Tag: SOC

CERT-UA Alert about UAC-0241

Executive Summary Between May and November 2025, threat actor UAC-0241 conducted a campaign against educational institutions and government bodies in eastern Ukraine. The attack involved a compromised Gmail account distributing a ZIP archive containing a malicious LNK that triggered an HTA → JS → PowerShell execution chain. This led to the deployment of LAZAGNE, several…

Microsoft Patch Tuesday – November 2025

Fixing 63 Flaws Including 1 Active Zero-Day You will find below my hot take on this historic Microsoft Patch Tuesday, following the official end of support for Windows 10… I hope you find it useful. Executive Summary Overview of the November 2025 Patch Tuesday On November 11, 2025, Microsoft released its monthly batch of security…

The Ideal Workstation for a CERT Analyst: Incident Response, Forensics, and CTI

Example of a high-tech digital forensics workspace: multiple monitors, specialized equipment (write-blockers, duplicators), and secure storage, all isolated from the corporate network.   This article is an essay with a personal perspective. There are undoubtedly errors and strong positions, but I stand by them. Within a Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT), analysts are tasked with…