"""Cybersecurity: log forensics, config deobfuscation, firewall rule evaluation.""" import base64 import hashlib import ipaddress import json import zlib from ..grading import TaskInstance, exact, norm, parts_score, token_set USERS = ["root", "admin", "deploy", "backup", "git", "ubuntu", "oracle", "postgres", "jenkins", "svc_ci"] def _ip(rng): return f"{rng.choice([45, 61, 91, 103, 141, 185, 193, 203])}.{rng.randint(0, 255)}.{rng.randint(0, 255)}.{rng.randint(1, 254)}" def ssh_bruteforce(rng, level=1) -> TaskInstance: if level >= 2: return _ssh_subnet(rng) threshold = rng.randint(5, 10) window = rng.choice([10, 15, 30]) events = [] # (second, ip, user, ok) def burst(ip, start, count, users): t = start for _ in range(count): t += rng.randint(2, 40) events.append((t, ip, rng.choice(users), False)) return t attacker, victim = _ip(rng), rng.choice(USERS) t = burst(attacker, rng.randint(3600, 60000), threshold + rng.randint(0, 6), [victim, "root", "admin"]) events.append((t + rng.randint(5, 50), attacker, victim, True)) for _ in range(rng.randint(2, 4)): # noisy scanners that never get in burst(_ip(rng), rng.randint(0, 80000), rng.randint(threshold, threshold + 20), USERS) slow = _ip(rng) # many failures but spread out, then a success t = rng.randint(0, 20000) for _ in range(threshold + 2): t += window * 60 // (threshold - 2) + rng.randint(30, 300) events.append((t, slow, "deploy", False)) events.append((t + 60, slow, "deploy", True)) for _ in range(rng.randint(8, 20)): # legitimate logins with an occasional typo ip, user = f"10.0.{rng.randint(0, 9)}.{rng.randint(2, 250)}", rng.choice(USERS[2:]) t = rng.randint(60, 86000) if rng.random() < 0.4: events.append((t - 20, ip, user, False)) events.append((t, ip, user, True)) events.sort() lines = [] for sec, ip, user, ok in events: sec %= 86400 stamp = f"Oct 7 {sec // 3600:02d}:{sec % 3600 // 60:02d}:{sec % 60:02d}" pid = rng.randint(1000, 65000) if ok: lines.append(f"{stamp} bastion sshd[{pid}]: Accepted password for {user} from {ip} port {rng.randint(30000, 65000)} ssh2") else: lines.append(f"{stamp} bastion sshd[{pid}]: Failed password for {'invalid user ' if rng.random() < 0.3 else ''}{user} from {ip} port {rng.randint(30000, 65000)} ssh2") rule = (f"INCIDENT RULE: an IP is a confirmed compromise when it has at least {threshold} failed " f"password attempts within any {window}-minute window and then an accepted login.\n") return TaskInstance( instruction=("auth.log is one day of sshd logs; incident_rule.txt defines a confirmed " "compromise. Answer the attacking IP and the account it logged in as, " "ip,username. Each part is worth 0.5."), files={"auth.log": "\n".join(lines) + "\n", "incident_rule.txt": rule}, grade=lambda a: parts_score(a, [exact(attacker), exact(victim)]), oracle=f"{attacker},{victim}", wrong=[f"{slow},deploy"], ) TLDS = ["example", "invalid", "test"] def decode_config(rng, level=1) -> TaskInstance: if level >= 2: return _decode_layered(rng) def host(): return "".join(rng.choice("bcdfghjklmnpqrstvwxz") + rng.choice("aeiou") for _ in range(rng.randint(3, 5))) \ + "." + rng.choice(["cdn", "api", "sync", "edge"]) + "." + rng.choice(TLDS) primary, fallback = host(), host() key = bytes(rng.randint(1, 255) for _ in range(rng.randint(4, 9))) offset = rng.randint(1, 7) reverse = rng.random() < 0.5 def encode(obj): raw = json.dumps(obj).encode() if reverse: raw = raw[::-1] out = bytes(b ^ key[(i + offset) % len(key)] for i, b in enumerate(raw)) return base64.b64encode(out).decode() cfg = {"c2": f"https://{primary}/{rng.choice(['beacon', 'gate', 'poll'])}", "sleep": rng.randint(10, 300), "jitter": rng.randint(5, 40)} fb = {"c2": f"https://{fallback}/{rng.choice(['beacon', 'gate'])}", "sleep": rng.randint(10, 300)} source = f'''"""Sample recovered from a lab honeypot (defanged: nothing here runs on import).""" import base64 import json KEY = bytes({list(key)}) OFFSET = {offset} PRIMARY = "{encode(cfg)}" FALLBACK = "{encode(fb)}" def unpack(blob): data = base64.b64decode(blob) plain = bytes(b ^ KEY[(i + OFFSET) % len(KEY)] for i, b in enumerate(data)) {"plain = plain[::-1]" if reverse else "pass"} return json.loads(plain) ''' return TaskInstance( instruction=("loader.py holds two encoded configs. Which hostname does the PRIMARY config " "contact? Answer the hostname only, without scheme or path."), files={"loader.py": source}, grade=lambda a: float(norm(a).removeprefix("https://").split("/")[0] == primary), oracle=primary, wrong=[fallback], ) def firewall_rules(rng, level=1) -> TaskInstance: if level >= 2: return _firewall_chains(rng) rules = [] nets = ["10.0.0.0/8", "10.1.0.0/16", "10.1.2.0/24", "192.168.0.0/16", "172.16.0.0/12", "203.0.113.0/24", "198.51.100.0/24", "0.0.0.0/0"] ports = [(22, 22), (80, 80), (443, 443), (5432, 5432), (8000, 8999), (1, 1023), (3389, 3389), (1, 65535)] for i in range(rng.randint(7, 11)): lo, hi = rng.choice(ports) rules.append({"id": f"R{10 * (i + 1)}", "action": rng.choice(["allow", "deny"]), "proto": rng.choice(["tcp", "tcp", "udp", "any"]), "src": rng.choice(nets), "ports": (lo, hi)}) def verdict(ip, proto, port): for r in rules: if (r["proto"] in ("any", proto) and ipaddress.ip_address(ip) in ipaddress.ip_network(r["src"]) and r["ports"][0] <= port <= r["ports"][1]): return r["action"] return "deny" conns, allowed = [], set() for i in range(rng.randint(15, 25)): net = ipaddress.ip_network(rng.choice(nets[:-1] + ["8.8.0.0/16"])) ip = str(net.network_address + rng.randint(1, min(net.num_addresses - 2, 70000))) proto = rng.choice(["tcp", "tcp", "udp"]) lo, hi = rng.choice(ports) port = rng.randint(lo, min(hi, lo + 200)) cid = f"c{i + 1:02d}" conns.append([cid, ip, proto, port]) if verdict(ip, proto, port) == "allow": allowed.add(cid) denied = sorted({c[0] for c in conns} - allowed) if len(allowed) < 2 or len(denied) < 2: return firewall_rules(rng) text = ["# id action proto src_cidr dst_ports (evaluated top to bottom; first match wins)"] text += [f"{r['id']} {r['action']} {r['proto']} {r['src']} {r['ports'][0]}-{r['ports'][1]}" for r in rules] text.append("# no rule matched -> deny") oracle = ",".join(sorted(allowed)) or "none" target = token_set(oracle) return TaskInstance( instruction=("Evaluate each connection in connections.csv against rules.txt. Answer the ids " "of all allowed connections, comma-separated ascending (e.g. c02,c07), or none."), files={"rules.txt": "\n".join(text) + "\n", "connections.csv": "id,src_ip,proto,dst_port\n" + "\n".join(",".join(map(str, c)) for c in conns) + "\n"}, grade=lambda a: float(token_set(a) == target), oracle=oracle, wrong=[",".join(sorted(allowed)[1:]), ",".join(sorted(allowed | {denied[0]}))], ) def _syslog(sec, host, msg): return f"Oct {7 + sec // 86400} {sec % 86400 // 3600:02d}:{sec % 3600 // 60:02d}:{sec % 60:02d} {host} {msg}" def _ssh_subnet(rng) -> TaskInstance: """Failures spread over several IPs of one /24; logs split across a rotated file.""" threshold = rng.randint(8, 14) window = rng.choice([10, 15, 20]) net = f"{rng.choice([45, 91, 141, 185, 193])}.{rng.randint(0, 255)}.{rng.randint(0, 255)}" victim = rng.choice(USERS) events = [] t = rng.randint(30000, 70000) ips = [f"{net}.{h}" for h in rng.sample(range(2, 250), rng.randint(3, 5))] for _ in range(threshold + rng.randint(0, 4)): t += rng.randint(5, max(6, window * 60 // (threshold + 4))) events.append((t, rng.choice(ips), rng.choice([victim, "root", "admin"]), False)) winner = rng.choice(ips) events.append((t + rng.randint(10, 60), winner, victim, True)) for _ in range(rng.randint(2, 4)): # single noisy scanners that never get in ip, t2 = _ip(rng), rng.randint(0, 80000) for _ in range(rng.randint(threshold, threshold + 15)): t2 += rng.randint(2, 30) events.append((t2, ip, rng.choice(USERS), False)) other = f"{rng.choice([61, 103, 203])}.{rng.randint(0, 255)}.{rng.randint(0, 255)}" # slow subnet, gets in t3 = rng.randint(0, 20000) for _ in range(threshold + 3): t3 += window * 60 // max(1, threshold - 3) + rng.randint(30, 200) events.append((t3, f"{other}.{rng.randint(2, 250)}", "deploy", False)) events.append((t3 + 30, f"{other}.{rng.randint(2, 250)}", "deploy", True)) for _ in range(rng.randint(10, 25)): # legitimate internal logins ip, user, t4 = f"10.0.{rng.randint(0, 9)}.{rng.randint(2, 250)}", rng.choice(USERS[2:]), rng.randint(60, 86000) if rng.random() < 0.4: events.append((t4 - 20, ip, user, False)) events.append((t4, ip, user, True)) events.sort() lines = [] for sec, ip, user, ok in events: pid = rng.randint(1000, 65000) verb = f"Accepted password for {user}" if ok else f"Failed password for {'invalid user ' if rng.random() < 0.3 else ''}{user}" lines.append(_syslog(sec, "bastion", f"sshd[{pid}]: {verb} from {ip} port {rng.randint(30000, 65000)} ssh2")) burst_mid = sorted(e[0] for e in events if e[1].startswith(net + ".")) cut_time = burst_mid[len(burst_mid) // 2] older = [ln for (sec, *_r), ln in zip(events, lines) if sec < cut_time] newer = [ln for (sec, *_r), ln in zip(events, lines) if sec >= cut_time] rule = (f"INCIDENT RULE: failures are counted per /24 network (the first three octets). A network is " f"a confirmed compromise when it has at least {threshold} failed password attempts within " f"any {window}-minute window and then an accepted login from any address in it. Logs rotate: " "auth.log.1 holds the older lines.\n") return TaskInstance( instruction=("auth.log.1 and auth.log are one day of sshd logs; incident_rule.txt defines a " "confirmed compromise. Answer the compromised network as a.b.c.0/24, the exact address " "that logged in, and the account, network,ip,username. Each part counts equally."), files={"auth.log.1": "\n".join(older) + "\n", "auth.log": "\n".join(newer) + "\n", "incident_rule.txt": rule}, grade=lambda a: parts_score(a, [exact(f"{net}.0/24"), exact(winner), exact(victim)]), oracle=f"{net}.0/24,{winner},{victim}", wrong=[f"{other}.0/24,{winner},deploy"], ) def _decode_layered(rng) -> TaskInstance: """base64 -> rotating XOR keyed by sha256(passphrase) -> zlib; the active profile is in a config file.""" def host(): return "".join(rng.choice("bcdfghjklmnpqrstvwxz") + rng.choice("aeiou") for _ in range(rng.randint(3, 5))) \ + "." + rng.choice(["cdn", "api", "sync", "edge"]) + "." + rng.choice(TLDS) names = rng.sample(["alpha", "beta", "gamma", "delta"], 3) hosts = {n: host() for n in names} active = rng.choice(names) passphrase = "".join(rng.choice("abcdefghijkmnpqrstuvwxyz23456789") for _ in range(12)) key = hashlib.sha256(passphrase.encode()).digest()[: rng.randint(6, 12)] def encode(obj): raw = zlib.compress(json.dumps(obj).encode()) return base64.b64encode(bytes(b ^ key[i % len(key)] for i, b in enumerate(raw))).decode() blobs = {n: encode({"c2": f"https://{hosts[n]}/{rng.choice(['beacon', 'gate', 'poll'])}", "sleep": rng.randint(10, 300)}) for n in names} source = f'''"""Sample recovered from a lab honeypot (defanged: nothing here runs on import).""" import base64 import configparser import hashlib import json import zlib PROFILES = {json.dumps(blobs, indent=4)} def _key(cfg): phrase = cfg["loader"]["passphrase"] return hashlib.sha256(phrase.encode()).digest()[: int(cfg["loader"]["key_len"])] def unpack(blob, key): data = base64.b64decode(blob) return json.loads(zlib.decompress(bytes(b ^ key[i % len(key)] for i, b in enumerate(data)))) def active(path="loader.ini"): cfg = configparser.ConfigParser() cfg.read(path) return unpack(PROFILES[cfg["loader"]["profile"]], _key(cfg)) ''' ini = (f"[loader]\n; profile selects one entry of PROFILES\nprofile = {active}\n" f"passphrase = {passphrase}\nkey_len = {len(key)}\n") return TaskInstance( instruction=("loader.py and loader.ini come from a recovered sample. Which hostname does the " "profile selected in loader.ini contact? Answer the hostname only, without scheme or path."), files={"loader.py": source, "loader.ini": ini}, grade=lambda a: float(norm(a).removeprefix("https://").split("/")[0] == hosts[active]), oracle=hosts[active], wrong=[hosts[n] for n in names if n != active], ) def _firewall_chains(rng) -> TaskInstance: """First-match rules with user chains (jump/return) and a default policy.""" nets = ["10.0.0.0/8", "10.1.0.0/16", "10.1.2.0/24", "192.168.0.0/16", "172.16.0.0/12", "203.0.113.0/24", "198.51.100.0/24", "0.0.0.0/0"] ports = [(22, 22), (80, 80), (443, 443), (5432, 5432), (8000, 8999), (1, 1023), (3389, 3389), (1, 65535)] def rule(i, actions): lo, hi = rng.choice(ports) return {"id": f"R{i}", "action": rng.choice(actions), "proto": rng.choice(["tcp", "tcp", "udp", "any"]), "src": rng.choice(nets), "ports": (lo, hi)} chains = {"MGMT": [rule(100 + i, ["allow", "deny", "return"]) for i in range(rng.randint(3, 5))], "WEB": [rule(200 + i, ["allow", "deny", "return"]) for i in range(rng.randint(3, 5))]} main = [rule(10 * (i + 1), ["allow", "deny", "jump MGMT", "jump WEB"]) for i in range(rng.randint(6, 9))] policy = rng.choice(["deny", "allow"]) def matches(r, ip, proto, port): return (r["proto"] in ("any", proto) and ipaddress.ip_address(ip) in ipaddress.ip_network(r["src"]) and r["ports"][0] <= port <= r["ports"][1]) def run(chain, ip, proto, port): for r in chain: if not matches(r, ip, proto, port): continue if r["action"] in ("allow", "deny"): return r["action"] if r["action"] == "return": return None verdict = run(chains[r["action"].split()[1]], ip, proto, port) if verdict: return verdict return None conns, allowed = [], set() for i in range(rng.randint(18, 28)): net = ipaddress.ip_network(rng.choice(nets[:-1] + ["8.8.0.0/16"])) ip = str(net.network_address + rng.randint(1, min(net.num_addresses - 2, 70000))) proto = rng.choice(["tcp", "tcp", "udp"]) lo, hi = rng.choice(ports) port = rng.randint(lo, min(hi, lo + 200)) cid = f"c{i + 1:02d}" conns.append([cid, ip, proto, port]) if (run(main, ip, proto, port) or policy) == "allow": allowed.add(cid) denied = sorted({c[0] for c in conns} - allowed) if len(allowed) < 2 or len(denied) < 2: return _firewall_chains(rng) def fmt(r): return f"{r['id']} {r['action'].replace(' ', ':')} {r['proto']} {r['src']} {r['ports'][0]}-{r['ports'][1]}" text = ["# chain INPUT (evaluated top to bottom; first matching allow/deny decides)"] text += [fmt(r) for r in main] text.append(f"# INPUT default policy: {policy}") for name, chain in chains.items(): text.append(f"# chain {name}: jump:{name} evaluates it; return or reaching its end goes back to the rule after the jump") text += [fmt(r) for r in chain] oracle = ",".join(sorted(allowed)) target = token_set(oracle) return TaskInstance( instruction=("Evaluate each connection in connections.csv against rules.txt (chains, jumps and " "the default policy). Answer the ids of all allowed connections, comma-separated " "ascending (e.g. c02,c07)."), files={"rules.txt": "\n".join(text) + "\n", "connections.csv": "id,src_ip,proto,dst_port\n" + "\n".join(",".join(map(str, c)) for c in conns) + "\n"}, grade=lambda a: float(token_set(a) == target), oracle=oracle, wrong=[",".join(sorted(allowed)[1:]), ",".join(sorted(allowed | {denied[0]}))], ) TASKS = { "sec-ssh-bruteforce": ssh_bruteforce, "sec-decode-config": decode_config, "sec-firewall-rules": firewall_rules, }