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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 a Windows endpoint, review process creation logs to uncover when a built-in utility was used to reveal ARP entries. What exact command was used to list the ARP cache?

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.

An analyst notices a PowerShell process on a Windows host that appears to be checking SMB connectivity. Which PowerShell cmdlet was executed to perform this outbound port 445 test?

On a Linux endpoint, process events reveal a chain of group‐enumeration utilities executed by a single session. Which utility was used to query the system’s group database?

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

A Windows host logs a change to the Terminal Server registry key disabling single-session per user. Which command-line utility executed this registry modification?

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.

Review Windows process logs to find which built-in command was executed to reveal the system’s hostname.

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?

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.

A Windows host recorded a process that simply executes the system’s native time utility. Without spelling out the query, determine which command was run based on process creation events.

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?

On a Linux host, an activity was recorded where the local clock and timezone were queried. Review the available process execution logs to uncover what full command was run to fetch the system time and timezone.

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

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.

You notice rundll32.exe being used with desk.cpl,InstallScreenSaver on a Windows endpoint. Investigate your process creation logs to find which .scr file was loaded by this unusual invocation.

Investigate registry modifications on Windows that reveal when cmd.exe persistence was configured via the CommandProcessor AutoRun key. What command was configured under the AutoRun value?

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?

Investigate Linux process or syslog records to find any invocation of the 'find' utility used to scan /usr/bin for files with the setuid bit. What was the full command executed?

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 Windows host shows a suspicious registry change under the LSA hive. Review recent registry events to locate any new entries under Authentication Packages and determine the name of the DLL the attacker added.