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Effective Threat Investigation for SOC Analysts

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

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Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781837634781
Length 314 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Mostafa Yahia Mostafa Yahia
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Table of Contents (22) Chapters Close

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 21. Other Books You May Enjoy

Account and group management tracking

Microsoft records several events that allow you to track account and security group management activities such as account creation, account deletion, account disablement, group creation, adding and removing accounts from security groups, and changes made to accounts. Such events allow you to detect and investigate several suspicious account and group management activities, including accounts being created by an attacker to maintain persistence in the environment, accounts being created by unauthorized users, unexpected accounts being added to a privileged security group, unexpected account deletion and changes, and account and group management activities outside of working hours.

For a better explanation of the Windows account and security group management tracking events, we will divide this section into two subsections:

  • Tracking account creation, deletion, and change activities
  • Tracking creation and account adding to security groups...
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