VQL

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15 Apr 2025

MCP Velociraptor

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

GitHub repository

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

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

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 This approach was superseded by the GUI collector builder.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.