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Matthew Mullins
Security Researcher - Adversary Emulation
Matt Mullins is a seasoned professional within offensive security with over a decade of experience where he has worked in medical, financial, and government spaces.
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Application Layer Protocol for C2 and Exfil to Cloud
Threat actors like APT29 use Application Layer Protocols for Command and Control (C2) so they can blend in and avoid detection. They also may attempt to steal data and exfiltrate it to a cloud storage service as the end-goal of their attack. In this course, you will learn about these techniques and get practice detecting them in our virtual lab.
Unsecured Credentials and Domain Accounts
Threat actors use the techniques Unsecured Credentials and Domain Accounts to obtain credential access and gain persistence. In this emulation of how the threat group APT29 would use these techniques, you will get hands-on practice detecting this activity so you can protect your organization from highly sophisticated advanced persistent threats.
Disable Windows Event Log and Timestomp
Sophisticated threat actors like APT29 will use the techniques Disable Windows Event Logging and Timestomp for defense evasion to prevent defenders from seeing their presence on the network. You will detect this nefarious activity in our virtual lab so you can react to advanced attackers and outsmart them.
Compromise Software Supply Chain
Threat actors use the technique Compromise Software Supply Chain by altering software that they know their victims will use. They include a backdoor that will give them access to their victim's network once the software is installed. You will detect this technique in a virtual lab and master how to mitigate this threat.
Ransomware with Recovery Disruption
After an adversary has exfiltrated data from a target system, the potential final stages in an attack include encrypting data for impact and inhibiting system recovery. Learn how to detect endgame ransomware techniques before a threat actor can accomplish their nefarious objectives!
Using LOLbins for Tool Downloads
LOLbins won't have you laughing when threat actors "live off the land" to leverage tools and capabilities that are already present in the target environment to achieve objectives. Learn how to detect common adversary techniques such as Ingress Tool Transfer in this course.
Automated Archive and Exfiltration
Once an adversary has firmly established access within a target environment and identified data of interest, they want to gather and exfiltrate that data. Learn to detect such late-stage threat actor campaign techniques of automated archive and exfiltration in our hands-on course.
Persistence via Windows Services
Windows Services are the main vehicle used by the Windows OS to start and run background functions that do not require user interaction. Configuring malware to run as a service is a common strategy for trying to blend malicious code execution in with other legitimate Windows functions. Prevent adversaries from gaining persistence in this course.
Local Account Discovery, Creation, and Manipulation
After gaining initial access on a system, adversaries may want to do some discovery work on local accounts and maintain persistence on a victim system as they create and manipulate accounts in order to maintain their access. Learn to detect such suspicious activity in this course!
System Binary Proxy Execution and a Spearphish Payload
Spearphishing is one of the oldest tricks in the book, and in this course you will learn more about how it actually works. Plus, see how adversaries can hide malicious code in compiled HTML files. Detect and mitigate these techniques in our hands-on course.
Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol and Clear CLI History
Financially motivated adversaries will often steal valuable data and exfiltrate it over an alternate protocol like FTP, SMTP or, HTTP/S. They could also encrypt or obfuscate these alternate channels to protect their nefarious activities. Learn to exfiltrate the attackers by detecting and mitigating these techniques.
Server Software Component: Web Shell
Bad actors can gain persistence on your network by abusing software development features that allow legitimate developers to extend server applications. In this way, they can install malicious code for later use. Learn to detect and thwart this activity and protect your network.
Matt has led multiple Red Team engagements, ranging from a few weeks to a year and covering multiple security domains. Outside of Red Teaming, Matt is also a seasoned penetration tester with interests in: AppSec, OSINT, Hardware, Wifi, Social Engineering, and Physical Security. Matt has a Master's degree in Information Assurance and an exhaustive number of certifications ranging from frameworks, management, and hands-on hacking. Matt is a Technical SME at Cybrary, focusing on Adversarial Emulation and Red Teaming for course content.