Exploring Scripting Tools and Analysis Concepts Flashcards
Powershell(PS)
A command shell and scripting language built on the .NET Framework that uses cmdlets for Windows automation.
Windows Management Instrumentation Command-Line (WMIC)
A tool that provides an interface into Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) for local or remote management of computers.
Python
A high-level programming language that is widely used for automation.
Regular expressions (regex)
A group of characters that describe how to execute a specific search pattern on a given text.
JavaScript Object Notation (JSON)
A file format that uses attribute-value pairs to define configurations in a structure that is easy for both humans and machines to read and consume.
Extensible Markup Language (XML)
A system for structuring documents so that they are human and machine readable. Information within the document is placed within tags, which describe how information within the document is structured.
Regular expressions
utility can be used to match patterns of data, such as locating phone or credit card numbers
User account authentication events
type of events are contained in the file identified in the previous question