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Nick Landers

Offensive Security Researcher

Nick Landers is an expert on malware development, AI/ML, and offensive research. He founded the Dark Side Ops training courses and develops tooling, evasions, and strategies for offensive security operations.

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Videos & Livestreams

Artificial Intelligence & ChatGPT

Watch Nick Landers join the SANS team to discuss the risks, vulnerabilities, and benefits of rapidly introducing machine learning and artificial intelligence globally at the AI & ChatGPT Solutions Forum.

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Vulnerability Research

Riding the Azure Service Bus (Relay) into Power Platform

NetSPI discovered a remote code execution vulnerability in Power Platform Connectors that allowed access to cross-tenant data. This issue was resolved with the help of MSRC teams at Microsoft.

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The CyberWire: Water armies across the Taiwan Strait. Pakistan blocks access to Wikipedia. Normalizing an illegal occupation. AI chatbots.

NetSPI's Nick Landers, Nabil Hannan, and Cody Chamberlain provide expert insights on artificial intelligence tools in The Cyberwire.

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Digital Journal: What Cybersecurity Risk do AI Chatbots Pose?

NetSPI's Nick Landers and Nabil Hannan shared insights on what AI tools ChatGPT and Bard A.I. and mean for the expanding threat landscape.

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SecurityWeek: Cyber Insights 2023 | The Coming of Web3

NetSPI Director of Research Nick Landers was featured in the SecurityWeek article called Cyber Insights 2023 | The Coming of Web3

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SecurityWeek: Cyber Insights 2023 | Artificial Intelligence

NetSPI Director of Research Nick Landers was featured in the SecurityWeek article called Cyber Insights 2023 | Artificial Intelligence.

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eWeek: Tech Predictions for 2023: AI, Cloud, Edge, Cybersecurity, and More

NetSPI VP of Research Nick Landers was featured in the eWeek article called Tech Predictions for 2023: AI, Cloud, Edge, Cybersecurity, and More. Read the preview below or view it online.

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Dark Reading: Abusing Kerberos for Local Privilege Escalation

On August 9, NetSPI Head of Adversarial R&D Nick Landers was featured in the Dark Reading article called Abusing Kerberos for Local Privilege Escalation.

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Application Pentesting

Navigating the Complexities of Spring4Shell [CVE-2022-22965]

Explore the intricacies of Spring4Shell discovery and remediation and learn how the vulnerability [CVE-2022-22965] may impact you.

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SC Magazine: EDR (alone) won’t protect your organization from advanced hacking groups

On July 12, 2021, NetSPI Director of Research Nick Landers was featured in an article from SC Magazine.

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Videos & Livestreams

Understanding Modern EDR Tools: How They Work, How They Provide Value, and How to Bypass Them

Watch this webinar to explore the role that modern EDRs play and tips for evaluating vendors, review the latest defensive evasion techniques sophisticated adversaries deploy to bypass EDR tools, discover helpful resources for staying up to date with modern research and techniques, and learn how to effectively implement the defensive evasion techniques within your own red team operations.

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Adversary Simulation

Adaptive DLL Hijacking

If you’ve ever “understood” DLL hijacking, only to return to your lab and fail to get it working properly, this post is for you.

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