SOC INVESTIGATION LAB #001

Credential Phishing → Account Compromise

Determine whether this is only a phishing attempt or a confirmed account compromise.

DIFFICULTYIntermediate
TARGETSOC L1 → L2
MAXIMUM100 pts
ENVIRONMENTM365
01 / MISSION

Investigate the evidence.
Do not assume.

You are the SOC analyst on duty at fictional NovaFin Technologies. At 10:14 IST, an employee reported a suspicious Microsoft 365 email. Microsoft Defender also generated an alert.

Investigate the available evidence, determine scope and impact, map relevant activity to MITRE ATT&CK, and recommend containment.

Analyst ruleDo not assume every suspicious event belongs to the attack.
02 / CASE TIMELINE

Known activity.

0110:14 IST

Employee reports a suspicious Microsoft 365 email.

02DEFENDER

Microsoft Defender generates a related alert.

03INVESTIGATE

Determine whether the activity is phishing only or a confirmed compromise.

04REPORT

Determine scope and impact, map relevant activity to MITRE ATT&CK, and recommend containment.

03 / SAMPLE INVESTIGATION

The investigation workflow is being restored here.

The original public lab page was not present in the current website repository, which is why this route was returning 404. This restored case page keeps the published case brief and investigation framing visible while the full sequential evidence experience is brought back into the source-controlled site.

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