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An analyst suspects a user or script ran a service enumeration command on a Linux system. Review process events to find the service-listing invocation and specify the full command that was executed.

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?

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?

Identify the PowerShell cmdlet used on Windows to format and display the raw volume bytes after an attacker read the boot sector via a DOS device path.

Examine the logs from the Linux system for events related to the systemd timer activation. Identify any records indicating that a new timer unit was started and enabled, and determine which timer name was used.

During a Linux investigation, you notice processes spawning curl and wget commands that pull a script from a remote GitHub raw URL and pipe it into bash. Identify the name of the script that was retrieved and executed.

On a Windows device, there’s evidence that PowerShell history was wiped by deleting the history file. What was the exact command used to perform this action?

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'.

Using Linux process execution logs, identify the specific command that was used to filter loaded kernel modules for entries containing “vmw.” What was that full command?

On Windows systems, identify when the built-in Shadow Copy utility is used to enumerate existing snapshots. What was the full command executed?

A Windows system shows a cmd.exe process spawn that appears to have been used for environment discovery. Review the process creation records to identify the exact command the adversary ran to enumerate environment variables.

Review registry event logs on the Windows host for PowerShell-driven writes to system policy and file system keys. Which registry value names were created during this BlackByte preparation simulation?

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 device, examine registry event logs for modifications under the System policies path. Determine which registry value name was altered to disable the shutdown button at login.

Review Windows process and PowerShell activity for commands that enumerate PnP entities through WMI. Which PowerShell cmdlet was invoked to perform this hardware inventory?

On Windows systems, disabling RDP via the registry generates registry write events. Investigate registry event logs for modifications under the Terminal Server configuration path. What is the name of the registry value that was changed to disable Remote Desktop Protocol?

A Windows host logs show PowerShell fetching and executing a remote script to gain SeDebugPrivilege token duplication. Which Empire module was invoked?

On Linux, review the process execution logs to uncover when Chromium’s bookmark JSON files were being located and the results persisted. Focus on shell commands that search under .config/chromium and write output to a file. What was the filename used to save the findings?

An attacker obtained elevated rights on a Windows system and ran a deletion command that attempted to remove various backup file types across the C: drive, generating numerous “access denied” errors. What was the full command line used?

On Linux systems, an attacker may gain persistence by appending instructions to the global shell profile. Investigate process or file modification events to find evidence of text being added to /etc/profile, and identify the exact command invocation that carried out this change.

Windows registry events show that a new key under the Active Setup Installed Components branch was added to launch a payload immediately via runonce.exe. Which component name was created?

A Windows host shows a process launching with install-driver switches, likely signaling malicious driver deployment. What is the name of the tool that was executed?

A suspicious elevated shell on Linux changed a file’s permissions for a user to include the SetUID bit. What was the exact command used to set that flag?

A Linux system shows a 'find' command used to search within .aws directories. Which specific AWS credential filename was the attacker attempting to locate?

On a Windows endpoint, you find PowerShell reaching out to a remote URL and then running a module command. What was the LaZagne module name that was executed?