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OPENReading the WireYou're a junior network security analyst at a regional bank. The security team received reports of 'weird network behavior' from the operations team, and your manager wants you to investigate. You'll analyze firewall configurations, review traffic logs, and examine packet captures to determine what's normal, what's misconfigured, and what might be malicious.OPENFollowing the TrailA SOC alert is just the starting point. Real investigations unfold in layers - each thing you check reveals something new, and you have to connect the pieces as you go. This challenge follows a single incident from initial alert through full investigation. You'll see the same data a SOC analyst would see at each stage: EDR alerts, process trees, scripts, network logs, and more. Your job is to follow the trail, interpret what you're finding, and arrive at a complete picture of what happened.