Getting real-world cybersecurity practice isn’t always possible. Fortunately, out there, there are free, interactive labs that will give you the opportunity to learn by doing. One great example is ...

Splunk is a powerful platform used for searching, monitoring, and analyzing machine-generated data. One of the coolest parts of Splunk is its Searching Processing Language (SPL), that allows you to...

RTT (Round-Trip Time) is the time it takes for a packet of data to travel from your computer to a destination and back. This duration is typically measured in milliseconds. But why is this metri...

The Get-WinEvent cmdlet is an essential PowerShell tool for querying Windows Event Logs at scale. It will make your job much easier by letting you search through all kinds of logs, from the familia...

Windows Event Logs are a rich source of information for monitoring system activity and detecting malicious behavior. They can provide you invaluable visibility into what’s happening under the hood ...

In network analysis, delta time is simply the difference in time between packets, that is, the time that passes between one packet and the one just before it. Delta time can help you analyze delay...

Port scanning is a common technique used by adversaries and security teams to identify open ports and services on a network device. The goal is to discover vulnerabilities on a target system. In th...

During this challenge, you’ll use Wireshark and the terminal to investigates the extent of a brute-force attack carried out by an adversary. You’ll have to use all the your knowledge and skills you...

A proxy server is a dedicated server that sits between a client and a destination. The destination can be either a public-facing endpoint (such as a web server or cloud service) or a private networ...

In this article, I’ll walk you through how to solve each question from the Introduction to Windows Command Line Skills assessment section. However, I strongly encourage you to try solving them on y...