Joshua St. Hilaire

Joshua St. Hilaire

Principal Security Researcher

Joshua St.Hilaire is currently a Principal SecurityResearcher at Vectra where he currently leads research on adversarial detection models. He has twenty years of experience in computer security focused on incident response, threat hunting and reverse-engineering.

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Joshua St. Hilaire

Volt Typhoon: LOLBins get serious
May 26, 2023
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Joshua St. Hilaire
Volt Typhoon: LOLBins get serious

The recent Microsoft announcement on “Volt Typhoon” activity brings the reality of persistent threat actors back into the spotlight.

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C2 Evasion Techniques: Understanding Malleable C2 Profiles
April 26, 2021
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Joshua St. Hilaire
C2 Evasion Techniques: Understanding Malleable C2 Profiles

Network and endpoint defense technologies will have to either rapidly update signatures or use other investigative ways to detect command and control (C2). Uncover how threat actors evade security tools to execute C2 techniques to learn about what you should look for.

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C2 Evasion Techniques: Understanding JA3/S Randomization and Cipher Stunting
January 28, 2021
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Joshua St. Hilaire
C2 Evasion Techniques: Understanding JA3/S Randomization and Cipher Stunting

Learn how Command and Control (C2) frameworks are continuing to evolve in order to evade detection. Here we will examine a method known as JA3 signature randomization.

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