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Muhiballah Mohammed
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Muhiballah Mohammed

Muhiballah Mohammed is a cybersecurity expert and enthusiast, experienced in security operations centers, digital forensics, and incident response. With 10 years of experience, he has worked in a variety of roles in the cybersecurity field, including SOC analyst, consultant, and forensic investigator, and has helped build multiple entities' SOC and DFIR teams. He has experience in investigating a wide range of cyber incidents. Muhiballah is passionate about providing help to organizations so that they can protect themselves against cyber threats, and he is also a mentor and teacher to new students in the cybersecurity field. He loves sharing his knowledge and experience with others, and he is always looking for new ways to help people learn about cybersecurity.
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Windows Registry data types

Each entry in the registry is assigned a data type that defines the specific kind of data that the entry can hold. While the registry supports nine different data types, in practical scenarios, you are likely to encounter only a few specific types while managing registry entries. There are several data types in the Windows Registry, including the following:

  • REG_SZ: A string value that can contain a maximum of 4,096 characters
  • REG_MULTI_SZ: A string value that can contain multiple strings separated by null characters
  • REG_EXPAND_SZ: A string value that can contain variables that are expanded when the value is retrieved
  • REG_DWORD: A 32-bit integer value that can be represented in decimal or hexadecimal format
  • REG_QWORD: A 64-bit integer value that can be represented in decimal or hexadecimal format
  • REG_BINARY: A binary value that can contain any type of data
  • REG_LINK: A symbolic link to another registry key

Each data type...

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Muhiballah Mohammed

Muhiballah Mohammed is a cybersecurity expert and enthusiast, experienced in security operations centers, digital forensics, and incident response. With 10 years of experience, he has worked in a variety of roles in the cybersecurity field, including SOC analyst, consultant, and forensic investigator, and has helped build multiple entities' SOC and DFIR teams. He has experience in investigating a wide range of cyber incidents. Muhiballah is passionate about providing help to organizations so that they can protect themselves against cyber threats, and he is also a mentor and teacher to new students in the cybersecurity field. He loves sharing his knowledge and experience with others, and he is always looking for new ways to help people learn about cybersecurity.
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