🎯 What You'll Learn
- Write Suricata/Snort signatures
- Use Zeek for protocol-level detection
- Tune rules to cut false positives
- Validate detections against real traffic
Overview
Detection is the other half of security. This lab moves you from attacker to defender, writing rules that flag the very techniques you’ve been practising.
Core Topics
- Rule syntax and structure
- Zeek scripting basics
- Tuning and thresholds
- Detection validation
Prerequisites
A working KaliRange lab environment and comfort with the Linux command line.
Recommended Workflow
- Spin up the target in your KaliRange lab environment and confirm connectivity.
- Enumerate the target thoroughly before touching any exploit — information first.
- Reproduce each technique by hand so you understand why it works, not just the command.
- Capture evidence (commands, output, screenshots) as you go.
- Write a short note on how a defender would detect or prevent what you just did.
Only ever run these techniques against systems you own or have explicit written permission to test. Practise inside your own KaliRange lab.
Your Goal
Work through every task in your own lab, document your findings as you would on a real engagement, then note the defensive takeaways.
Ready to practise. Work through the steps above at your own pace, then move on to a related lab.