DETECT

Snort 101

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This entry is part 2 of 4 in the series TryHackMe

Views: 27Intrusion Detection System (IDS) IDS is a passive monitoring solution for detecting possible malicious activities/patterns, abnormal incidents, and policy violations. It is responsible for generating alerts for each suspicious event.  There are two main types of IDS systems; Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) IPS is an active protecting solution for preventing possible malicious activities/patterns, abnormal incidents, and policy violations. … Read more

Operationalizing Security: CALDERA Meets WAZUH (PART II)

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This entry is part 2 of 5 in the series Wazuh - SIEM and XDR

Views: 76Adversary emulation with Caldera and Wazuh Please visit here to read PART I of this series, which explains the Caldera setup and Windows agent installation. Agent setup Deploy Agents on Linux machines Now, the lab consists of 2 Windows victims and 1 Linux victim, as reported by Caldera below. Configure Sysmon on Windows victims … Read more

Log Analysis: Basics

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This entry is part 20 of 23 in the series Threat Detection Engineering

Views: 39Understanding Logs in Infrastructure Systems Logs and Their Role Log Analysis What Are Logs? Definition Log Entry Components Sample Log Analysis Importance of Logs 1. System Troubleshooting 2. Cybersecurity Incident Response 3. Threat Hunting 4. Compliance Types of Logs in Computing Environments Integrative Analysis Data Visualization Data visualization tools, such as Kibana (of the … Read more

Threat Intelligence with MISP: Part 1 – Setting up MISP with Docker

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This entry is part 18 of 23 in the series Threat Detection Engineering

Views: 61Step-by-Step Guide to Install MISP Using Docker on Ubuntu In this guide, we will walk through the steps to install the MISP (Malware Information Sharing Platform) using Docker on an Ubuntu server. Prerequisites Before we begin, make sure your system meets the following requirements: Step 1: Update Your Server and Install Docker First, ensure … Read more

Yara

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This entry is part 17 of 23 in the series Threat Detection Engineering

Views: 30“The pattern matching swiss knife for malware researchers (and everyone else)”  Useful Yara Resources Various Github repositories provide a wealth of examples of YARA, https://github.com/Yara-Rules/rules/tree/master/malware https://github.com/mikesxrs/Open-Source-YARA-rules/tree/masterUseful Yara Rules Repositories The DFIR Report” shares YARA rules derived from their investigations, https://github.com/The-DFIR-Report/Yara-RulesYara DFIR Report YARA in a nutshell YARA is a tool aimed at (but not limited … Read more

Windows Event Logs

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This entry is part 10 of 13 in the series Incident Response and Forensics

Views: 31Windows logon types and logon codes Logs with event IDs 4624 and 4625 are generated every time there is a successful or failed logon on a local computer, respectively.  In Windows, there are several ways a logon can occur locally, and remotely.  Logon Type Numeric Identifier Description Logon Right Used only by the system … Read more

Wireshark 101 | Packet Operations

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This entry is part 7 of 13 in the series Incident Response and Forensics

Views: 4Wireshark: Packet Operations Statistics | Summary This menu provides multiple statistics options ready to investigate to help users see the big picture in terms of the scope of the traffic, available protocols, endpoints and conversations, and some protocol-specific details like DHCP, DNS and HTTP/2. For a security analyst, it is crucial to know how to … Read more