SSH Authentication Threat Hunting

SSH Authentication Threat Hunting

Dive into security operations by investigating SSH authentication activity within a corporate network environment. This lab guides you through analyzing authentication logs to uncover failed login patterns, identify brute-force attempts, detect reconnaissance behavior, and correlate indicators of potential compromises. You'll develop practical query-writing skills and learn to think analytically when examining authentication data to distinguish legitimate access from malicious activity targeting remote services

By CyberTask Engineer ยท Easy level

17 Tasks
1 Sections
140 Points
1 hr Duration

What You'll Learn

  • Analyze SSH authentication logs to detect brute-force attacks
  • Identify reconnaissance behavior and credential compromise patterns
  • Build comprehensive attack summary reports from log data

Prerequisites

  • Basic understanding of SSH protocol
  • Log analysis fundamentals
Tools & Technologies
Splunk SIEM
SPL Query Language
SSH Log Analysis

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