RansomedTrust - Lynx

RansomedTrust - Lynx is a blue team lab that falls under the Threat Hunting category and will cover the following subjects: CFF Explorer, PEStudio, CyberChef, IDA, Splunk, Initial Access, Execution, Persistence, Privilege Escalation, Defense Evasion, Credential Access, Discovery, Lateral Movement, Collection, Command and Control, Impact.

Learning Objectives

Investigate a multi-stage LYNX ransomware intrusion across two trusted Active Directory forests in Splunk, then statically analyze the recovered binary to surface developer artifacts and the embedded victim-contact infrastructure.

Categories: Threat Hunting.

MITRE ATT&CK Tactics: Initial Access, Execution, Persistence, Privilege Escalation, Defense Evasion, Credential Access, Discovery, Lateral Movement, Collection, Command and Control, Impact.

Tools: CFF Explorer, PEStudio, CyberChef, IDA, Splunk.

Difficulty: hard.