Packet Capture Analysis Challenges
Master packet capture analysis through hands-on challenges and real-world scenarios.
What You'll Learn
- Core concepts and fundamentals in packet capture analysis
- Real-world application scenarios and case studies
- Industry-standard tools and techniques
- Problem-solving methodologies and best practices
Career Opportunities
Skills in packet capture analysis are essential for roles like:
- • Security Engineer
- • Penetration Tester
- • Security Analyst
- • Security Consultant
- • Incident Response Specialist
Available Packet Capture Analysis Challenges
The Digital Heist
Analyze a network breach where attackers exfiltrate sensitive data through malicious traffic. Use Wireshark to filter packets, uncover suspicious activity, and recover the stolen flag hidden in the capture.
Wireshark-Mako
Learn how to analyze a real network capture in Wireshark to uncover suspicious activity hidden among normal business traffic. Learn to filter, follow conversations, and extract evidence to reveal the hidden data.
Wireshark-Tiger
In this advanced network forensics challenge, you’ll step into the role of a cybersecurity analyst tasked with uncovering a sophisticated cyber attack hidden inside normal-looking business traffic. Unlike basic cases where malware is obvious, this investigation pushes you to detect subtle anomalies, encrypted communications, and coordinated multi-stage attack patterns using advanced Wireshark features.
Wireshark-Hammerhead
In this advanced challenge, you’ll step into the role of an elite threat hunter tasked with investigating a nation-state level APT campaign. Over a six-hour capture window, you’ll uncover how attackers use covert channels, protocol abuse, and anti-forensics to evade detection while orchestrating multi-vector operations. You’ll analyze DNS tunneling, ICMP covert communications, HTTP steganography, supply chain compromises, and insider threat patterns. Along the way, you’ll extract intelligence indicators, correlate activity across multiple attack vectors, and reconstruct the entire campaign timeline. By completing this lab, you’ll learn the same expert-level methodologies used by top security teams worldwide to defend critical infrastructure and national security assets against the most dangerous cyber adversaries.
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