Defender ATP: Custom Advanced Hunting

Overview This step-by-step walkthrough is an example of how to configure custom Advanced Hunting in Microsoft Defender ATP using 3 simple steps: Create a reusable query Create a custom detection rule Add a notification rule 1. Create a reusable query http://securitycenter.microsoft.com/ Advanced hunting QueryNew Type the following query Run query Review the results to verify […]

How to Install an Enterprise Certificate Authority

Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) provides the certificate infrastructure to enable scenarios such as secure wireless networks, virtual private networks, Internet Protocol Security (IPSec), Network Access Protection (NAP), encrypting file system (EFS) and smart card logon. This walkthrough provides step-by-step instructions on how to stand-up an Enterprise Subordinate Certificate Authority (CA).

How to Configure VMware ESXi 6.7 to use iSCSI NAS Storage

Introduction Internet Small Computer Systems Interface (iSCSI) is a high-performance/low-cost IP-based standard used to transmit SCSI commands over TCP/IP. This walkthrough provides step-by-step instructions on how to configure VMware ESXi 6.7 to use iSCSI with Network Attached Storage (NAS) . The NAS appliance I use is the QNAP TS-269L, a high-performance 2-bay/hot-swappable, dual GbE NAS […]

AzureDev: Encrypting an Azure VM

Prerequisites An Azure Subscription An Azure Key Vault An Azure Virtual Machine NOTE #1: Only Standard or higher VMs support disk encryption NOTE #2: The VM and Key Vault must be in the same region My Virtual Machine Configuration Image: Windows Server 2019 Datacenter Size: Standard B1s (1vcpu, 1GiB memory) OS disk type: Standard SSD […]

Git Notes

Clone a Repository git config –global user.name <your-email-address> git config –global user.email <your-email-address> Make sure the destination Git Repository folder does not already exist git clone https://github.com/…/.git Sync Repository git status git add . git commit -m “<description>” git push -u origin master View Remote Branches git remote -v git branch -a -vv Add, name […]

How to Install the Java Development Kit on Windows 10

Download and install the Java Development Kit Download and install the latest Java Development Kit from: https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html At the time of this writing, I downloaded and installed jdk-13.0.1_windows-x64_bin.exe And accepted all defaults during the installation A reboot was not required Add the Java bin location to the Windows path Control Panel System and Security System […]

How to Install Docker Engine – Community on CentOS 8

Begin by installing Docker Engine – Community 3:18.09.1-3.el7 sudo dnf install docker-ce-3:18.09.1-3.el7 Start Docker sudo systemctl enable –now docker docker –version Add your account to the Docker user group sudo usermod –aG docker $USER logout/login Install the containerd package sudo dnf install https://download.docker.com/linux/centos/7/x86_64/stable/Packages/containerd.io-1.2.6-3.3.el7.x86_64.rpm Now install the latest version of docker-ce sudo dnf install docker-ce docker […]

How to Prepare Visual Studio Code for Java Development

Ensure the Java SDK is installed This is an optional step; if necessary, review: https://raybishun.com/2019/12/30/how-to-install-the-java-development-kit-on-windows-10/ Download/upgrade to the latest version of Visual Studio Code https://code.visualstudio.com/download Install the Java Extension Pack The Java Extension Pack is a collection of popular extensions that can help write, test and debug Java applications in Visual Studio Code. Check out Java […]

How to Install Docker Desktop on Windows 10

Sign up for Docker Hub https://hub.docker.com/signup Download Docker Desktop for Windows https://download.docker.com/win/stable/Docker%20Desktop%20Installer.exe Install Docker Desktop for Windows Run Docker Desktop Installer.exe Accept defaults shown below Verify the Docker installation Double-click the Docker Desktop icon on your desktop Sign into Docker Hub when prompted Open a PowerShell prompt docker version docker info docker images (should return […]