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
Traffic Analysis Exercise
File — 02:00:00
Files you will need to complete the project.
Cyber Threat Hunting Challenges
File — 00:10:00
Description of challenges you need to complete as part of this project.
Cyber Threat Hunting Project Walkthrough
Video — 00:11:26
This video walks you through the project, explaining what needs to be done in each of the challenges.
Cyber Threat Hunting Challenge Answers
File — 00:10:00
Check your work on the Threat Hunting project.
Cyber Threat Hunting Hints
Video — 00:02:37
This video provides useful hints to help you solve the project challenges.
Meet the author
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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