Michael Haag

Hunt harder, hunt smarter.

I build cybersecurity tools and automation for defenders. Open source modules for threat hunting, detection engineering, and security operations.

Defense Console
ACTIVE MODULES 21
LATEST SHIP 2024-12-31
FOCUS DEFENSE TOOLING
SIGNAL STRONG
STATUS ONLINE
$ hunt --harder --smarter

Featured Modules

Production-ready tools for security operations

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ClickGrab

Finding ClickFix and FakeCAPTCHA like it's 1999. Detection and hunting tools for clipboard hijacking attacks.

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Quickstart
Visit https://mhaggis.github.io/ClickGrab/ or git clone https://github.com/MHaggis/ClickGrab.git
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NEBULA

Interactive PowerShell framework for testing WMI, COM, LOLBAS, and persistence techniques. Built for red team testing and defense validation.

powershell red-team wmi lolbas persistence testing
Quickstart
git clone https://github.com/MHaggis/NEBULA.git && Import-Module .\NEBULA.psm1 && Invoke-NEBULA
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Atomics on a Friday

Weekly YouTube show exploring atomic tests, detection engineering, and security research. Live demonstrations and deep dives into attack techniques.

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Quickstart
Subscribe at youtube.com/@atomicsonafriday
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LOLDrivers

Living Off The Land Drivers - A curated list of Windows drivers used by adversaries to bypass security controls. The definitive resource for vulnerable driver detection.

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Quickstart
curl -s https://www.loldrivers.io/api/drivers.json | jq
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PowerShell-Hunter

PowerShell tools to help defenders hunt smarter, hunt harder. A collection of scripts, queries, and techniques for threat hunting using PowerShell.

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Quickstart
git clone https://github.com/MHaggis/PowerShell-Hunter.git && cd PowerShell-Hunter && Import-Module .\PSHunter.psm1
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Sysmon-DFIR

Sources, configuration and how to detect evil things utilizing Microsoft Sysmon. A comprehensive collection of Sysmon configurations, documentation, and detection resources.

sysmon detection dfir windows logging monitoring
Quickstart
git clone https://github.com/MHaggis/sysmon-dfir.git && sysmon64.exe -accepteula -i sysmon-dfir\sysmonconfig.xml

Capabilities

What I build and ship

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Detection & Triage

Tools for threat hunting, detection engineering, and rapid incident triage.

Automation & Hardening

Scripts and utilities to automate security tasks and harden environments.

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Research & Prototypes

Experimental tools and proof-of-concepts for emerging threats.

Latest Field Notes

Insights from the frontlines of defense

The Lost Payload: MSIX Resurrection

How adversaries weaponize MSIX packages for initial access, and how to detect it. Plus introducing MSIXBuilder for safe testing of detection coverage.

msix malware detection