Michael Haag's Blog Posts

Michael Haag

Michael Haag is Senior Threat Research at Splunk. Michael led the development of Atomic Red Team, an open-source testing platform that security teams can use to assess detection coverage. An avid researcher, he is passionate about understanding and evaluating the limits of defensive systems. His background includes security analysis, threat research, and incident handling.

Security 9 Min Read

Mockbin and the Art of Deception: Tracing Adversaries, Going Headless and Mocking APIs

Splunk's Threat Research Team delves into the attack's components, usage of tools like Mockbin and headless browsers, and provides guidance on detecting such activities.

Security 5 Min Read

Follina for Protocol Handlers

The Splunk Threat Research Team shares how to identify protocol handlers on an endpoint, different ways to simulate adversary tradecraft that utilizes a protocol handler, and a piece of inspiring hunting content to help defenders identify protocol handlers being used in their environment.