Challenge Overview

You are a penetration tester working at a major software company. You've been assigned the task of doing a security audit on an employee's computer system. Your duty as a security analyst is to do log analyze on a employee's system, analyze the logs whether the individual has unauthorized access to high-level services, and report any discoveries to your superiors. Your target machine is running on Ubuntu server with an IP address of 10.10.1.128. You are required to connect to the server using SSH and conduct the investigation on the sudo logs. By completing this task, you will gain practical experience in Digital Forensics. Note: - Credentials to SSH (Username: - root, Password: - cyberq12345) You are a penetration tester working at a major software company. You've been assigned the task of doing a security audit on an employee's computer system. Your duty as a security analyst is to do log analyze on a employee's system, analyze the logs whether the individual has unauthorized access to high-level services, and report any discoveries to your superiors. Your target machine is running on Ubuntu server with an IP address of 10.10.1.128. You are required to connect to the server using SSH and conduct the investigation on the sudo logs. By completing this task, you will gain practical experience in Digital Forensics. Note: - Credentials to SSH (Username: - root, Password: - cyberq12345)

What You Will Learn

  • Connecting to the Ubuntu server using SSH to begin the forensic analysis.
  • Locating and examining system logs, specifically the sudo.log file, for suspicious activity.
  • Interpreting logged sudo commands to understand what actions were performed and by which users.
  • Identifying unauthorized or suspicious use of elevated privileges through sudo.
  • Documenting findings and providing insights into potential security violations or misuse of administrative access.

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