Who Is Michael Samson and Research Context

Building Better Defenses: RedTail Observations
Defending against attacks like RedTail is more then blocking IoCs, but instead one must focus on the techniques and tactics attackers use.
https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Guest+Diary+Building+Better+Defenses+RedTail+Observations+from+a+Honeypot/32312
Sonicwall: It wasn t the user s fault
Sonicwall admits to a breach resulting in the loss of user configurations stored in its cloud service
https://www.sonicwall.com/support/knowledge-base/mysonicwall-cloud-backup-file-incident/250915160910330
Crowdstrike has Issues
Crowdstrike fixes two vulnerabilities in the Windows version of its Falcon sensor.
https://www.crowdstrike.com/en-us/security-advisories/issues-affecting-crowdstrike-falcon-sensor-for-windows/
Interrogators: Attack Surface Mapping in an Agentic World
A SANS.edu master s degree student research paper by Michael Samson
https://isc.sans.edu/researchpapers/pdfs/michael_samson.pdf
keywords: ai; agentic; attack surface; crowdstrike; sonicwall; ivanti; zero day; initiative; redline