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<item><title>Enhancing Edu-Cloud Security with SIEM and XDR</title><link>https://donniecelestre.com/research/edu-cloud-siem-xdr-research/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://donniecelestre.com/research/edu-cloud-siem-xdr-research/</guid><description>Master’s research on evaluating Edu-Cloud security and integrating Wazuh monitoring, detection, and response into the NearCloud environment.</description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Security Operations</category></item>
<item><title>Eternal Ain’t Always Forever: Malware and the SMB Attack Surface</title><link>https://donniecelestre.com/research/eternal-malware-smb-research-proposal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://donniecelestre.com/research/eternal-malware-smb-research-proposal/</guid><description>An archived 2018 conference research proposal on malware leveraging NSA-associated exploits, with an explanatory map of SMB investigation evidence.</description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Malware Analysis</category></item>
<item><title>When Interconnectivity Invites Intruders</title><link>https://donniecelestre.com/research/interconnectivity-iot-cross-platform-malware/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://donniecelestre.com/research/interconnectivity-iot-cross-platform-malware/</guid><description>A co-authored IoT threat presentation examining exposed services, cross-platform malware, Xbash, propagation, and defensive implications.</description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>IoT &amp; Network Security</category></item>
<item><title>INTERPOL Malware Analysis Training</title><link>https://donniecelestre.com/research/interpol-malware-analysis-training/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://donniecelestre.com/research/interpol-malware-analysis-training/</guid><description>Malware-analysis instruction for INTERPOL training supported by Trend Micro, connecting Windows process, filesystem, and persistence evidence.</description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Malware Analysis</category></item>
<item><title>IoT: A Cybercriminal’s Playground</title><link>https://donniecelestre.com/research/iot-cybercriminals-playground/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://donniecelestre.com/research/iot-cybercriminals-playground/</guid><description>An IoT security presentation examining connected-device exposure, contemporary attacks, and practical measures for reducing infrastructure risk.</description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>IoT &amp; Network Security</category></item>
<item><title>IoT Threat Landscape in Industry 4.0</title><link>https://donniecelestre.com/research/iot-threat-landscape-industry-four/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://donniecelestre.com/research/iot-threat-landscape-industry-four/</guid><description>Research presented on IoT malware evolution, attack types, and mitigation across smart appliances, connected vehicles, and networked infrastructure.</description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>IoT &amp; Network Security</category></item>
<item><title>Introduction to Malware Threats and Blackbox Analysis</title><link>https://donniecelestre.com/research/malware-blackbox-contained-lab/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://donniecelestre.com/research/malware-blackbox-contained-lab/</guid><description>A proprietary, contained malware-analysis lab resource, with a public explanation of black-box observation and evidence comparison.</description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Malware Analysis</category></item>
<item><title>Mess on Mesh Connections</title><link>https://donniecelestre.com/research/mess-on-mesh-connections/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://donniecelestre.com/research/mess-on-mesh-connections/</guid><description>A malware and networking presentation tracing propagation techniques from early worms to IoT botnets, exposed services, and router compromise.</description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>IoT &amp; Network Security</category></item>
<item><title>Decoding the Secrets of Pizza and Malware</title><link>https://donniecelestre.com/research/pizza-and-malware-reverse-engineering/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://donniecelestre.com/research/pizza-and-malware-reverse-engineering/</guid><description>An introductory reverse-engineering presentation using the layers of a pizza to explain how analysts uncover hidden program behavior.</description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Reverse Engineering</category></item>
<item><title>Ransomware Down the Road</title><link>https://donniecelestre.com/research/ransomware-down-the-road/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://donniecelestre.com/research/ransomware-down-the-road/</guid><description>A historical threat-research presentation on ransomware evolution, malicious cryptocurrency mining, and the shift toward targeted attacks.</description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Threat Research</category></item>
<item><title>Recovering Behavior from a Compiled Binary</title><link>https://donniecelestre.com/research/recovering-binary-frame-behavior/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://donniecelestre.com/research/recovering-binary-frame-behavior/</guid><description>A reproducible ARM64 binary-analysis demonstration that reconstructs a telemetry classifier from instructions and checks its behavior with boundary inputs.</description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Reverse Engineering</category></item>
<item><title>StealBit Analysis and LockBit Associations</title><link>https://donniecelestre.com/research/stealbit-lockbit-analysis/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://donniecelestre.com/research/stealbit-lockbit-analysis/</guid><description>A Windows malware investigation combining memory evidence, packet captures, reverse engineering, and YARA-based detection ideas.</description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Malware Analysis</category></item>
<item><title>Reverse Engineering and Malware Analysis Training</title><link>https://donniecelestre.com/research/threat-experts-university-training/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://donniecelestre.com/research/threat-experts-university-training/</guid><description>Technical instruction for Threat Experts University covering x86 reverse engineering, script analysis, and practical malware cleanup activities.</description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Reverse Engineering</category></item>
<item><title>Threats in the Weave of IoT</title><link>https://donniecelestre.com/research/threats-in-the-weave-of-iot/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://donniecelestre.com/research/threats-in-the-weave-of-iot/</guid><description>A presentation on wireless threats and the security implications of growing machine-to-machine communication, smart homes, and interconnected devices.</description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>IoT &amp; Network Security</category></item>
<item><title>Reverse Engineering Obfuscated JavaScript</title><link>https://donniecelestre.com/research/reverse-engineering-obfuscated-javascript/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://donniecelestre.com/research/reverse-engineering-obfuscated-javascript/</guid><description>A practical research note on turning layered JavaScript obfuscation into behavior-level understanding that supports triage, detection, and downstream investigation.</description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Reverse Engineering</category></item>
<item><title>Malware Analysis Walkthroughs</title><link>https://donniecelestre.com/research/malware-analysis-walkthroughs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://donniecelestre.com/research/malware-analysis-walkthroughs/</guid><description>A practical note on how to document malware analysis in a way that is useful to incident response, detection engineering, and downstream technical review.</description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Malware Analysis</category></item></channel></rss>