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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.

On a Windows host, someone appears to have run a built-in network shell utility to list saved wireless network profiles and their passwords in clear text. Review the process creation logs to discover the exact command that was executed.

On Windows hosts, look through recent PowerShell execution records to find any elevated session where remote management was turned on. What exact command was run to enable PSRemoting?

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

On a Linux system, identify the script that was generated by decoding a base64 data file and then executed. What was the filename of that script?

Linux hosts may log events when new files are added to /var/spool/cron/crontabs. Query those logs for a creation or write action in that directory and determine the file name that was added.

On a Windows host, investigate process events to find when Task Manager was launched via cmd with an unusual flag. What was the full command executed?

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

Review recent Windows process event logs for PowerShell activity that suggests local group enumeration through WMI. What exact command was executed?

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 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.

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 Linux endpoint, a command was executed to start a proxy service commonly used for onion routing. Identify the name of the service that was launched to enable this proxy functionality.

A Windows user’s registry was altered via a command-line tool to disable the lock workstation feature by adding a DWORD entry under the current user Policies\System key. Which registry value name was modified in this operation?

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?

In Windows process event logs, you notice both the net time and w32tm commands being executed to display the system time and timezone. Which executor name from the test configuration was responsible for launching these utilities?

An attacker leveraged a PowerShell command on a Windows host to enumerate browser bookmark files across all user profiles. Examine the process execution logs to determine the exact filename that was being searched for.

On a Linux system, logs show that the password expiration settings file was accessed. Identify which command was executed to list its contents.

A suspicious registry change was made on a Windows system modifying the Terminal Services DLL path. Investigate registry events to find out which DLL file name was set as the ServiceDll value under TermService. What was the file name?

Within Windows process event logs, identify instances where the built-in net.exe utility is used to change a user account password. What was the new password argument passed in?

On a Windows endpoint, someone may have disabled the secure desktop for elevation prompts by modifying a registry setting. Review the registry event logs to identify which registry value name was changed to 0.

A security investigator suspects that someone attempted to dump stored web credentials on a Windows system using an in-built command-line tool. Review process creation logs to determine which executable was called to list the Web Credentials vault.

Windows system logs show PowerShell zipping up the contents of a user’s profile folder. Investigate process and file events to determine the exact name of the ZIP archive created.

An attacker on a Linux host has attempted to turn off command history by modifying an environment variable. Using process execution logs, determine the exact shell command used to set HISTSIZE to zero.