Author: Tom Kitching

In December 2022, cybersecurity experts uncovered a critical vulnerability in Apache Log4j, a widely used Java-based logging library. Dubbed Log4Shell or Log4j vulnerability (CVE-2021-44228), this flaw allowed remote code execution, potentially enabling threat actors to compromise affected systems. The Log4j vulnerability sent shockwaves across the cybersecurity landscape, as it affected numerous organizations worldwide, spanning various…

First of all apologies for the title which is a bit click baity – it’s because I spent a lot of time googling for this and couldn’t find what I needed, that had been done in the way I wanted it doing. This is like a digital notebook for me to come back to as…

If you added a the SCVMM server role to a VM on an existing Hyper-V cluster, then you will have been given the option to make the SCVMM server highly available as one of the options during the install. However, if you created the Hyper-V cluster after the initial install of the SCVMM server role,…

I recently used an XML query in Powershell that looked like this: [cc lang=”xml” escaped=”true”]$xmlQuery = @’ <QueryList> <Query Id=”0″ Path=”Security”> <Select Path=”Security”> *[System[(EventID=4624) and TimeCreated[timediff(@SystemTime) <= 86400000]] and EventData[Data[@Name=’IPAddress’] and (Data=’192.168.11.7′)]] </Select> </Query> /QueryList> ‘@ [/cc] The query was used to filter events from the event log that occurred within the last 24 hours. …