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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?

A process is running under a familiar Windows host name but originates from a user's AppData folder rather than the System32 directory. Identify the filename used to masquerade the PowerShell binary on this Windows device.

On a Windows system, someone ran PowerShell to copy a file from a remote machine’s C$ share to the local TEMP folder. Using process event logs, what full PowerShell command was executed to perform this action?

Using Windows process event logs, investigate PowerShell activity around lsass.exe memory capture. What was the name of the script file invoked to perform the dump?

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?

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.

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?

While reviewing Windows process events, you spot a PowerShell process executing a WMI enumeration cmdlet. What WMI class name did the attacker query?

On a Windows host, suspicious PowerShell activity adjusted the system clock and recorded a value. What numeric value was used to slip the system date?

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 a Linux device, a file was silently removed from the /tmp/victim-files directory. Search through file event or syslog records to identify the exact file name that was deleted.

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

Review Windows process execution logs to find any native utility that was used to enumerate connected drives. Which utility was invoked?

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?

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.

An attacker is suspected of using the Windows shell to enumerate a user’s Internet Explorer bookmarks via the Favorites folder. Identify the exact command they executed to perform this listing.

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.

A Linux host’s Syslog contains records of an elevated shell executing a command that granted group execute rights and enabled the SetGID bit on a file. Investigate the logs and report the name of the file whose group ID bit was modified.

You are reviewing Linux syslog records on a CentOS/RHEL 7.x server. You notice entries for shell commands that access system configuration files under /etc/security. Determine exactly which configuration file was being inspected by the command.

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 file modification on a Linux device targeted the ~/.bash_profile file, apparently adding a new line. What was the full command string that was appended?

Investigate recent file modification events on Linux that could reveal an adversary appending commands to a user’s ~/.profile for persistence. Determine the exact command that was added.

On Linux, review file events for changes in the system-wide shell profile directory. Determine the name of the script file in /etc/profile.d that shows evidence of an unauthorized append.

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?

A Linux host may have undergone automated data collection and compression right before sensitive information is exfiltrated. Using process execution logs, determine which archive file name was created when the tar utility was run with gzip compression.