Challenge Overview

Johnny travels the country to work as a pharmaceutical sales representative. One day, in his hotel lounge, he connected to a Wi-Fi hotspot that was wide open and needed to be more secure. He checked his email and accessed some work files. Johnny did not disconnect from the Wi-Fi. While he was sleeping, someone gained access to his laptop and accessed secure files for work. The task is to conduct a forensic analysis of which files were accessible from the compute

This Challenge requires knowledge of registry analysis, malicious file analysis, and forensic investigations. The target machine runs on Windows Operating System with an IP address of 10.10.1.160. The target machine provides Johnny's files. The task is to analyze the files and find the malicious file that executes using a persistent mechanism. Note: Credentials to log in (Username: john, Password: hf\$#fgaQsed12).

What You Will Learn

  • Conducting registry analysis to identify persistent threats and unauthorized changes.
  • Analyzing malicious files to uncover potential security breaches.
  • Performing forensic investigations to trace unauthorized access and activity.
  • Identifying and examining persistence mechanisms used by malware.

Program Curriculum

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