Blog and random thoughts.

Here are my thoughts on Adversarial Exposure Validation and such related methodologies.

Here is a slide from my workshop at Security BSides Las Vegas this year! I often use this image in my talks and training sessions to highlight the importance of Simulating unknown, unexpected cyber threat-actors and adversarial tactics.

It is a huge privilege to have amazing folks around, upon whom one can rely on, when you need something even on short notice. Love and respect to Bryson, Gregory Carpenter, Vivek Ramachandran, Sanne and Ken kato. Adversary Village at DEF CON 32 keynote panel on 9th August 2024.

It was an absolute pleasure delivering a workshop on Kickstarting adversary emulation engagements in your organization at Security BSides Las Vegas on 7th August 2024. Thanks to the BSidesLV organizers and workshop participants.

A session on building adversary emulation engagements at Dark arts sandbox at RSA Conference San Francisco on 9th May 2024.

A hands-on workshop on kickstarting adversary emulation engagements at BSides San Francisco on 5th May 2024.

It was an absolute honour to deliver the security keynote at the Tech24 event hosted by CIO Association (CIO Klub) Chapter on 6th April 2024.

It was a pleasure to host Adversary Village and deliver a workshop at Hack Space Con Kennedy Space Center Florida on 12 April 2024.

Speaking at c0c0n hacking and cyber security conference every year is more like an annual ritual for me. Additionally, I get to see many of my friends and the security community members.

Evolution of Artificial Intelligence Red Teams and their significance. Draft.

The ATT&CK® Adversary Emulation Methodology Certification validates a practitioner’s ability to conduct adversary emulation activities based on real-world threats.

My thoughts and slides from the talk delivered at c0c0n conference on the topic, Maximizing return of investments on cyber security investments and significance of adversary simulation slash Purple teaming..

Follina [CVE-2022-30190] OR MalDoc simulation plan for your organization to understand different tactics involved and assess defenses.

100 Deadly skills - survival edition by Clint Emerson, a retired US Navy SEAL, founder of Escape the Wolf, New York Times Bestselling Author, and Crisis Management Professional.

A collection of random thoughts and notes on adversary mindset, critical thinking and adversary philosophy.

Red team development and operations written by Joe Vest and James Tubberville.

Notes about the core concepts behind the Adversary Village initiative. Using martial arts as an analogy; points discussed in the village kick-off talk at DEF CON 29.

Signals From The Villages | DEF CON 29 Coverage - Adversary Village | From Humble Beginnings To Red Team Guru | Discussion With Abhijith B R | The Hacker Factory Podcast With Phillip Wylie.

Bypassing the pair of an Artificial Intelligence Anti-virus product and Windows Defender. A couple of months ago I was playing with an AI anti-virus/EDR product. Managed to bypass the same leveraging "unmanaged PowerShell execution".

Ported this article from an old blog post of mine. This blog post explains about Building cheaper version of rubber ducky using Digispark ATTiny85 boards and could be useful for the folks who are getting started in building custom hardware tooling.

It was a privilege to present PentestoBot project at BSides Delhi 2017. It was really an awesome event, where we could share our experience, learn a vast amount of new stuff and meet great people.

Ported this from an old blog post of mine. Security researcher-data scientist Brian Wallace and Cylance data scientist team members Sepehr Akhavan-Masouleh,  Andrew Davis, Mike Wojnowicz, and John H. Brock published a new book, "Introduction to Artificial Intelligence for security professionals".

Ported this from an old blog post of mine. A lazy guide for home and personal computer users to defend against Wannacry ransomware stain.