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Living off the Land (LOTL): It’s Not Just for Subsistence Farmers Any More!

10 May 2025

This post breaks down what the term living-off-the-land (LOTL) actually means in cybersecurity for defenders. Malware-free, file-less malware, LOTL, they are all terms used to describe threats, sometimes interchangeably, but do the mean the same thing? The lines between legitimate user operations and malicious activities have become blurred.

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Introducing MXMaven, A tool for identifying poorly configured mail server DNS records

25 July 2024

I wrote a tool in Python for scanning DNS mail records. This tool helps organisations identify misconfigurations in MX, SPF, and DMARC records that can help prevent domain impersonation attacks, commonly used in phishing attacks.

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Does the 'Best Evidence' rule apply in Australia?

23 October 2023

Discussion of the relevance of the best evidence rule in the Australian legal context for digital evidence.

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Future Developments and Challenges in Evidence Recovery for Digital Forensics

13 September 2022

This report discusses future developments and challenges in evidence recovery for digital forensics and new laws, techniques and technology developed to overcome these issues.

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Post Exam Write-up for the Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect Certification (SC-100)

25 July 2022

This post describes my experience preparing for and passing the Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect certification exam (SC-100). I’ll describe some background about the exam and the resources I used, I’ll also provide my notes.

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