Leverages Splunk Enterprise Security and SPL (Search Processing Language) to investigate security incidents through log correlation, timeline reconstruction, and anomaly detection. Covers Windows event logs, firewall logs, proxy logs, and authentication data analysis. Activates for requests involving Splunk investigation, SPL queries, SIEM log analysis, security event correlation, or log-based incident investigation.

Parses Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) in CycloneDX and SPDX JSON formats to identify supply chain vulnerabilities by correlating components against the NVD CVE database via the NVD 2.0 API. Builds dependency graphs, calculates risk scores, identifies transitive vulnerability paths, and generates compliance reports. Activates for requests involving SBOM analysis, software composition analysis, supply chain security assessment, dependency vulnerability scanning, CycloneDX/SPDX parsing, or CVE correlation.

Traces ransomware cryptocurrency payment flows using blockchain analysis tools such as Chainalysis Reactor, WalletExplorer, and blockchain.com APIs. Identifies wallet clusters, tracks fund movement through mixers and exchanges, and supports law enforcement attribution. Activates for requests involving ransomware payment tracing, bitcoin wallet analysis, cryptocurrency forensics, or blockchain intelligence gathering.

Identify ransomware network indicators including C2 beaconing patterns, TOR exit node connections, data exfiltration flows, and encryption key exchange via Zeek conn.log and NetFlow analysis

Monitor and analyze ransomware group data leak sites (DLS) to track victim postings, extract threat intelligence on group tactics, and assess sector-specific ransomware risk for proactive defense.

Analyzes encryption algorithms, key management, and file encryption routines used by ransomware families to assess decryption feasibility, identify implementation weaknesses, and support recovery efforts. Covers AES, RSA, ChaCha20, and hybrid encryption schemes. Activates for requests involving ransomware cryptanalysis, encryption analysis, key recovery assessment, or ransomware decryption feasibility.

Parse Windows Prefetch files to determine program execution history including run counts, timestamps, and referenced files for forensic investigation.

Parse Windows PowerShell Script Block Logs (Event ID 4104) from EVTX files to detect obfuscated commands, encoded payloads, and living-off-the-land techniques. Uses python-evtx to extract and reconstruct multi-block scripts, applies entropy analysis and pattern matching for Base64-encoded commands, Invoke-Expression abuse, download cradles, and AMSI bypass attempts.

Detect PowerShell Empire framework artifacts in Windows event logs by identifying Base64 encoded launcher patterns, default user agents, staging URL structures, stager IOCs, and known Empire module signatures in Script Block Logging events.

Detect and analyze Linux persistence mechanisms including crontab entries, systemd service units, LD_PRELOAD hijacking, bashrc modifications, and authorized_keys backdoors using auditd and file integrity monitoring

Analyzes malicious PDF files using PDFiD, pdf-parser, and peepdf to identify embedded JavaScript, shellcode, exploits, and suspicious objects without opening the document. Determines the attack vector and extracts embedded payloads for further analysis. Activates for requests involving PDF malware analysis, malicious document analysis, PDF exploit investigation, or suspicious attachment triage.

Identifies and unpacks UPX-packed and other packed malware samples to expose the original executable code for static analysis. Covers both standard UPX unpacking and handling modified UPX headers that prevent automated decompression. Activates for requests involving malware unpacking, UPX decompression, packer removal, or preparing packed samples for analysis.

Analyze Microsoft Outlook PST and OST files for email forensic evidence including message content, headers, attachments, deleted items, and metadata using libpff, pst-utils, and forensic email analysis tools for legal investigations and incident response.

Parse Office 365 Unified Audit Logs via Microsoft Graph API to detect email forwarding rule creation, inbox delegation, suspicious OAuth app grants, and other indicators of account compromise.

Captures and analyzes network packet data using Wireshark and tshark to identify malicious traffic patterns, diagnose protocol issues, extract artifacts, and support incident response investigations on authorized network segments.

Analyzes network traffic generated by malware during sandbox execution or live incident response to identify C2 protocols, data exfiltration channels, payload downloads, and lateral movement patterns using Wireshark, Zeek, and Suricata. Activates for requests involving malware network analysis, C2 traffic decoding, malware PCAP analysis, or network-based malware detection.

Analyzes network traffic captures and flow data to identify adversary activity during security incidents, including command-and-control communications, lateral movement, data exfiltration, and exploitation attempts. Uses Wireshark, Zeek, and NetFlow analysis techniques. Activates for requests involving network traffic analysis, packet capture investigation, PCAP analysis, network forensics, C2 traffic detection, or exfiltration detection.

Craft, send, sniff, and dissect network packets using Scapy for protocol analysis, network reconnaissance, and traffic anomaly detection in authorized security testing

Parse NetFlow v9 and IPFIX records to detect volumetric anomalies, port scanning, data exfiltration, and C2 beaconing patterns. Uses the Python netflow library to decode flow records, builds traffic baselines, and applies statistical analysis to identify flows with abnormal byte counts, connection durations, and periodic timing patterns.

Detect and analyze covert communication channels used by malware including DNS tunneling, ICMP exfiltration, steganographic HTTP, and protocol abuse for C2 and data exfiltration.

Analyze the NTFS Master File Table ($MFT) to recover metadata and content of deleted files by examining MFT record entries, $LogFile, $UsnJrnl, and MFT slack space using MFTECmd, analyzeMFT, and X-Ways Forensics.

Performs Linux memory acquisition using LiME (Linux Memory Extractor) kernel module and analysis with Volatility 3 framework. Extracts process lists, network connections, bash history, loaded kernel modules, and injected code from Linux memory images. Use when performing incident response on compromised Linux systems.

Analyzes RAM memory dumps from compromised systems using the Volatility framework to identify malicious processes, injected code, network connections, loaded modules, and extracted credentials. Supports Windows, Linux, and macOS memory forensics. Activates for requests involving memory forensics, RAM analysis, volatile data examination, process injection detection, or memory-resident malware investigation.

Detect sandbox evasion techniques in malware samples by analyzing timing checks, VM artifact queries, user interaction detection, and sleep inflation patterns from Cuckoo/AnyRun behavioral reports