Module 6: Incident Detection and Identification
Passive Incident Alerting
Using Alerts as a Starting Point
Use an alert as your starting point and move forwards/backwards.
How to Correlate Alerts
Are they logically related? Look further into 'em to confirm.
Active Incident Discovery
Threat Hunting
SOCs react, Threat Hunters proactively hunt.
Third-Party Sources
Third parties sometimes provide alerts of suspicious activity.
Identifying False Positives
Understanding the Impact of False Positives
They waste time, increasing alert fatigue.
Understanding Incident vs Event
A cyber security event is an observable occurrence in a system or network that may have an impact on an organization.
A cyber security incident is an event or a set of events that have a negative impact on the security of an organization.
A precursor is an event that is a sign of potential future incidents.
An indicator is evidence that an incident may have already occurred or is currently occurring.
False Positive Case Studies
This was a walkthrough of a challenge.
Automating Away False Positives
Remove old alerts, adjust thresholds, etc.
Identifying Attack Chains
Identifying Single-Host Compromise
Make a list of CVEs, search on them.
Identifying a Full Compromise
No big difference, again, follow the event timeline.
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