Incident Analysis
In-depth guides and analysis on incident analysis from the Safeguard engineering team.
100 articles
How do you improve SOC effectiveness without hiring more analysts?
A SOC improves by choosing logs from attack paths, tuning detections to real threats and measuring response. Start from your operating model, not tools.
How do you detect Zerologon (CVE-2020-1472) in Windows infrastructure?
Patch every domain controller, watch the Netlogon secure channel events Microsoft added, fix non-compliant devices, and confirm enforcement mode is on.
How do you detect cryptomining malware on servers and cloud accounts?
Attackers hijack servers and cloud accounts to mine crypto. Learn the signs in CPU, billing and network data, and the steps to clean up and prevent it.
How can workflows cut a SOC's response time?
Write response steps down, automate the repeatable ones, keep humans on judgment calls, and measure triage and containment time. See NIST SP 800-61 Rev. 3.
How do you break the cyber attack lifecycle?
Attacks move through stages from reconnaissance to impact. Put a control at each stage so an early miss is caught later. Map yours with MITRE ATT&CK.
How do you spot Linux malware in a memory image?
Compare process and module views in a Linux memory image, then check sockets, shell history and injected regions. Volatility 3 plugins named, with limits.
How do you remove hidden malware while an incident is live?
Removing hidden malware in a live incident means scoping, capturing memory, then containing and rebuilding. Deleting the visible file is rarely enough.
How do you analyze a suspicious email for phishing?
Check the sender, the authentication headers, the links and the ask, without opening anything. A step by step method using SPF, DKIM and DMARC results.
How does cryptojacking work and how do you defend against it?
Cryptojacking secretly uses your compute to mine cryptocurrency. Watch for sustained CPU spikes and odd outbound traffic, and lock down cloud keys.
What does an incident response team do and who is on it?
An incident response team verifies incidents, limits damage and restores operations, with legal, leadership and tech staff. NIST SP 800-61r3 lists roles.
What are honey tokens and how do you use them to catch intruders?
Honey tokens are fake credentials or records no real user should touch, so any use is an alarm. Learn where to place them and how to avoid false alerts.
What is hacktivism and how should organizations prepare?
Hacktivism is hacking for a political or social cause. Most attacks are noisy and low skill, led by DDoS and defacement. Here is a calm way to prepare.
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