RESOURCES
Here’s a collection of materials, notes, and references I used while working on the challenges.
- MITRE ATT&CK: An accessible knowledge base of adversary tactics and techniques based on real-world observations.
- OpenSearch Dashboards: A fully open-source search and analytics suite that enables people to ingest, secure, search, view, and analyze data.
- Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP): An Internet standard communication protocol for email transmission.
- CyberChef: An open-source web-based tool that allows users to conduct data manipulation and network data analysis.
- FBI Guidance on Ransomware: FBI guidance and recommendations on the prevention and response to ransomware attacks.
- Social Engineering Tactics for Incident Response: Informational site on social engineering.
- Negotiation Skills: Informational site from Harvard on the topic of negotiation.
- The Psychology of Influence and Persuasion: A book on persuasion and how to become a skilled persuader.
- Wireshark: A free open-source network protocol analyzer that inspects network traffic allowing users to analyze data at the packet level.