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On a Windows host, an attacker leveraged COMSVCS.DLL via rundll32.exe to dump the memory of svchost.exe into a file under the Temp directory. Review the file creation logs to determine the exact name of the dump file that was generated.

On a Linux host, a ping command was executed to test internet connectivity. Determine which IP address was used as the ping target.

A Linux host’s Syslog shows a shell-based network discovery script ran multiple commands. One of them listed current TCP connections. Which utility was invoked?

A Windows host executed an ICMP-based network reconnaissance using a looping instruction in cmd.exe. Identify the exact command line that was used to perform the ping sweep.

On a Windows endpoint, look for evidence of a base64-encoded PowerShell payload execution. Which executable launched the encoded command?

A threat actor on a Windows system crafted and registered a service named almost identically to the standard time service, but redirecting execution to a custom script. Review the logging data to determine which native command-line tool was used to perform this action. What utility was invoked?

A user launched a Windows command prompt and executed a built-in utility to enumerate all active network connections. Using process creation logs, identify the exact tool that produced the list of current connections.

Windows process creation logs show a PowerShell-driven file transfer to an FTP service. Which executable was leveraged to perform this exfiltration?

In a Windows log analytics workspace, search for PowerShell processes that were used to enumerate network connections. Determine which PowerShell cmdlet was executed to list active TCP connections.

An analyst suspects that a restricted shell escape was executed using a common Perl package manager on Linux. Review the process execution records to determine which tool was invoked to spawn the shell.

On a Windows endpoint, wscript.exe was used to run a JScript. Identify the exact script path passed to wscript.

On a Linux system, review process execution records for any shell process that set an environment variable containing executable code and then piped it into another shell instance. Determine which environment variable name was used to store the script content.

On a Windows endpoint, review process execution logs to see if any PowerShell sessions were wiped clean. Which command was executed to clear the PowerShell history?

On a Windows endpoint, commands are no longer being logged to PowerShell history, suggesting PSReadLine settings were altered. Using process execution logs, determine the exact command that was run to set the history save style to 'SaveNothing'.

On a Linux host, identify the process invocation that altered a user’s login shell. What was the full command used?

A Linux host executed a native utility to overwrite and then remove a temporary file in one step. Identify the name of the file that was securely deleted by this action.

On a Linux endpoint, you suspect malicious clearing of the bash history by redirecting from the null device. Explore process or file events to uncover the exact shell command that performed this action.

On a Linux system, find any process creation record where awk is used with a BEGIN rule to launch a shell. What was the exact command invoked?

On a Windows system, an attacker used the command prompt to remove one or more default administrative shares. Which share names were deleted?

Suspiciously, the recycle bin appears empty system-wide. Determine which command was executed on Windows to clear the system's recycle bin directory, including any switches and environment variables.

While investigating process creation logs on a Linux device, you observe a privileged hardware interrogation step used to reveal virtualization details. Which utility was invoked?

A suspicious actor appears to have removed the USN change journal on a Windows workstation. Investigate process start records to find out exactly which command was used to delete the journal. What was the full command line invoked?

On a Windows host, registry events reveal that PowerShell modified a value under the WDigest provider. Identify the exact command line that performed this registry change.

On a Windows endpoint, review the registry write events to spot when the WDigest key is altered to permit plaintext credential storage. What registry value name was changed?

An analyst reviewing Windows process logs wants to spot instances where a native time tool was repurposed to introduce a delay. Which full W32tm invocation, including the stripchart and period flags, appears in the logs?