation.

Extract and analyze Cobalt Strike beacon configuration from PE files and memory dumps to identify C2 infrastructure, malleable profiles, and operator tradecraft.

Configure Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) Conditional Access policies for zero trust access control. Covers signal-based policy design, device compliance requirements, risk-based authentication, named l

This skill covers detecting sophisticated cyber-physical attacks that follow the Stuxnet attack pattern of modifying PLC logic while spoofing sensor readings to hide the manipulation from operators. It addresses PLC logic integrity monitoring, physics-based process anomaly detection, engineering workstation compromise indicators, USB-borne attack vectors, and multi-stage attack chain detection spanning IT-to-OT lateral movement through to process manipulation.

Establish a structured operational process to triage, test, and deploy Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates within risk-based remediation SLAs.

Analyze advanced persistent threat (APT) group techniques using MITRE ATT&CK Navigator to create layered heatmaps of adversary TTPs for detection gap analysis and threat-informed defense.

Perform forensic investigation of Linux system logs including syslog, auth.log, systemd journal, kern.log, and application logs to reconstruct user activity, detect unauthorized access, and establish event timelines on compromised Linux systems.

Executes Atomic Red Team tests for MITRE ATT&CK technique validation using the atomic-operator Python framework. Loads test definitions from YAML atomics, runs attack simulations, and validates detection coverage. Use when testing SIEM detection rules, validating EDR coverage, or conducting purple team exercises.

Implement eBPF-based runtime security observability and enforcement in Kubernetes clusters using Cilium Tetragon for kernel-level threat detection and policy enforcement.

Spearphishing targets specific individuals using personalized, researched content that bypasses generic spam filters. Email security gateways (SEGs) like Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Proofpoint,

Detect process injection techniques (T1055) including classic DLL injection, process hollowing, and APC injection by analyzing Sysmon events for cross-process memory operations, remote thread creation, and anomalous DLL loading patterns.

Extract, parse, and analyze Windows Event Logs (EVTX) using Chainsaw, Hayabusa, and EvtxECmd to detect lateral movement, persistence, and privilege escalation.