034. Sorting the good from the bad: Working our way through the "Basic Login" Challenge.

Hope you're having a great summer, cyberheads! In this episode of the #CyberChats special edition summer series, we use our adversarial thinking to help find and diagnose a brute force attack.

We'll walk you through our thought process for solving this month's MetaCTF Cyber Challenge "Basic Login." We'll also give you an introduction to using Wireshark, the industry's most popular packet capture and analysis tool, plus some tips on using the sort features to cut down on visual clutter, and we'll revisit our old friend CyberChef.

This episode will definitely give you more confidence in using Wireshark, plus some good hands-on practice.

Register for #CyberChats' Cyber Challenges below to compete individually or join a team, and look for your name on the leaderboard. For more practice, register for MetaCTF's free monthly Flash CTF.

Topics discussed: adversarial thinking, brute force attacks, credential stuffing, packet captures, packet analysis, Wireshark, CyberChef.

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