- Lab
- Security
Threat Hunting: Host IOCs
In this lab, you’ll look for common indicators of compromise such as anomalous network traffic, changes to user and group account permissions, as well as identifying privileged user access to systems.
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Getting Started in the Lab Environment
Here are the initial instructions and explanation of the lab environment. Read this while your environment is busy creating itself from nothing. Yes, this violates physics; we know. How fun!
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Identifying Outbound Traffic
In this challenge you will learn how to identify outbound traffic on unusual ports in your network.
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Identifying Permission Changes
In this challenge you will learn how to identify permission changes through unauthorized group membership or unauthorized user accounts.
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Check for Privileged User Account Access
In this challenge you will learn how to look for signs of privileged user account access on a host system.
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The Last Challenge
Welcome to the final challenge! This is your last chance to experiment in the environment. Clicking Finish Lab will end this little world that flittered into existence just for you.
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