


50 practical, no-fluff guides on detection engineering, SOC triage, threat hunting, cloud, DFIR and AI security. Free to read - then practice what you learn in the labs.
10 guides
Two successful logins from far-apart locations minutes apart is a classic account-takeover signal. Here's how a SOC analyst triages it, step by step.
Read guideThe SOC analyst is the frontline defender of every organization. Here's what the job really involves, the skills that matter, and how to break in.
Read guideFour alerts land at once and you can only work one first. Here's the mental model SOC analysts use to triage fast without missing the one that matters.
Read guideA user forwards a suspicious email. Here's how to read the headers, spot the spoof, and scope a Business Email Compromise step by step.
Read guideEvery detection lives on a dial between too noisy and too blind. Understand precision, recall and F1 - and how to tune a rule that a SOC will actually trust.
Read guideAttackers with a stolen password spam push prompts until a tired user taps 'Approve'. Here's how MFA fatigue works and the controls that actually stop it.
Read guideThe acronyms every SOC lives in. Learn what EDR, SIEM and XDR actually do, where each shines, and how they fit together in a modern detection stack.
Read guidePassword spraying flips brute force on its head: one password against many accounts, low and slow to dodge lockouts. Here's how to catch it.
Read guideAttackers put phishing URLs in QR codes to dodge email link scanners and move the victim to a phone. Here's how quishing works and how to defend.
Read guideSOAR automates the repetitive parts of security operations so analysts focus on judgment. Learn what to automate, what not to, and how to build a safe playbook.
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