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Lares Leaders Included in Tribe of Hackers: Security Leaders Edition
Lares Leaders Included in Tribe of Hackers: Security Leaders Edition 245 346 Mark Arnold

  We are pleased to announce that Lares team members, Andrew Hay and me (Mark Arnold), appear in the Tribe of Hackers (ToH) Security Leaders edition, the 3rd in the…

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Ransomware Olive Branches
Ransomware Olive Branches 1090 714 Mark Arnold

Not so, Naughty? Have bad actors had a change of heart? While most ransomware operators continue their relentless attacks against operators to target healthcare organizations during the pandemic, a handful…

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The Top 10 Penetration Test Findings from 2019 with Eric Smith and Tim McGuffin
The Top 10 Penetration Test Findings from 2019 with Eric Smith and Tim McGuffin 1080 720 Andrew Hay

Lares® encounters a seemingly endless number of vulnerabilities and attack vectors when we conduct a penetration test or red team engagement, regardless of organization size or maturity. Though not every…

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Hunting Azure Admins for Vertical Escalation: Part 2
Hunting Azure Admins for Vertical Escalation: Part 2 1360 1068 Andrew Hay

  This post is part 2 in the Hunting Azure Admins for Vertical Escalation series. Part 1 of this series detailed the usage and functionality of Azure authentication tokens, file…

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Your Assistance Is Needed: Defeating Disinformation
Your Assistance Is Needed: Defeating Disinformation 1080 1440 Mark Arnold

Follow Up: Tricks, Trolls, and Securing the Home Worker In our recent blog about securing home workers, we drew attention to the impact of social engineering and the spread of…

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Tricks, Trolls & (Securing) the Home-Based Staffer
Tricks, Trolls & (Securing) the Home-Based Staffer 1080 798 Mark Arnold

By now, you are most likely working from home for purposes of social distancing. Call it whatever you will, ‘shelter in place,’ ‘hunkering down,’ or ‘self-quarantine,’ we have all been…

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Announcing Lares Office Hours
Announcing Lares Office Hours 1080 721 Andrew Hay

In-person office hours are important for learning and engagement, yet risk serving only people who live close to one another and have flexible schedules. Many people have family responsibilities and…

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Pandemics Bring Out The Worst Kind of Internet Pariah
Pandemics Bring Out The Worst Kind of Internet Pariah 387 387 Mark Arnold

Zoombombing is one of the latest digital shenanigans to surface during the current COVID-19 crisis to abuse video conferencing users. With the increased reliance on video conferencing platforms due to…

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Questions With Andrew: What is Ransomware?
Questions With Andrew: What is Ransomware? 1438 769 Andrew Hay

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Hunting Azure Admins for Vertical Escalation
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In this post, we will look at a rather simple, but important procedure when attacking organizations that leverage cloud providers such as Microsoft Azure. There is a lot of excellent…

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