Challenge Overview

One paralegal for a large law firm is responsible for ensuring that client information is uploaded to a secure server with limited access. Over the holiday break, one of the attorneys that used to work for the law firm still has access to the server's data files. The paralegal should have followed the procedure of deleting all employees' access after they left the law firm. Now the firm needs critical files for the success of the case. Your task is to find the user account, time, and date of files from the server. This challenge requires knowledge of Windows Log Analysis using various tools. Players will demonstrate the use of Windows Event Analysis and Windows Incident Handling. The target machine is running Windows 10 and has a 10.10.1.172 IP address. Your task is to examine Windows 10 logs using the event viewer and answer the flags. Username: CyberQ and Password: Password123.

What You Will Learn

  • Understanding Windows Security Event Logs, specifically analyzing Event ID 4726 (User Account Deletion) to identify when and how an account was removed.
  • Proficiency in using Event Viewer to filter, sort, and extract relevant security events from large log datasets.
  • Identifying unauthorized account modifications, including determining which account performed the deletion and whether proper offboarding procedures were followed.
  • Performing timeline-based incident analysis, correlating deletion events with logon events and file access activity to determine date, time, and impact.
  • Applying structured Windows incident response methodology, documenting findings clearly while investigating the Windows 10 target (10.10.1.172) using the provided credentials.

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