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Jerrad Dahlager
Jerrad Dahlager, CISSP, CCSP Cloud Security Architect Β· Adjunct Instructor
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GigaWiper Detection as Code: Testing the Sentinel Repositories Preview

Microsoft published its technical analysis of GigaWiper on July 9, 2026. Microsoft describes it as a modular backdoor with destructive capabilities, including scheduled-task persistence, RabbitMQ-over-AMQP command C2, Redis status and output …

Scan Blob Uploads, Trace Later Reads: Defender for Storage + Sentinel

Storage is where malware waits. A blob uploaded to ingest/ by a pipeline step, a partner’s SFTP connector, or a misconfigured Logic App sits quietly until something downstream opens it β€” a Data Factory copy, a Function app, a Synapse notebook, a …

Detecting Infostealer Session Hijacking with Microsoft Sentinel

Nearly 70% of incidents in the Americas now begin with stolen or misused accounts. Infostealers are the engine behind that number – families like Lumma, RedLine, and Vidar export browser cookies and session tokens directly from the victim’s machine, …

Building Custom Sentinel Connectors with CCF Push

Getting custom data into Microsoft Sentinel has traditionally required a lot of moving parts. You need a Data Collection Endpoint, a Data Collection Rule, an Entra app registration with a client secret, RBAC role assignments, a custom table …

AKS Runtime Security: Binary Drift, Anti-Malware & Gated Deployment with Defender for Cloud

In December, I published a post on securing the container supply chain β€” SBOM generation, image signing, and build provenance with GitHub Actions. That covered build-time security: making sure the image you ship is the image you built. But what …

Detecting OAuth Redirect Abuse with Microsoft Sentinel and Entra ID

On March 2, 2026, Microsoft published an advisory on OAuth redirection abuse enabling phishing and malware delivery. Microsoft described phishing-led campaigns where attackers register OAuth apps with attacker-controlled redirect URIs, then send …