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The Brutus Botnet
UPDATE 03/14/25 Since publishing our research on what we suspected to be a botnet—Brutus—back in 2024, new findings have surfaced that confirm some of our theories while also filling in the gaps we couldn’t quite close. A recent report from EclecticIQ (link) finally ties Brutus to the Black Basta ransomware operation. Turns out, what we…
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Getting burned in the Cloud
It has finally happened to me… I’ve finally made a “mistake” in Azure that costed me money… In my defense the default setting changed, and I didn’t notice it. The goal was to setup some backups in Azure with their cold storage. Pretty simple right? It’s super straightforward and I was up in running in…
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Annoying Azure Bug
Boy oh boy, did Azure piss me off this time. I’ll start by saying I tend to enjoy working in Azure over the other major cloud providers out there. But it’s fair to say, Azure has PLENTY of quirks. A while back, I was working with a client on a consulting gig I’m doing on…
Engineering is annoying.
