Velociraptor

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28 Sep 2026

AI Ate My Velociraptor

Introducing velociraptor-skills, reusable AI skills for case setup, collection, hunting and evidence analysis with Velociraptor.

Published at InfoGuard Labs (opens in a new tab)

28 Sep 2026

Velociraptor Skills

Reusable AI skills and tooling for investigators using Velociraptor. Covers setup, artifact selection, collection, hunting and host analysis, with the vraptor command-line runtime.

GitHub repository

1 Dec 2025

CLRaptor: Hunting reflected assemblies with Velociraptor

Hunt reflected .NET assemblies at scale with Velociraptor, detect CLR visibility gaps, and dump suspicious in-memory assemblies for analysis.

Published at InfoGuard Labs (opens in a new tab)

15 Apr 2025

MCP Velociraptor

A Model Context Protocol bridge that connects AI assistants to Velociraptor for DFIR workflows.

GitHub repository

1 Nov 2024

Finding the LNK: Techniques and methodology for advanced analysis

Advanced LNK analysis with Velociraptor, covering shortcut structures, suspicious fields, and useful clustering points for DFIR and CTI workflows.

Published at Rapid7 (opens in a new tab)

29 Feb 2024

How To Hunt For UEFI Malware

UEFI malware hunting with Velociraptor, including firmware visibility, collection approaches, and artifacts for field investigation.

Published at Rapid7 (opens in a new tab)

20 Nov 2023

DEATHcon2023: Practical DEATH by Velociraptor

A practical Velociraptor and VQL workshop for investigators, covering accessors, query performance, RDP patching, BlackLotus and LNK analysis.

Open workshop

13 Sep 2023

Content Management Like a Boss!

Velociraptor content management and automation techniques for teams maintaining detection and investigation content.

Watch presentation

5 Apr 2023

Automating Qakbot decode at scale

Extract Qakbot configuration data and automate decoding at scale with Velociraptor. Covers payload unpacking, decryption and campaign indicators.

17 Nov 2022

DetectRaptor

Bulk Velociraptor detection content for incident responders and threat hunters. Collects shared detection artifacts in one repository.

GitHub repository

5 Nov 2022

DEATHcon 2022 Velociraptor workshop

An introductory Velociraptor workshop for DFIR practitioners, covering VQL, NTFS, event logs, YARA and memory artifacts. Includes lab material and recordings.

Lab scripts

17 Sep 2022

Notebook and VQL - data munging your way to victory!

A practical introduction to VQL data manipulation for Velociraptor users, with examples for building artifacts and analysing investigation data.

Watch presentation

12 Jan 2022

WMI Event Consumers: what are you missing?

Find WMI event consumers that common collection methods miss, including persistence in custom namespaces. Covers collection and detection with Velociraptor.

9 Nov 2021

Cobalt Strike Payload Discovery And Data Manipulation In VQL

Discover encoded Cobalt Strike payloads in MSBuild task files, collect them with Velociraptor and use VQL to decode payloads and extract indicators.

23 Jul 2020

Windows IPSEC for endpoint quarantine

Build and deploy Windows IPsec policies for endpoint quarantine through Velociraptor, with containment requirements and policy removal considerations.

8 Dec 2019

Local Live Response with Velociraptor ++

A historical walkthrough of bundling Velociraptor with WinPMem and Autoruns for local triage. This approach was superseded by the GUI collector builder.

10 Nov 2019

Live response automation with Velociraptor

A historical walkthrough of automating Velociraptor collections and post-processing through its API. The examples predate the current API.