thoughts

Deep dives into security, technology, and engineering.

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#security#dark-web#credentials#cthulu#secops#threat-intel
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looking into the abyss: introducing kocho cthulu

a deep dive into dark web monitoring, automated risk scoring, and the brutal reality of plaintext credential exposure.

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#security#ai#phishing#azure#forensics
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building siren: re-engineering phishing triage with ai-powered semantic forensics

an automated phishing forensics engine that moves beyond static rules to analyse the intent of an email using llms.

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#security#ai#phishing#azure#secops
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siren: automated phishing forensics at scale

leveraging azure openai and serverless orchestration to transform manual phishing triage into automated semantic forensics.

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#ai#security#deepfake#social-engineering#secops
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ai vs ai: decoding the deepfake

cloning a director to demonstrate the reality of social engineering at scale using modern conversational ai.

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#security#automation#argus#secops#itsm
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argus part 1: the overseer idea

why i built an enterprise security overseer to bridge the gap between raw telemetry, itsm workflows, and human action.

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#azure#teams#architecture#bot-framework#argus
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argus part 2: why a custom azure bot?

deciding on the right architecture for an enterprise orchestrator and why off-the-shelf automation wasn't enough.

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#node.js#automation#api#security#argus
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argus part 3: the event-driven engine

a deep dive into the routing and orchestration engine that powers argus.

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#adaptive-cards#sharepoint#ui#design#argus
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argus part 4: decoupling UI with adaptive cards

how i use sharepoint and adaptive cards to update the bot UI without redeploying code.

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#itsm#ticketing#automation#workflow#argus
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argus part 5: the bidirectional itsm bridge

how argus automates the lifecycle of an incident by bridging security alerts with itsm ticketing.

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#rbac#security#orchestration#teams#argus
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argus part 6: orchestration and enterprise rbac

concluding the series with a look at playbook orchestration and how argus manages secure access in an enterprise environment.

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#next.js#mdx#ai#architecture
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the architecture of this blog

a look into building a high-performance minimalist portfolio using next.js and ai acceleration.