Cloud Security Architecture & AI Defense

Dikshant Lather · Sep 25, 2026

Hunting for Kerberoasting Attacks via Kerberos Service Ticket Requests (Event ID 4769)

Uncover Kerberoasting attacks targeting Active Directory Service Principal Names (SPNs) using KQL anomaly detection on Windows Security Event ID 4769.

Active Directory Security 2 min read

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Dikshant Lather · Sep 25, 2026

Hunting for Impossible Travel and Anomalous Token Sign-Ins in Sentinel

Detect geographic anomalies, session cookie theft, and impossible travel patterns across cloud user logins using geospatial distance calculation functions in KQL.

Identity Security 2 min read

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Dikshant Lather · Sep 25, 2026

Uncovering Local Windows Account Creation via Command Line with KQL

Spot unauthorized backdoor user accounts created on endpoints via net.exe, net1.exe, and PowerShell local user management cmdlets.

Threat Hunting 2 min read

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Dikshant Lather · Sep 25, 2026

Detecting Persistence via Windows Scheduled Task Creation Using KQL

Hunt for adversary persistence via unauthorized Windows Scheduled Tasks by parsing Security Event ID 4698 and DeviceProcessEvents in KQL.

Threat Hunting 2 min read

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Dikshant Lather · Sep 25, 2026

Spotting Web Shell Execution: Web Server Spawning Suspicious Child Processes

Detect web server compromises and web shell activity by identifying suspicious interactive shells spawned by IIS (w3wp.exe), Nginx, or Apache.

Endpoint Detection 2 min read

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Dikshant Lather · Sep 25, 2026

Detecting Defender Antivirus Tamper Protection Disablement and Registry Evasion

Alert when ransomware or attackers attempt to disable Microsoft Defender Real-Time Monitoring and Antivirus via registry tampering.

Endpoint Detection 2 min read

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Dikshant Lather · Sep 25, 2026

Uncovering Malicious Windows Service Installation via Event ID 7045 and Defender KQL

Catch lateral movement and persistence tools (PsExec, Cobalt Strike PsExec service) by monitoring new Windows Service installations with KQL.

Threat Hunting 2 min read

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Dikshant Lather · Sep 25, 2026

Detecting DNS Tunneling and High-Volume Data Exfiltration with Sentinel KQL

Uncover covert C2 communication channels and DNS data exfiltration using string length thresholds and subdomain entropy analysis in KQL.

Network Security 2 min read

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