Converting Active Directory SIDs to names using LDAP + Rust

Posted on by David Vassallo

CyberSift recently had a requirement to be able to convert Active Directory SIDs into user friendly names. SIDs crop up whenever you look at security related Windows Event logs, such as event 4627(S): Group membership information, and would be similar in format to: S-1-5-21-1377283216-344919071-3415362939-1104. This format is obviously not very readable by anyone who looks … Continue reading Converting Active Directory SIDs to names using LDAP + Rust

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Lessons Learned: How to avoid getting asked for tokens in MS Azure console apps

Posted on by David Vassallo

Microsoft has been migrating most of Azure's functionality to the "Microsoft Graph API", which is fantastic as that allows us to automate a bunch of things within the Azure cloud. However, the Graph API is secured behind an OAuth2 flow, and if you've ever dealt with OAuth2 you'd know that it revolves around "tokens" which … Continue reading Lessons Learned: How to avoid getting asked for tokens in MS Azure console apps