🎯 What You'll Learn
- Triage alerts by severity and context
- Pivot through related events in a SIEM
- Separate true and false positives
- Document findings and escalate correctly
Overview
A SOC analyst lives in the alert queue. This lab puts you in that seat: take raw alerts, pivot through log data in a SIEM, separate true positives from noise, and document a sound escalation decision.
Core Topics
- Alert triage methodology
- SIEM pivoting
- False-positive reduction
- Escalation and handoff notes
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.