- Lab
- Security
Inside the M&S Ransomware Attack
In this lab, you’ll practice analyzing and responding to a modern ransomware attack using real-world threat actor techniques. When you’re finished, you’ll have a deeper understanding of identity-based compromises as well as practical steps to detect, contain, and mitigate enterprise-scale ransomware incidents.
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Challenge
Getting Started in the Lab Environment
Here are the initial instructions and explanation of the lab environment. Read this while your environment is busy creating itself from nothing. Yes, this violates physics; we know. How fun!
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Challenge
Emulate Active Directory Credential Dumping
In this challenge, you’ll take on the role of an attacker with access to a compromised domain controller and emulate credential dumping behavior by extracting the NTDS.dit file and associated SYSTEM registry hive. This activity reflects a real-world adversary technique used to harvest Active Directory credentials offline.
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Detect Active Directory Credential Dumping
Now step into the defender’s role. You’ll pivot to the ELK stack and examine system logs and telemetry data to detect indicators of credential dumping from the previous stage. You’ll analyze logs for both direct evidence and supporting behaviors that point to lateral movement or domain compromise.
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The Last Challenge
Welcome to the final challenge! This is your last chance to experiment in the environment. Clicking Finish Lab will end this little world that flittered into existence just for you.
What's a lab?
Hands-on Labs are real environments created by industry experts to help you learn. These environments help you gain knowledge and experience, practice without compromising your system, test without risk, destroy without fear, and let you learn from your mistakes. Hands-on Labs: practice your skills before delivering in the real world.
Provided environment for hands-on practice
We will provide the credentials and environment necessary for you to practice right within your browser.
Guided walkthrough
Follow along with the author’s guided walkthrough and build something new in your provided environment!
Did you know?
On average, you retain 75% more of your learning if you get time for practice.