<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>cottam.io</title><description>Offensive, defensive, and threat-intelligence writeups, research, and projects by Cameron Cottam.</description><link>https://cottam.io/</link><item><title>Why indirect syscalls slip past some EDR hooks</title><link>https://cottam.io/offensive/indirect-syscalls-edr/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cottam.io/offensive/indirect-syscalls-edr/</guid><description>A conceptual look at why user-mode hooking is a leaky abstraction — and what that means for defenders who rely on it.</description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>red-team</category><category>EDR</category><category>windows</category><category>malware-analysis</category></item><item><title>From one noisy alert to a portable Sigma rule</title><link>https://cottam.io/defensive/sigma-from-one-alert/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cottam.io/defensive/sigma-from-one-alert/</guid><description>A single EDR detection is a starting point, not an answer. Here&apos;s how to turn it into a tuned, vendor-neutral Sigma rule without drowning in false positives.</description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>detection-engineering</category><category>sigma</category><category>EDR</category></item></channel></rss>