Mission 94

Incident note

Write a short lab incident note from log evidence.

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Instructions 8 minutes

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Find denied logins

Run grep denied /var/log/auth.log.

grep denied /var/log/auth.log
Write incident note

Run echo incident-reviewed > incident-review.txt.

echo incident-reviewed > incident-review.txt
Read incident note

Run cat incident-review.txt.

cat incident-review.txt
Lesson support

What to notice while you play.

Objective

Turn denied-login evidence into a short note.

Hint

Search auth.log before writing incident-review.txt.

Why it matters

Incident review needs both source evidence and human summary.

Common mistakes
  • Writing conclusions without evidence.
  • Putting secrets into notes.
Reference

Commands in this lesson.

echo <text>

Print text or write lab notes with >.

cat <file>

Print text file contents.

grep [-i] <text> <file>

Find literal text inside a file.