Explore Scripting Tools and Analysis Concepts

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Goals

• Understand shell scripting concepts.
• Explore bash scripting.
• Review PowerShell concepts.
• Explore regular expressions.
• Explore analysis methods.

Understand Scripting Languages

• Essential Shell Scripting Commands
• Bash Shell Variables and Loops
• Metacharacters, Quotes, and Redirection
  • escape character with /
  • command substitution uses back ticks around expression
    • can be stored in variable
  • redirect standard out with >
  • append standard out with >>
• Windows PowerShell
• Additional Scripting Tools
  • Windows Management Instrumentation Command-Line (WMIC)
  • Python
  • Regular Expressions (Regex)
  • JavaScript Object Notation (JSON)
  • Extensible Markup Language (XML)

Identify Malicious Activity Through Analysis

• Using Analysis to Identify Malicious Activity
• Identifying Malicious Activity Example