his case study investigates a covert beaconing pattern in which a compromised host periodically sent outbound DNS queries to Google's public resolver (8.8.8.8) at 30-minute intervals without receiving responses.

This case study documents a stealthy credential-harvesting technique in which the attacker used a lightweight binary (browserdump.exe) to extract stored credentials from browser cache files—specifically Chrome and Edge—without elevating privileges or triggering persistence indicators.

This case study analyzed a fileless privilege escalation attack where the adversary exploited an undocumented administrative override parameter (admin_override=true) to bypass standard authentication and gain elevated access without triggering any alert or logging trail through normal access controls.