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Micah Babinski

Hunting G-G-G-GhostTasks!

Detecting a Spooktacular Persistence Procedure

9 min readOct 30, 2023

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Latte art with a ghost in the foam

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Micah Babinski

It’s Always DarkGate Before the Dawn

Detecting DarkGate, an Emerging Malware Threat

8 min readOct 16, 2023

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Photo of a sunrise over Mount Hood.

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Micah Babinski

Search-ms, WebDAV, and Chill

Detecting a [Re-]emerging Initial Access Method

12 min readAug 1, 2023

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Person relaxing on the couch with a computer.

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Micah Babinski

Button-Pusher to MasterBuilder: Automating SIEM Workflows

Build Confidence and Skill in SIEM Automation

18 min readMay 26, 2023

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Image of a home-made toy robot

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Micah Babinski

Brace for Impacket!

Detecting a Red Team (and Threat Actor) Favorite

13 min readApr 17, 2023

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Brace for Impacket!

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Micah Babinski

Detecting OneNote (.One) Malware Delivery

I opened a dozen malicious OneNote files and clicked on every link so you don’t have to

9 min readJan 31, 2023

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Detecting OneNote (.One) Malware Delivery

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Micah Babinski

HTML Smuggling Detection

Introduction

15 min readDec 28, 2022

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HTML Smuggling Detection

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Micah Babinski

Finding the Gap: How Curiosity and Creativity Drives Threat Detection

Let the Real World be your Lab with Mitre ATT&CK, Atomic Red Team, and Sigma

11 min readDec 13, 2022

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Finding the Gap: How Curiosity and Creativity Drives Threat Detection

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Micah Babinski

Catching a Wev(tutil): Threat Detection for the Rest of Us

My detection engineering process in a nutshell

8 min readNov 23, 2022

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Catching a Wev(tutil): Threat Detection for the Rest of Us

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Micah Babinski

Creating a Sigma Backend for Fun (and no Profit)

A few months ago I decided to check and see whether there was a Sigma backend for InsightIDR, the cloud-based SIEM from Rapid7. Imagine my…

12 min readApr 12, 2022

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Creating a Sigma Backend for Fun (and no Profit)

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Micah Babinski

Micah Babinski

Cybersecurity pro, featuring bagpiping and GIS chops. Lives with wife Quinn and son Malcolm. Loves mountains, Indian food, and mountains of Indian food.

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