Topic: penetration-testing
850 skills in this topic.
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detecting-aws-cloudtrail-anomalies
Detect unusual API call patterns in AWS CloudTrail logs using boto3, statistical baselining, and behavioral analysis to identify credential compromise, privilege escalation, and unauthorized resource access.
mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills 4,300
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hunting-for-data-exfiltration-indicators
Hunt for data exfiltration through network traffic analysis, detecting unusual data flows, DNS tunneling, cloud storage uploads, and encrypted channel abuse.
mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills 4,300
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recovering-from-ransomware-attack
Executes structured recovery from a ransomware incident following NIST and CISA frameworks, including environment isolation, forensic evidence preservation, clean infrastructure rebuild, prioritized system restoration from verified backups, credential reset, and validation against re-infection. Covers Active Directory recovery, database restoration, and application stack rebuild in dependency order. Activates for requests involving ransomware recovery, post-encryption restoration, or disaster recovery from ransomware.
mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills 4,300
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implementing-canary-tokens-for-network-intrusion
Deploys DNS, HTTP, and AWS API key canary tokens across network infrastructure to detect unauthorized access and lateral movement. Integrates with webhook alerting (Slack, Teams, email, generic HTTP) for real-time intrusion notifications. Provides automated token generation, placement strategies, and monitoring for enterprise network environments. Use when building deception-based network intrusion detection with Canarytokens.org and Thinkst Canary platforms.
mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills 4,300
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detecting-arp-poisoning-in-network-traffic
Detect and prevent ARP spoofing attacks using ARPWatch, Dynamic ARP Inspection, Wireshark analysis, and custom monitoring scripts to protect against man-in-the-middle interception.
mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills 4,300
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prioritizing-vulnerabilities-with-cvss-scoring
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) is the industry standard framework maintained by FIRST (Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams) for assessing vulnerability severity. CVSS v4.0 (r
mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills 4,300
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hunting-for-anomalous-powershell-execution
Hunt for malicious PowerShell activity by analyzing Script Block Logging (Event 4104), Module Logging (Event 4103), and process creation events. The analyst parses Windows Event Log EVTX files to detect obfuscated commands, AMSI bypass attempts, encoded payloads, credential dumping keywords, and suspicious download cradles. Activates for requests involving PowerShell threat hunting, script block analysis, encoded command detection, or AMSI bypass identification.
mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills 4,300
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hunting-advanced-persistent-threats
Proactively hunts for Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) activity within enterprise environments using hypothesis-driven searches across endpoint telemetry, network logs, and memory artifacts. Use when conducting scheduled threat hunting cycles, investigating anomalous behavior flagged by UEBA, or validating that known APT TTPs are not present in the environment. Activates for requests involving MITRE ATT&CK, Velociraptor, osquery, Zeek, or threat hunting playbooks.
mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills 4,300
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hardening-windows-endpoint-with-cis-benchmark
Hardens Windows endpoints using CIS (Center for Internet Security) Benchmark recommendations to reduce attack surface, enforce security baselines, and meet compliance requirements. Use when deploying new Windows workstations or servers, remediating audit findings, or establishing organization-wide security baselines. Activates for requests involving Windows hardening, CIS benchmarks, GPO security baselines, or endpoint configuration compliance.
mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills 4,300
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implementing-usb-device-control-policy
Implements USB device control policies to restrict unauthorized removable media access on endpoints, preventing data exfiltration and malware introduction via USB devices. Use when deploying device control via Group Policy, Intune, or EDR platforms to enforce USB restrictions. Activates for requests involving USB control, removable media policy, device control, or data loss prevention via USB.
mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills 4,300
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performing-web-cache-deception-attack
Execute web cache deception attacks by exploiting path normalization discrepancies between CDN caching layers and origin servers to cache and retrieve sensitive authenticated content.
mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills 4,300
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exploiting-sql-injection-with-sqlmap
Detecting and exploiting SQL injection vulnerabilities using sqlmap to extract database contents during authorized penetration tests.
mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills 4,300
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performing-dns-tunneling-detection
Detects DNS tunneling by computing Shannon entropy of DNS query names, analyzing query length distributions, inspecting TXT record payloads, and identifying high subdomain cardinality. Uses scapy for packet capture analysis and statistical methods to distinguish legitimate DNS from covert channels. Use when hunting for data exfiltration.
mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills 4,300
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analyzing-bootkit-and-rootkit-samples
Analyzes bootkit and advanced rootkit malware that infects the Master Boot Record (MBR), Volume Boot Record (VBR), or UEFI firmware to gain persistence below the operating system. Covers boot sector analysis, UEFI module inspection, and anti-rootkit detection techniques. Activates for requests involving bootkit analysis, MBR malware investigation, UEFI persistence analysis, or pre-OS malware detection.
mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills 4,300
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analyzing-azure-activity-logs-for-threats
Queries Azure Monitor activity logs and sign-in logs via azure-monitor-query to detect suspicious administrative operations, impossible travel, privilege escalation, and resource modifications. Builds KQL queries for threat hunting in Azure environments. Use when investigating suspicious Azure tenant activity or building cloud SIEM detections.
mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills 4,300
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analyzing-apt-group-with-mitre-navigator
Analyze advanced persistent threat (APT) group techniques using MITRE ATT&CK Navigator to create layered heatmaps of adversary TTPs for detection gap analysis and threat-informed defense.
mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills 4,300
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implementing-semgrep-for-custom-sast-rules
Write custom Semgrep SAST rules in YAML to detect application-specific vulnerabilities, enforce coding standards, and integrate into CI/CD pipelines.
mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills 4,300
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analyzing-active-directory-acl-abuse
Detect dangerous ACL misconfigurations in Active Directory using ldap3 to identify GenericAll, WriteDACL, and WriteOwner abuse paths
mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills 4,300
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performing-bluetooth-security-assessment
Assess Bluetooth Low Energy device security by scanning, enumerating GATT services, and detecting vulnerabilities
mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills 4,300
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performing-soc2-type2-audit-preparation
Automates SOC 2 Type II audit preparation including gap assessment against AICPA Trust Services Criteria (CC1-CC9), evidence collection from cloud providers and identity systems, control testing validation, remediation tracking, and continuous compliance monitoring. Covers all five TSC categories (Security, Availability, Processing Integrity, Confidentiality, Privacy) with automated evidence gathering from AWS, Azure, GCP, Okta, GitHub, and Jira. Use when preparing for or maintaining SOC 2 Type II certification.
mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills 4,300
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performing-soc-tabletop-exercise
Performs tabletop exercises for SOC teams simulating security incidents through discussion-based scenarios to test incident response procedures, communication workflows, and decision-making under pressure without impacting production systems. Use when organizations need to validate IR playbooks, train analysts, or meet compliance requirements for incident response testing.
mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills 4,300
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performing-mobile-app-certificate-pinning-bypass
Bypasses SSL/TLS certificate pinning implementations in Android and iOS applications to enable traffic interception during authorized security assessments. Covers OkHttp, TrustManager, NSURLSession, and third-party pinning library bypass techniques using Frida, Objection, and custom scripts. Activates for requests involving certificate pinning bypass, SSL pinning defeat, mobile TLS interception, or proxy-resistant app testing.
mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills 4,300
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exploiting-kerberoasting-with-impacket
Perform Kerberoasting attacks using Impacket's GetUserSPNs to extract and crack Kerberos TGS tickets for Active Directory service accounts.
mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills 4,300
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detecting-cryptomining-in-cloud
This skill teaches security teams how to detect and respond to unauthorized cryptocurrency mining operations in cloud environments. It covers identifying cryptomining indicators through compute usage anomalies, network traffic patterns to mining pools, GuardDuty CryptoCurrency findings, and runtime process monitoring on EC2, ECS, EKS, and Azure Automation workloads.
mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills 4,300