Posts by Brian Laskowski

    How MintsLoader uses a Legacy Windows Binary to gain a Foothold

    24 min read | February 9, 2026

    In a recent threat hunting session undertaken by our detection engineering team, MintsLoader was observed using the legacy windows binary called finger.exe to kick off an...

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    About the Author

    Brian has 5 years of experience in IT, with prior work including linux systems administration to most recently leading the threat intelligence program at the State of Michigan security operations center. Other areas of focus have included, incident response, threat hunting, memory analysis, adversary emulation, and SOC metrics. Brian currently holds SANS certifications for the GCIH, GCTI, and most recently the GDAT.