OSINT & Cyber Threat Intelligence
Specialist certification in OSINT collection and cyber threat intelligence. Covers collection, pivoting, infrastructure analysis, and TTP mapping.
OSINT Collection, Pivoting and Validation
AWS Cognito Unauthenticated Identity Pool Exploitation: Anonymous Credential Escalation
Terraform State Manipulation: Injecting Malicious Resource Definitions via Backend Write Access
AWS CloudFormation Credential Exposure: Extracting Secrets from Stack Templates
AWS Lambda Execution Role Privilege Escalation: Function Invocation for IAM Abuse
AWS Secrets Manager Access Control Weaknesses: Scoping IAM Policies for GetSecretValue
AWS Confused Deputy Attack: Cross-Account Role Assumption Without External ID Enforcement
Reconstructing SMTP Email Sessions and Extracting Attachments from Network Traffic Captures
Parsing FTP Command and Response Traffic with Passive Mode Data Channel Reconstruction
Parsing Telnet IAC Command Sequences and Reconstructing Plaintext Sessions from PCAP
Reconstructing IRC Sessions via Protocol PCAP Analysis and Channel Message Content Recovery
Reconstructing LDAP Directory Queries via PCAP Analysis and Enumeration Pattern Detection
Analyzing WebSocket PCAP Captures via HTTP Upgrade Detection and Frame Payload Extraction
Reconstructing SIP Call Dialogs and Extracting RTP Stream Parameters for VoIP Forensics
Enumerating Local Services via mDNS PCAP Multicast Record Analysis and Host Fingerprinting
Interpreting Modbus/TCP Function Codes and Extracting PLC Register Values from PCAP
Threat Infrastructure and Adversary TTPs
Detecting Advanced DNS Tunneling Evasion via Slow-Rate Exfiltration and Multi-Domain Correlation
Reconstructing HTTP Sessions via Multi-Request Correlation, Credential and Object Recovery
Detecting TLS Fingerprint Anomalies via JA3/JA3S Computation and Malware Client Identification
Detecting ICMP Covert Channels via Payload Anomaly Identification and Hidden Data Extraction
Reconstructing FTP Data Exfiltration via Passive Mode Analysis and TCP Stream Extraction
Analyzing Advanced SMTP Exfiltration via MIME Multipart Parsing and Encoded Attachment Recovery
Identifying IRC Botnet C2 via PRIVMSG Command Pattern Analysis and Bot Fingerprinting
Detecting Kerberoasting and AS-REP Roasting via TGS-REQ Analysis and Ticket Extraction
Analyzing WebSocket Data Exfiltration via Frame Demasking, Payload Extraction and Protocol Reconstruction
Extracting Modbus Register Data via ICS/OT Protocol Forensics and Unauthorized Read Detection
Recovering Corrupted PCAP Files via Magic Byte Forensics and Partial Capture Reconstruction
Volatility 3 Advanced Analysis: Symbol Tables, Namespaced Plugins and Cross-Layer Memory Correlation
Correlating Multi-Host Authentication Anomalies to Detect Lateral Movement
Correlating Audit Events Across Linux and Windows Privilege Escalation Transitions
QR code decode
Vigenère Cipher Cryptanalysis: Kasiski Examination and Index of Coincidence Attack
Cracking Columnar Transposition Ciphers: Key-Length Detection and Column Reordering
AES-ECB Block Alignment Attack: Exploiting Deterministic Encryption for Oracle Leakage
CBC Padding Oracle Attack: Byte-by-Byte Plaintext Recovery via PKCS#7 Error Responses
AES-CTR Nonce Reuse Attack: XOR-Based Keystream Recovery and Plaintext Decryption
Exploiting Symmetric Key Reuse Across Users: Cross-Account Ciphertext Oracle Attacks
Extracting Hardcoded Symmetric Keys from Binaries via Static Reverse Engineering
Attacking Weak Key Derivation Functions: Dictionary Attacks on Under-Iterated Password Hashing
XOR Keystream Reuse Attack: Many-Time Pad Cryptanalysis and Statistical Key Recovery
Cracking RSA Small Public Exponents: Cube-Root Recovery and Low-Exponent Bias
RSA Broadcast Attack: CRT-Based Plaintext Recovery Across Multiple Recipients
Factoring Weak RSA Primes via Fermat Factorisation and Pollard p-1 Method
Sigreturn-Oriented Programming: Signal Frame Hijacking for Full CPU Register Control with Minimal Gadgets
Morse Code Decoding: Timing Analysis, Delimiter Identification and Transcription Methodology
Bacon cipher
Zero-width steganography
Brainfuck encoding
NATO phonetic alphabet
Multi-layer encoding chain
QR Code Forensics: Error Correction Analysis and Partially Damaged Payload Reconstruction
Baudot encoding
Leetspeak obfuscation
Azure RBAC Misconfiguration: Subscription-Scope Role Assignments and Service Principal Abuse
AWS Service Control Policy Misconfiguration: Cross-Account Permission Escalation
S3 Bucket Policy Misconfiguration: Public Access, Cross-Account Grants and Transport Gaps
WAV spectrogram stego
WAV echo stego
LSB RGB stego
Bit plane image stego
Alpha channel LSB stego
XOR two-image stego
DCT block image stego
Recovering Wide Strings (UTF-16LE) from Memory: C2 URL and Credential Extraction via Volatility
Detecting XOR-Encoded Payloads in Memory Dumps: Entropy Analysis and Brute-Force Key Recovery
DOCX core metadata forensics
DOCX hidden text forensics
DOCX revision comment forensics
DOCX acrostic steganography
DOCX revision history (track changes)
DOCX extended app properties forensics
XLSX core metadata forensics
XLSX hidden cell forensics (white-on-white)
XLSX named range forensics
XLSX cell comment forensics
XLSX hidden worksheet forensics
XLSX very-hidden worksheet forensics
Shellcode Injection and Execution: NX-Free Environment Exploitation and NOP Sled Delivery
Kubernetes RBAC to S3 Pivot: Pod Service Account Lateral Movement to Cloud Storage
IAM Privilege Escalation Chain: AssumeRole, PassRole and CreatePolicyVersion Abuse Paths
Reconstructing Ransomware Infection Vectors from Multi-Source Log Evidence
C2 Beaconing Detection via Log Interval Analysis and Temporal Correlation
Correlating SQLi, XSS, LFI and RCE Attack Patterns Across Web Server Access Logs
Detecting Malicious Service Persistence via Windows Event 7045 and Systemd Unit Forensics
Detecting DNS Exfiltration Through Entropy-Based Subdomain Anomaly Analysis
Instagram-to-Twitter Persona Pivot: Cross-Platform Handle Correlation and Profile Reconstruction
CTI Reporting, IoCs and Intelligence Requirements [Non-CTF]
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CTFFactory OSINT & Cyber Threat Intelligence — Specialist
Specialist credential — awarded upon completion