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SIEM Alert Triage - SOC Analyst
DFIRSplunkPASSED · 92%
drill_idsecai-det-siem-triage-019
completed2026-06-28T04:17:09Z
algoHMAC-SHA256
signature0x9f3a2e1bc7d4a18ef04a839c
status✓ SIGNED · IMMUTABLE
Signed by HashFolio · hashfolio.ai/verify
hashfolio.ai/drills/network-analysis-101
Challenge 1
Challenge 2
Challenge 3
Live Security+ Lab: Network Traffic Analysis
Security+ Objective 1.4 • Real-time validation • Cryptographically verified
Your Task

Analyze the network traffic capture to identify the source of the data exfiltration attempt...

Identify source IP
Find destination port
Interactive Terminal
analyst@hashfolio:~$ tcpdump -r capture.pcap | grep -i "POST"
12:34:56.789 IP 192.168.1.105.49234 > 45.33.32.156.443: POST /upload HTTP/1.1
Source IP:Internal employee machine
Destination:Unknown external server
Port 443:Answer found! ✓
analyst@hashfolio:~$ |
✓ Challenge 1 Complete! +25 pointsMoving to Challenge 2 in 5s...
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PORTFOLIO.md
# Security+ Log Analysis: Detecting Brute Force Attacks
✓ VerifiedSecurity+ • SY0-701 4.1 - Security Operations95%
## Drill Completion
Security+ Log Analysis: Detecting Brute Force Attacks
Security+ • SY0-701 4.1 - Security Operations✓ Verified
95%
💡 Why This Matters
Identified authentication anomalies by correlating failed login timestamps, recognizing the 3-second interval pattern typical of automated attacks vs. human typos.
Pattern recognition in logsAttack timeline reconstructionDistinguishing automated vs manual attempts
## Terminal Evidence
analyst@hashfolio ~
$ grep -i "failed" /var/log/auth.log | head -20
Dec 15 02:14:01 sshd[2847]: Failed password for admin
Dec 15 02:14:04 sshd[2847]: Failed password for admin
Dec 15 02:14:07 sshd[2847]: Failed password for root
$ awk '{print $11}' /var/log/auth.log | sort | uniq -c | sort -rn | head -10
412 192.168.1.105
203 10.0.0.88
156 172.16.5.22
76 192.168.1.42
$ grep "Invalid user" /var/log/auth.log | wc -l
847
$ cat /var/log/auth.log | grep "192.168.1.105" | tail -50
Dec 15 02:14:01 ... Failed password
Dec 15 03:47:58 ... Failed password
$ fail2ban-client status sshd
Status for the jail: sshd
|- Currently banned: 3
`- Total banned: 23
## Analysis Findings
✓Step 1: Found 847 failed login attempts in auth.log
✓Step 2: Identified 23 unique attacking IPs
✓Step 3: Calculated attack rate of 12 attempts/minute
✓Step 4: Mapped attack window: 2:14 AM - 3:47 AM
✓Step 5: Confirmed fail2ban blocking repeat offenders
## Credits Earned
📚
0.5 CEU
CompTIA
🏆
0.5 CPE
(ISC)²
31-minute hands-on drill mapped to Security+ Domain 4.1 (Security Operations)
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Portfolio.pdf

Security+ Log Analysis: Detecting Brute Force Attacks

VerifiedSecurity+ • SY0-701 4.1 - Security Operations95%

Why This Matters

Identified authentication anomalies by correlating failed login timestamps, recognizing the 3-second interval pattern typical of automated attacks vs. human typos.
Pattern recognition in logsAttack timeline reconstructionDistinguishing automated vs manual attempts

Terminal Evidence

analyst@hashfolio ~
$ grep -i "failed" /var/log/auth.log | head -20
Dec 15 02:14:01 sshd[2847]: Failed password for admin
Dec 15 02:14:04 sshd[2847]: Failed password for admin
Dec 15 02:14:07 sshd[2847]: Failed password for root
$ awk '{print $11}' /var/log/auth.log | sort | uniq -c | sort -rn | head -10
412 192.168.1.105
203 10.0.0.88
156 172.16.5.22
76 192.168.1.42
$ grep "Invalid user" /var/log/auth.log | wc -l
847
$ cat /var/log/auth.log | grep "192.168.1.105" | tail -50
Dec 15 02:14:01 ... Failed password
Dec 15 03:47:58 ... Failed password
$ fail2ban-client status sshd
Status for the jail: sshd
|- Currently banned: 3
`- Total banned: 23

Analysis Findings

✓Step 1: Found 847 failed login attempts in auth.log
✓Step 2: Identified 23 unique attacking IPs
✓Step 3: Calculated attack rate of 12 attempts/minute
✓Step 4: Mapped attack window: 2:14 AM - 3:47 AM
✓Step 5: Confirmed fail2ban blocking repeat offenders

Credits Earned

📚
0.5 CEU
CompTIA
🏆
0.5 CPE
(ISC)²
31-minute hands-on drill mapped to Security+ Domain 4.1 (Security Operations)
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ID: demo-alex-chen
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