Course description
Use your incident response skills along with tools like Wireshark, Zeek and Volatility to respond to real-world scenarios. In the first project, you’ll investigate a “watering hole attack” that may have affected someone in the IT department. In the second project, you’ll need to investigate an SQL injection attack that may have led to credit card data being exfiltrated.
Syllabus
Incident Response Kali VM
File — 02:00:00
Download the files needed to set up your Kali virtual machine.
Kali VM Instructional Video
Video — 00:02:42
Get an overview of the virtual machine you will use to complete the two incident response projects.
Project 1 Files
File — 01:00:00
This downloadable .zip file contains challenges for the first project, including an overview, 10 challenge questions, a memory dump and pcap file, and the answers to the challenges to verify your work.
Project 1 Walkthrough Video
Video — 00:02:22
An overview of the first incident response project. You’ll respond to an incident involving an employee being compromised, using tools to practice penetration testing. Note: Those with further questions are encouraged to rewatch the videos found in the ea
Project 2 Files
File — 02:00:00
This downloadable .zip file contains challenges for the second, more challenging project, including an overview, 12 challenge questions, a pcap and memory dump of the primary Card Data Environment (CDE) server, and the answers to the challenges to verify your work.
Project 2 Walkthrough Video
Video — 00:01:46
An overview of the second incident response project. You’ll respond to an incident involving possible SQL injection that affected credit card data.
SolarWinds project instructions
File — 00:10:00
SolarWinds project files
File — 02:00:00
Download the files you need to complete this SolarWinds project.
SolarWinds project walkthrough
Video — 00:07:02
The recent Solarwinds Supply Chain Attack was a significant and shocking punch to the cybersecurity world. It marked the first time we’d seen in a supply chain attack in public executed at such a large scale. One of the top cybersecurity firms in the worl
SolarWinds project hints
Video — 00:08:36
This video provides some helpful hints if you get stuck.
Meet the author
Keatron Evans is a cybersecurity and workforce development expert with over 17 years of experience in penetration testing, incident response and information security management for federal agencies and Fortune 500 organizations. He is VP of Portfolio and Product Strategy at Infosec, where he empowers the human side of cybersecurity with cyber knowledge and skills to outsmart cybercrime. Keatron is an established researcher, instructor and speaker — and lead author of the best-selling book, Chained Exploits: Advanced Hacking Attacks from Start to Finish. He regularly speaks at major industry events like RSA and serves as a cybersecurity subject matter expert for major media outlets like CNN, Fox News, Information Security Magazine and more.
Keatron holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Information Systems and dozens of cybersecurity certifications, including Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP) and Licensed Penetration Tester (LTP). When not teaching, speaking or managing his incident response business, KM Cyber Security LLC, Keatron enjoys practicing various martial arts styles, playing piano and bass guitar, and spending time with his family.
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