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Effective Threat Investigation for SOC Analysts
Effective Threat Investigation for SOC Analysts

Effective Threat Investigation for SOC Analysts: The ultimate guide to examining various threats and attacker techniques using security logs

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Effective Threat Investigation for SOC Analysts

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Key benefits

  • Understand and analyze various modern cyber threats and attackers' techniques
  • Gain in-depth knowledge of email security, Windows, firewall, proxy, WAF, and security solution logs
  • Explore popular cyber threat intelligence platforms to investigate suspicious artifacts

Description

Effective threat investigation requires strong technical expertise, analytical skills, and a deep understanding of cyber threats and attacker techniques. It's a crucial skill for SOC analysts, enabling them to analyze different threats and identify security incident origins. This book provides insights into the most common cyber threats and various attacker techniques to help you hone your incident investigation skills. The book begins by explaining phishing and email attack types and how to detect and investigate them, along with Microsoft log types such as Security, System, PowerShell, and their events. Next, you’ll learn how to detect and investigate attackers' techniques and malicious activities within Windows environments. As you make progress, you’ll find out how to analyze the firewalls, flows, and proxy logs, as well as detect and investigate cyber threats using various security solution alerts, including EDR, IPS, and IDS. You’ll also explore popular threat intelligence platforms such as VirusTotal, AbuseIPDB, and X-Force for investigating cyber threats and successfully build your own sandbox environment for effective malware analysis. By the end of this book, you’ll have learned how to analyze popular systems and security appliance logs that exist in any environment and explore various attackers' techniques to detect and investigate them with ease.

Who is this book for?

This book is for Security Operation Center (SOC) analysts, security professionals, cybersecurity incident investigators, incident handlers, incident responders, or anyone looking to explore attacker techniques and delve deeper into detecting and investigating attacks. If you want to efficiently detect and investigate cyberattacks by analyzing logs generated from different log sources, then this is the book for you. Basic knowledge of cybersecurity and networking domains and entry-level security concepts are necessary to get the most out of this book.

What you will learn

  • Get familiarized with and investigate various threat types and attacker techniques
  • Analyze email security solution logs and understand email flow and headers
  • Practically investigate various Windows threats and attacks
  • Analyze web proxy logs to investigate C&C communication attributes
  • Leverage WAF and FW logs and CTI to investigate various cyber attacks

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Table of Contents

21 Chapters
Part 1: Email Investigation Techniques Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 1: Investigating Email Threats Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 2: Email Flow and Header Analysis Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Part 2: Investigating Windows Threats by Using Event Logs Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 3: Introduction to Windows Event Logs Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 4: Tracking Accounts Login and Management Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 5: Investigating Suspicious Process Execution Using Windows Event Logs Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 6: Investigating PowerShell Event Logs Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 7: Investigating Persistence and Lateral Movement Using Windows Event Logs Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Part 3: Investigating Network Threats by Using Firewall and Proxy Logs Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 8: Network Firewall Logs Analysis Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 9: Investigating Cyber Threats by Using the Firewall Logs Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 10: Web Proxy Logs Analysis Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 11: Investigating Suspicious Outbound Communications (C&C Communications) by Using Proxy Logs Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Part 4: Investigating Other Threats and Leveraging External Sources to Investigate Cyber Threats Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 12: Investigating External Threats Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 13: Investigating Network Flows and Security Solutions Alerts Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 14: Threat Intelligence in a SOC Analyst’s Day Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 15: Malware Sandboxing – Building a Malware Sandbox Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Index Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Other Books You May Enjoy Chevron down icon Chevron up icon

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Probably the best book I read on the topic. The author deeply hands the practice.
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Great book with content that is so relevant for my day to day work
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Carlos Espinoza Nov 18, 2023
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I truly enjoyed the book. I’ve been in a SOC for almost 4yrs and the material is well put together.Mostafa looks to have gained some inspiration from SANS books as his chapters are condensed in small sections but with value.Mostafa introduces common techniques threat actors use regarding malicious emails, how to investigate them, and resources/links to use. This investigation process is repeated throughout the chapters: to understand what is normal and what isn't—the steps to test your theory via looking at event IDs, suspicious artifacts/commands or other logs.He provides a lab set up to follow along with so the material hits home and students can understand his explanations.Ultimately, the book is a valuable resource to reference when investigating cases. Mostafa does a great job at providing areas to consider looking at and multiple resources a SOC analyst should have in their arsenal. Plus, THE HELK has plenty of datasets to keep practicing what was taught in the book.
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Very good book for soc experts
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