Exercise: Detect Malware and Scan for Malicious Links Using VirusTotal

You are a network administrator at a local organization and you have been asked to detect any malware or malicious links that may be present on your organization’s network. You have been provided with access to a malware detection tool, VirusTotal, and you have been asked to use this tool to identify any potential threats. … Read more

Exercise: Identify Phishing and Spear-Phishing Websites Using urlscan.io

You are a network administrator at a local organization and you have been asked to identify any phishing or spear-phishing websites that may be targeting your organization. You have been provided with access to a network scanning tool, urlscan.io, and you have been asked to use this tool to identify any potential threats. Tools needed: … Read more

Exercise: Retrieve Recently Registered Domain Names for a Country

You are a network administrator at a local organization and you have been asked to retrieve a list of recently registered domain names for a specific country. You have been provided with access to a domain name lookup tool, DomainTools’ Whois Search, and you have been asked to use this tool to retrieve the list … Read more

Exercise: Map the Company’s External Facing Assets Using dnsdumpster.com

You are a network administrator at a local organization and you have been asked to map the organization’s external facing assets. You have been provided with access to a network scanning tool, dnsdumpster.com, and you have been asked to use this tool to passively map the organization’s external facing assets. Tools needed: dnsdumpster.com Step 1: … Read more

Exercise: Map an Organization’s External Facing Assets

You are a network administrator at a local organization and you have been asked to map the organization’s external facing assets. You have been provided with access to a network scanning tool, shodan.io, and you have been asked to use this tool to passively map the organization’s external facing assets. Tools needed: shodan.io Step 1: … Read more

Exercise: Identify Domains and Sub-Domains for an Organization

You are a network administrator at a local organization and you have been asked to identify all of the domains and sub-domains that belong to the organization. You have been provided with access to a network scanning tool, nmap, and you have been asked to use this tool to scan the organization’s network for domains … Read more