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Published inAug 2023
PublisherPackt
ISBN-139781837634781
Edition1st Edition
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Mostafa Yahia
Mostafa Yahia
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Mostafa Yahia

Mostafa Yahia is a skilled and motivated threat investigator and hunter with a wealth of experience investigating and hunting down various cyber threats. He is a proven leader in building and leading cybersecurity-managed services such as SOC and threat-hunting services. Mostafa holds a bachelor's degree in computer science, which he earned in 2016, and has furthered his education by earning multiple industry-recognized certifications, including GCFA, GCIH, CCNA, and IBM QRadar. In addition to his professional work, Mostafa also shares his knowledge through free courses and lessons on his YouTube channel. Currently, he serves as the senior lead for cyber defence services in an MSSP company, overseeing SOC, TH, DFIR, and CA services.
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In this chapter, you learned about persistence techniques such as registry run keys, Windows scheduled tasks, Windows services, and WMI event subscription. You also learned how to investigate any suspicious persistence entries by analyzing Windows event logs. Also, you learned about lateral movement techniques, such as Remote Desktop application, Windows admin shares, the PsExec Sysinternals tool, and PowerShell remoting, and you learned how to investigate such activities by analyzing the Windows event logs recorded on both source and target machines.

In the next chapter, we will learn how to analyze network firewall logs.

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Mostafa Yahia

Mostafa Yahia is a skilled and motivated threat investigator and hunter with a wealth of experience investigating and hunting down various cyber threats. He is a proven leader in building and leading cybersecurity-managed services such as SOC and threat-hunting services. Mostafa holds a bachelor's degree in computer science, which he earned in 2016, and has furthered his education by earning multiple industry-recognized certifications, including GCFA, GCIH, CCNA, and IBM QRadar. In addition to his professional work, Mostafa also shares his knowledge through free courses and lessons on his YouTube channel. Currently, he serves as the senior lead for cyber defence services in an MSSP company, overseeing SOC, TH, DFIR, and CA services.
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