Cyber Threat Hunting Project Course Course

Practice your Cyber Threat Hunting skills with this project.

2 hours, 34 minutes

Course description

Use your cyber threat hunting skills to identify network traffic patterns for anomalies and investigate malware. You'll use Wireshark to examine packet capture files for potential red flags, including executable file downloads and IP conversations that indicate malicious activity. Then you'll attempt to piece together the threat using the skills taught in the Cyber Threat Hunting Learning Path. Can you identify the malware?

Syllabus

Cyber Threat Hunting Challenge Answers

File - 00:10:00
Check your work on the Threat Hunting project.
Cyber Threat Hunting Challenges

File - 00:10:00
Description of challenges you need to complete as part of this project.
Traffic Analysis Exercise

File - 02:00:00
Files you will need to complete the project.
Cyber Threat Hunting Hints

Video - 00:03:00
This video provides useful hints to help you solve the project challenges.
Cyber Threat Hunting Project Walkthrough

Video - 00:11:00
This video walks you through the project, explaining what needs to be done in each of the challenges.

Meet the author

Marc Quibell

Marc Quibell is a cybersecurity blue team expert with nearly 30 years of professional IT experience. In addition to being an Infosec Skills author, he's a consultant and security architect with a Bachelors of Science in Technology Information Management from Upper Iowa University and an Associate of Applied Science in Computer Systems Networking from Texas State Technical College in Waco. Marc has been CISSP certified since 2009 and was previously CCNA, MCSE and CRISC certified.
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