In this series, I have joined up with the team at Cympire to teach you how to hunt for adversary persistence mechanisms in your environment. Cympire is “The Most Advanced Cybersecurity Training & Assessment Platform” and it will provide you with a virtualized battleground to test your cyber capabilities.
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Learn how attackers use Windows registry keys to maintain persistence once they’ve compromised a machine. Then see how to hunt for these malicious keys.
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Learn how attackers use scheduled tasks to maintain persistence once they’ve compromised a machine. Then see how to hunt for these tasks.
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Learn how attackers use Windows services to maintain persistence once they’ve compromised a machine. Then see how to hunt for these malicious services.
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Learn how attackers use the Windows Startup Folder to maintain persistence once they’ve compromised a machine. Then hunt for these malicious Startup Folder items.
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