ineedcodes 1.6.0 → 1.7.0
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- package/package.json +2 -1
- package/skills/401-403-bypass-techniques/SKILL.md +348 -0
- package/skills/active-directory-acl-abuse/BLOODHOUND_PATHS.md +281 -0
- package/skills/active-directory-acl-abuse/SKILL.md +295 -0
- package/skills/active-directory-certificate-services/ADCS_ESC_MATRIX.md +197 -0
- package/skills/active-directory-certificate-services/SKILL.md +303 -0
- package/skills/active-directory-kerberos-attacks/KERBEROS_ATTACK_CHAINS.md +226 -0
- package/skills/active-directory-kerberos-attacks/SKILL.md +311 -0
- package/skills/ai-ml-security/SKILL.md +425 -0
- package/skills/android-pentesting-tricks/FRIDA_SCRIPTS.md +394 -0
- package/skills/android-pentesting-tricks/SKILL.md +369 -0
- package/skills/anti-debugging-techniques/ANTI_DEBUG_MATRIX.md +117 -0
- package/skills/anti-debugging-techniques/SKILL.md +407 -0
- package/skills/api-auth-and-jwt-abuse/SKILL.md +76 -0
- package/skills/api-authorization-and-bola/SKILL.md +48 -0
- package/skills/api-recon-and-docs/SKILL.md +61 -0
- package/skills/api-sec/SKILL.md +49 -0
- package/skills/arbitrary-write-to-rce/SKILL.md +361 -0
- package/skills/auth-sec/SKILL.md +41 -0
- package/skills/authbypass-authentication-flaws/SKILL.md +441 -0
- package/skills/bba-ad-attacker/SKILL.md +420 -0
- package/skills/bba-api-security/SKILL.md +95 -0
- package/skills/bba-attack-planner/SKILL.md +186 -0
- package/skills/bba-binary-exploit/SKILL.md +65 -0
- package/skills/bba-bizlogic-hunter/SKILL.md +304 -0
- package/skills/bba-bug-bounty/SKILL.md +245 -0
- package/skills/bba-cicd-redteam/SKILL.md +515 -0
- package/skills/bba-cloud-security/SKILL.md +97 -0
- package/skills/bba-container-escape/SKILL.md +161 -0
- package/skills/bba-credential-tester/SKILL.md +346 -0
- package/skills/bba-crypto-analyst/SKILL.md +54 -0
- package/skills/bba-ctf-solver/SKILL.md +166 -0
- package/skills/bba-detection-engineer/SKILL.md +93 -0
- package/skills/bba-engagement-planner/SKILL.md +68 -0
- package/skills/bba-exploit-chainer/SKILL.md +280 -0
- package/skills/bba-exploit-guide/SKILL.md +96 -0
- package/skills/bba-forensics-analyst/SKILL.md +512 -0
- package/skills/bba-graphql-hunter/SKILL.md +145 -0
- package/skills/bba-hardware-hacker/SKILL.md +57 -0
- package/skills/bba-jwt-cracker/SKILL.md +133 -0
- package/skills/bba-llm-redteam/SKILL.md +149 -0
- package/skills/bba-malware-analyst/SKILL.md +305 -0
- package/skills/bba-mobile-pentester/SKILL.md +350 -0
- package/skills/bba-osint-collector/SKILL.md +645 -0
- package/skills/bba-payload-crafter/SKILL.md +347 -0
- package/skills/bba-phishing-operator/SKILL.md +516 -0
- package/skills/bba-poc-validator/SKILL.md +249 -0
- package/skills/bba-privesc-advisor/SKILL.md +98 -0
- package/skills/bba-purple-team/SKILL.md +56 -0
- package/skills/bba-recon-advisor/SKILL.md +215 -0
- package/skills/bba-red-team-operator/SKILL.md +61 -0
- package/skills/bba-report-generator/SKILL.md +145 -0
- package/skills/bba-reverse-engineer/SKILL.md +298 -0
- package/skills/bba-social-engineer/SKILL.md +341 -0
- package/skills/bba-ssrf-hunter/SKILL.md +120 -0
- package/skills/bba-stig-analyst/SKILL.md +108 -0
- package/skills/bba-subdomain-takeover/SKILL.md +141 -0
- package/skills/bba-swarm-orchestrator/SKILL.md +351 -0
- package/skills/bba-threat-modeler/SKILL.md +574 -0
- package/skills/bba-vuln-scanner/SKILL.md +305 -0
- package/skills/bba-web-hunter/SKILL.md +285 -0
- package/skills/bba-wireless-pentester/SKILL.md +539 -0
- package/skills/binary-protection-bypass/PROTECTION_BYPASS_MATRIX.md +168 -0
- package/skills/binary-protection-bypass/SKILL.md +295 -0
- package/skills/browser-exploitation-v8/SKILL.md +334 -0
- package/skills/browser-exploitation-v8/V8_EXPLOITATION_PATTERNS.md +288 -0
- package/skills/business-logic-vuln/SKILL.md +33 -0
- package/skills/business-logic-vulnerabilities/CHECKLIST.md +375 -0
- package/skills/business-logic-vulnerabilities/METHODOLOGY.md +337 -0
- package/skills/business-logic-vulnerabilities/SCENARIOS.md +1095 -0
- package/skills/business-logic-vulnerabilities/SKILL.md +711 -0
- package/skills/classical-cipher-analysis/SKILL.md +663 -0
- package/skills/clickjacking/SKILL.md +163 -0
- package/skills/cmdi-command-injection/SKILL.md +687 -0
- package/skills/code-obfuscation-deobfuscation/SKILL.md +391 -0
- package/skills/container-escape-techniques/DOCKER_ESCAPE_CHAINS.md +296 -0
- package/skills/container-escape-techniques/SKILL.md +339 -0
- package/skills/cors-cross-origin-misconfiguration/SCENARIOS.md +152 -0
- package/skills/cors-cross-origin-misconfiguration/SKILL.md +270 -0
- package/skills/crlf-injection/SKILL.md +179 -0
- package/skills/csp-bypass-advanced/SKILL.md +259 -0
- package/skills/csrf-cross-site-request-forgery/SKILL.md +526 -0
- package/skills/csv-formula-injection/SKILL.md +144 -0
- package/skills/dangling-markup-injection/SKILL.md +321 -0
- package/skills/defi-attack-patterns/SKILL.md +355 -0
- package/skills/dependency-confusion/SKILL.md +178 -0
- package/skills/deserialization-insecure/JAVA_GADGET_CHAINS.md +511 -0
- package/skills/deserialization-insecure/SKILL.md +725 -0
- package/skills/dns-rebinding-attacks/SKILL.md +337 -0
- package/skills/email-header-injection/SKILL.md +349 -0
- package/skills/expression-language-injection/SKILL.md +243 -0
- package/skills/file-access-vuln/SKILL.md +33 -0
- package/skills/format-string-exploitation/SKILL.md +312 -0
- package/skills/ghost-bits-cast-attack/PAYLOAD_COOKBOOK.md +448 -0
- package/skills/ghost-bits-cast-attack/SKILL.md +799 -0
- package/skills/graphql-and-hidden-parameters/SKILL.md +50 -0
- package/skills/hack/SKILL.md +162 -0
- package/skills/hash-attack-techniques/SKILL.md +491 -0
- package/skills/heap-exploitation/HOUSE_OF_TECHNIQUES.md +244 -0
- package/skills/heap-exploitation/IO_FILE_EXPLOITATION.md +256 -0
- package/skills/heap-exploitation/SKILL.md +217 -0
- package/skills/http-host-header-attacks/SKILL.md +323 -0
- package/skills/http-parameter-pollution/SKILL.md +208 -0
- package/skills/http2-specific-attacks/SKILL.md +350 -0
- package/skills/idor-broken-object-authorization/SKILL.md +336 -0
- package/skills/injection-checking/EXTRA_INJECTION_TYPES.md +450 -0
- package/skills/injection-checking/SKILL.md +50 -0
- package/skills/insecure-source-code-management/SKILL.md +161 -0
- package/skills/ios-pentesting-tricks/IOS_RUNTIME_TRICKS.md +411 -0
- package/skills/ios-pentesting-tricks/SKILL.md +418 -0
- package/skills/jndi-injection/SKILL.md +265 -0
- package/skills/jwt-oauth-token-attacks/SKILL.md +301 -0
- package/skills/kernel-exploitation/KERNEL_HEAP_TECHNIQUES.md +293 -0
- package/skills/kernel-exploitation/KERNEL_MITIGATION_BYPASS.md +224 -0
- package/skills/kernel-exploitation/SKILL.md +307 -0
- package/skills/kubernetes-pentesting/SKILL.md +348 -0
- package/skills/lattice-crypto-attacks/SKILL.md +497 -0
- package/skills/linux-lateral-movement/SKILL.md +348 -0
- package/skills/linux-privilege-escalation/KERNEL_EXPLOITS_CHECKLIST.md +260 -0
- package/skills/linux-privilege-escalation/SKILL.md +346 -0
- package/skills/linux-privilege-escalation/SUID_CAPABILITIES_TRICKS.md +305 -0
- package/skills/linux-security-bypass/SKILL.md +345 -0
- package/skills/llm-prompt-injection/JAILBREAK_PATTERNS.md +306 -0
- package/skills/llm-prompt-injection/SKILL.md +357 -0
- package/skills/macos-process-injection/DYLIB_XPC_TECHNIQUES.md +373 -0
- package/skills/macos-process-injection/SKILL.md +384 -0
- package/skills/macos-security-bypass/SKILL.md +337 -0
- package/skills/macos-security-bypass/TCC_BYPASS_MATRIX.md +200 -0
- package/skills/memory-forensics-volatility/SKILL.md +323 -0
- package/skills/memory-forensics-volatility/VOLATILITY_CHEATSHEET.md +225 -0
- package/skills/mobile-ssl-pinning-bypass/SKILL.md +531 -0
- package/skills/network-protocol-attacks/NAME_RESOLUTION_POISONING.md +226 -0
- package/skills/network-protocol-attacks/SKILL.md +330 -0
- package/skills/nosql-injection/SKILL.md +341 -0
- package/skills/ntlm-relay-coercion/COERCION_METHODS.md +253 -0
- package/skills/ntlm-relay-coercion/SKILL.md +267 -0
- package/skills/oauth-oidc-misconfiguration/SKILL.md +46 -0
- package/skills/open-redirect/SKILL.md +380 -0
- package/skills/path-traversal-lfi/SKILL.md +802 -0
- package/skills/prototype-pollution/SKILL.md +190 -0
- package/skills/prototype-pollution-advanced/KNOWN_GADGETS.md +253 -0
- package/skills/prototype-pollution-advanced/SKILL.md +338 -0
- package/skills/race-condition/SKILL.md +526 -0
- package/skills/recon-and-methodology/SKILL.md +389 -0
- package/skills/recon-for-sec/SKILL.md +29 -0
- package/skills/request-smuggling/H2_SMUGGLING_VARIANTS.md +498 -0
- package/skills/request-smuggling/SKILL.md +314 -0
- package/skills/reverse-shell-techniques/SHELL_CHEATSHEET.md +196 -0
- package/skills/reverse-shell-techniques/SKILL.md +290 -0
- package/skills/rsa-attack-techniques/RSA_ATTACK_CATALOG.md +432 -0
- package/skills/rsa-attack-techniques/SKILL.md +437 -0
- package/skills/saml-sso-assertion-attacks/SKILL.md +41 -0
- package/skills/sandbox-escape-techniques/PYTHON_SANDBOX_ESCAPE.md +349 -0
- package/skills/sandbox-escape-techniques/SECCOMP_BYPASS.md +332 -0
- package/skills/sandbox-escape-techniques/SKILL.md +250 -0
- package/skills/smart-contract-vulnerabilities/SKILL.md +314 -0
- package/skills/smart-contract-vulnerabilities/SOLIDITY_VULN_PATTERNS.md +460 -0
- package/skills/sqli-sql-injection/SCENARIOS.md +575 -0
- package/skills/sqli-sql-injection/SKILL.md +489 -0
- package/skills/sqli-sql-injection/SQLMAP_ADVANCED.md +642 -0
- package/skills/ssrf-server-side-request-forgery/SCENARIOS.md +226 -0
- package/skills/ssrf-server-side-request-forgery/SKILL.md +323 -0
- package/skills/ssrf-server-side-request-forgery/URL_PARSER_TRICKS.md +650 -0
- package/skills/ssti-server-side-template-injection/ENGINE_PAYLOADS.md +456 -0
- package/skills/ssti-server-side-template-injection/SCENARIOS.md +319 -0
- package/skills/ssti-server-side-template-injection/SKILL.md +344 -0
- package/skills/stack-overflow-and-rop/ROP_ADVANCED_TECHNIQUES.md +249 -0
- package/skills/stack-overflow-and-rop/SKILL.md +304 -0
- package/skills/steganography-techniques/SKILL.md +348 -0
- package/skills/steganography-techniques/STEGO_TOOLS_GUIDE.md +335 -0
- package/skills/subdomain-takeover/SKILL.md +247 -0
- package/skills/symbolic-execution-tools/ANGR_COOKBOOK.md +437 -0
- package/skills/symbolic-execution-tools/SKILL.md +419 -0
- package/skills/symmetric-cipher-attacks/BLOCK_CIPHER_ATTACKS.md +364 -0
- package/skills/symmetric-cipher-attacks/SKILL.md +462 -0
- package/skills/traffic-analysis-pcap/SKILL.md +341 -0
- package/skills/tunneling-and-pivoting/SKILL.md +343 -0
- package/skills/type-juggling/SKILL.md +291 -0
- package/skills/unauthorized-access-common-services/PORT_SERVICE_MATRIX.md +340 -0
- package/skills/unauthorized-access-common-services/SKILL.md +388 -0
- package/skills/upload-insecure-files/SCENARIOS.md +158 -0
- package/skills/upload-insecure-files/SKILL.md +543 -0
- package/skills/vm-and-bytecode-reverse/SKILL.md +450 -0
- package/skills/vr-cheatsheet-authentication_bypass/SKILL.md +184 -0
- package/skills/vr-cheatsheet-dangerous_functions/SKILL.md +200 -0
- package/skills/vr-cheatsheet-linux_commands/SKILL.md +40 -0
- package/skills/vr-cheatsheet-rce/SKILL.md +177 -0
- package/skills/vr-cheatsheet-reverse_engineering/SKILL.md +144 -0
- package/skills/vr-cheatsheet-sqli/SKILL.md +270 -0
- package/skills/vr-cheatsheet-ssrf/SKILL.md +173 -0
- package/skills/vr-cheatsheet-xss/SKILL.md +177 -0
- package/skills/vr-methodology-mindset_and_tips/SKILL.md +51 -0
- package/skills/vr-template-vulnerability_report_template/SKILL.md +59 -0
- package/skills/vr-writeup-CVE-2026-9136/SKILL.md +171 -0
- package/skills/vr-writeup-ZVE-2026-3795/SKILL.md +350 -0
- package/skills/vr-writeup-api_key_leak/SKILL.md +103 -0
- package/skills/waf-bypass-techniques/SKILL.md +290 -0
- package/skills/waf-bypass-techniques/WAF_PRODUCT_MATRIX.md +202 -0
- package/skills/web-cache-deception/CACHE_POISONING_TECHNIQUES.md +637 -0
- package/skills/web-cache-deception/SKILL.md +222 -0
- package/skills/websocket-security/SKILL.md +454 -0
- package/skills/windows-av-evasion/AMSI_BYPASS_TECHNIQUES.md +289 -0
- package/skills/windows-av-evasion/SKILL.md +342 -0
- package/skills/windows-lateral-movement/CREDENTIAL_DUMPING.md +308 -0
- package/skills/windows-lateral-movement/SKILL.md +335 -0
- package/skills/windows-privilege-escalation/SKILL.md +328 -0
- package/skills/windows-privilege-escalation/TOKEN_POTATO_TRICKS.md +216 -0
- package/skills/windows-privilege-escalation/UAC_BYPASS_METHODS.md +225 -0
- package/skills/xslt-injection/SKILL.md +281 -0
- package/skills/xss-cross-site-scripting/ADVANCED_XSS_TRICKS.md +276 -0
- package/skills/xss-cross-site-scripting/SCENARIOS.md +278 -0
- package/skills/xss-cross-site-scripting/SKILL.md +379 -0
- package/skills/xxe-xml-external-entity/SCENARIOS.md +112 -0
- package/skills/xxe-xml-external-entity/SKILL.md +554 -0
- package/src/agent.js +1 -1
- package/src/session.js +47 -11
- package/src/skills.js +30 -6
- package/src/ui.js +1 -1
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### Analysis Methodology
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1. **Identify pivot points**: Start with known indicators (IP addresses, filenames, user accounts, timestamps from alerts).
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2. **Expand outward**: From each pivot point, identify related events within a time window (typically +/- 30 minutes initially, then expand).
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3. **Correlate across sources**: Match filesystem timestamps with event logs, network connections, and memory artifacts.
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4. **Identify gaps**: Note periods where expected log data is missing, which may indicate log clearing or system downtime.
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5. **Establish sequences**: Build cause-and-effect chains (initial access, execution, persistence, lateral movement, exfiltration).
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6. **Timestamp validation**: Account for timezone differences, clock skew, and timestamp granularity across different evidence sources.
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### AWS
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- **CloudTrail**: API call history. Focus on `ConsoleLogin`, `AssumeRole`, `RunInstances`, `CreateUser`, `PutBucketPolicy`, `StopLogging` events.
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```bash
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# Search for suspicious API calls
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aws cloudtrail lookup-events --lookup-attributes AttributeKey=EventName,AttributeValue=StopLogging
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- **VPC Flow Logs**: Network flow data for VPC traffic analysis.
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- **S3 Access Logs**: Bucket-level access logging for data access auditing.
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- **GuardDuty findings**: Review automated threat detection alerts.
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### Azure
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- **Azure Activity Log**: Subscription-level operations (resource creation, deletion, modifications).
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- **Azure AD Sign-In Logs**: Authentication events including conditional access evaluation results.
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- **Azure AD Audit Logs**: Directory changes, application registrations, role assignments.
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- **NSG Flow Logs**: Network Security Group traffic flow data.
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+
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### GCP
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+
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- **Cloud Audit Logs**: Admin Activity, Data Access, System Event, and Policy Denied logs.
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- **VPC Flow Logs**: Network telemetry for GCP VPC traffic.
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398
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- **Access Transparency Logs**: Google staff access to customer data (for regulated environments).
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399
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+
|
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400
|
+
### Container and Serverless Forensics
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401
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+
|
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402
|
+
- **Docker layer analysis**: Inspect image layers with `docker history` and `docker inspect`. Export container filesystem with `docker export` for offline analysis.
|
|
403
|
+
- **Kubernetes audit logs**: API server requests including authentication identity, resource, verb, and response code.
|
|
404
|
+
- **Serverless execution logs**: CloudWatch Logs (Lambda), Azure Functions logs, Cloud Functions logs. Correlate invocation IDs with surrounding events.
|
|
405
|
+
- **Container runtime artifacts**: Check `/var/lib/docker/`, `/var/lib/containerd/`, and container overlay filesystems.
|
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406
|
+
|
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407
|
+
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+
|
|
409
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+
## 9. Anti-Forensics Detection
|
|
410
|
+
|
|
411
|
+
### Timestomping Detection
|
|
412
|
+
|
|
413
|
+
- Compare $MFT $STANDARD_INFORMATION timestamps against $FILENAME timestamps. Discrepancies indicate timestomping (MITRE ATT&CK T1070.006).
|
|
414
|
+
- Check $UsnJrnl entries for the same file to reveal original operation timestamps.
|
|
415
|
+
- Use `MFTECmd` or `analyzeMFT` to parse and compare timestamp sets.
|
|
416
|
+
|
|
417
|
+
### Log Clearing Detection
|
|
418
|
+
|
|
419
|
+
- **Windows**: Event ID 1102 (Security log cleared), Event ID 104 (System log cleared). Absence of expected log continuity.
|
|
420
|
+
- **Linux**: Gaps in sequential log entries, truncated log files, missing rotation archives, `auditd` stop events.
|
|
421
|
+
- Correlate the log clearing event timestamp with other activity to identify the responsible user or process (MITRE ATT&CK T1070.001).
|
|
422
|
+
|
|
423
|
+
### Secure Deletion Artifacts
|
|
424
|
+
|
|
425
|
+
- Look for artifacts from secure deletion tools (SDelete, BleachBit, shred): $UsnJrnl rename patterns, prefetch evidence of tool execution, residual MFT entries.
|
|
426
|
+
- TRIM/discard commands on SSDs may limit recovery but leave detectable artifacts in filesystem journals.
|
|
427
|
+
|
|
428
|
+
### Steganography Detection
|
|
429
|
+
|
|
430
|
+
- Use statistical analysis tools (StegDetect, zsteg) on image files.
|
|
431
|
+
- Compare file sizes against expected sizes for given dimensions and format.
|
|
432
|
+
- Analyze least significant bit patterns for non-random distributions.
|
|
433
|
+
|
|
434
|
+
### Encrypted Volume Identification
|
|
435
|
+
|
|
436
|
+
- Detect TrueCrypt/VeraCrypt containers by identifying files with high entropy and no recognizable file signature.
|
|
437
|
+
- Check for BitLocker recovery keys in Active Directory or Azure AD.
|
|
438
|
+
- Identify LUKS headers on Linux volumes.
|
|
439
|
+
|
|
440
|
+
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|
|
441
|
+
|
|
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|
+
## 10. Reporting
|
|
443
|
+
|
|
444
|
+
### Report Structure
|
|
445
|
+
|
|
446
|
+
1. **Executive Summary**: Non-technical overview of findings, impact, and recommended actions. Written for leadership and legal audiences.
|
|
447
|
+
2. **Scope and Authority**: Legal authorization, scope limitations, evidence custodians, and examination timeframe.
|
|
448
|
+
3. **Evidence Inventory**: Complete list of all evidence items with chain of custody references and hash values.
|
|
449
|
+
4. **Tools and Methodology**: All tools used with versions, examination methodology, and any limitations encountered.
|
|
450
|
+
5. **Timeline Narrative**: Chronological account of events supported by evidence citations. Clearly mark inferences versus observed facts.
|
|
451
|
+
6. **Technical Findings**: Detailed analysis organized by evidence source or investigation phase. Include screenshots, log excerpts, and artifact references.
|
|
452
|
+
7. **Indicators of Compromise (IOCs)**: Structured list of all identified indicators:
|
|
453
|
+
- File hashes (MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256)
|
|
454
|
+
- IP addresses and domain names
|
|
455
|
+
- File paths and names
|
|
456
|
+
- Registry keys and values
|
|
457
|
+
- Email addresses
|
|
458
|
+
- YARA rules (if developed)
|
|
459
|
+
8. **MITRE ATT&CK Mapping**: Map observed adversary behavior to ATT&CK techniques and tactics.
|
|
460
|
+
9. **Confidence Assessment**: Rate each finding with a confidence level and supporting rationale.
|
|
461
|
+
10. **Recommendations**: Containment, eradication, recovery, and hardening recommendations prioritized by risk.
|
|
462
|
+
11. **Appendices**: Full evidence listings, hash values, tool output, and chain of custody forms.
|
|
463
|
+
|
|
464
|
+
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|
465
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+
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|
466
|
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## MITRE ATT&CK Mappings
|
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467
|
+
|
|
468
|
+
Key techniques relevant to forensic analysis:
|
|
469
|
+
|
|
470
|
+
### Defense Evasion
|
|
471
|
+
|
|
472
|
+
| Technique ID | Name | Forensic Detection Approach |
|
|
473
|
+
|-------------|------|----------------------------|
|
|
474
|
+
| T1070.001 | Indicator Removal: Clear Windows Event Logs | Event ID 1102/104, log gaps, $UsnJrnl evidence of evtx file modification |
|
|
475
|
+
| T1070.003 | Indicator Removal: Clear Command History | Missing or truncated history files, timestamp gaps in bash_history |
|
|
476
|
+
| T1070.004 | Indicator Removal: File Deletion | $MFT resident entries, $UsnJrnl delete records, file carving from unallocated space |
|
|
477
|
+
| T1070.006 | Indicator Removal: Timestomping | $SI vs $FN timestamp discrepancies, $UsnJrnl timeline inconsistencies |
|
|
478
|
+
| T1036.005 | Masquerading: Match Legitimate Name or Location | Process-to-binary path verification, digital signature validation, hash comparison |
|
|
479
|
+
| T1027 | Obfuscated Files or Information | Entropy analysis, script deobfuscation, packed binary detection |
|
|
480
|
+
| T1140 | Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information | Monitor for certutil, PowerShell Decode, or base64 utility execution |
|
|
481
|
+
| T1055 | Process Injection | Volatility malfind, unexpected DLLs in process space, RWX memory regions |
|
|
482
|
+
| T1562.001 | Impair Defenses: Disable or Modify Tools | Service stop events, registry changes to security tool keys, tampered binaries |
|
|
483
|
+
|
|
484
|
+
### Persistence
|
|
485
|
+
|
|
486
|
+
| Technique ID | Name | Forensic Detection Approach |
|
|
487
|
+
|-------------|------|----------------------------|
|
|
488
|
+
| T1547.001 | Boot or Logon Autostart: Registry Run Keys | Registry analysis of Run/RunOnce keys, timeline correlation |
|
|
489
|
+
| T1053.005 | Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task | Task XML files, TaskScheduler event logs, registry entries |
|
|
490
|
+
| T1543.003 | Create or Modify System Process: Windows Service | Event ID 7045, SYSTEM hive Services key analysis |
|
|
491
|
+
| T1546.003 | Event Triggered Execution: WMI Event Subscription | WMI repository OBJECTS.DATA parsing, Sysmon Event 19/20/21 |
|
|
492
|
+
| T1136 | Create Account | Event ID 4720, SAM hive new entries, /etc/passwd modifications |
|
|
493
|
+
|
|
494
|
+
### Lateral Movement
|
|
495
|
+
|
|
496
|
+
| Technique ID | Name | Forensic Detection Approach |
|
|
497
|
+
|-------------|------|----------------------------|
|
|
498
|
+
| T1021.001 | Remote Services: RDP | Event ID 4624 Type 10, TerminalServices logs, bitmap cache |
|
|
499
|
+
| T1021.002 | Remote Services: SMB/Windows Admin Shares | Event ID 5140/5145, network traffic analysis, prefetch for PsExec |
|
|
500
|
+
| T1021.004 | Remote Services: SSH | auth.log entries, known_hosts changes, authorized_keys additions |
|
|
501
|
+
| T1550.002 | Use Alternate Authentication Material: Pass the Hash | Event ID 4624 Type 3 with NTLM, abnormal account-to-host patterns |
|
|
502
|
+
| T1550.003 | Use Alternate Authentication Material: Pass the Ticket | Event ID 4768/4769 anomalies, Kerberos ticket extraction from memory |
|
|
503
|
+
|
|
504
|
+
### Collection and Exfiltration
|
|
505
|
+
|
|
506
|
+
| Technique ID | Name | Forensic Detection Approach |
|
|
507
|
+
|-------------|------|----------------------------|
|
|
508
|
+
| T1560 | Archive Collected Data | Prefetch/execution evidence of compression utilities, staged archive files |
|
|
509
|
+
| T1048 | Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol | DNS tunneling detection, ICMP payload analysis, unusual protocol usage |
|
|
510
|
+
| T1567 | Exfiltration Over Web Service | Proxy logs, SSL/TLS connections to cloud storage, browser artifacts |
|
|
511
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+
|
|
512
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+
> Source: matty69v/Bug-Bounty-Agents. Authorized security work only. Gated skill: needs the developer keyword.
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