You're reading from Effective Threat Investigation for SOC Analysts The ultimate guide to examining various threats and attacker techniques using security logs

Product type Paperback

Published in Aug 2023

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781837634781

Length 314 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Concepts

Cybersecurity

Author (1):

Mostafa Yahia

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Table of Contents (22) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Email Investigation Techniques

2. Chapter 1: Investigating Email Threats FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Email Flow and Header Analysis

4. Part 2: Investigating Windows Threats by Using Event Logs

5. Chapter 3: Introduction to Windows Event Logs

6. Chapter 4: Tracking Accounts Login and Management

7. Chapter 5: Investigating Suspicious Process Execution Using Windows Event Logs

8. Chapter 6: Investigating PowerShell Event Logs

9. Chapter 7: Investigating Persistence and Lateral Movement Using Windows Event Logs

10. Part 3: Investigating Network Threats by Using Firewall and Proxy Logs

11. Chapter 8: Network Firewall Logs Analysis

12. Chapter 9: Investigating Cyber Threats by Using the Firewall Logs

13. Chapter 10: Web Proxy Logs Analysis

14. Chapter 11: Investigating Suspicious Outbound Communications (C&C Communications) by Using Proxy Logs

15. Part 4: Investigating Other Threats and Leveraging External Sources to Investigate Cyber Threats

16. Chapter 12: Investigating External Threats

17. Chapter 13: Investigating Network Flows and Security Solutions Alerts

18. Chapter 14: Threat Intelligence in a SOC Analyst’s Day

19. Chapter 15: Malware Sandboxing – Building a Malware Sandbox

20. Index

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Analysis tools in action

By the time you’ve reached this section, you should have downloaded the required tools and prepared your guest sandbox environment, so now you’re ready to start analyzing your first malware sample. The analysis process will be divided into two phases:

The static analysis phase
The dynamic analysis phase

Static analysis phase

In this phase, we aim to scan the suspected file and determine the type of malware by utilizing the YARA tool and extracting valuable information using straightforward tools such as the Exeinfo and PEstudio tools. So, let’s deep-dive into the steps of this exciting phase of the analysis.

Run the compute hash tool on the suspicious file to collect the file hash and then investigate the file hash reputation on threat intelligence platforms such as VirusTotal and IBM X-Force.

Run YARA rules against the suspected malware file to scan it and identify its malware category and family, if applicable...