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Can You Outsmart the Alert? An Interactive Cybersecurity Challenge With AI in Your Corner
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Welcome to your shift at the AI-Augmented SOC.
You’re the on-call analyst. Your tools? Logs, alerts… and GPT.
Your goal? Respond smart, fast — and stay in control.Let’s see if you’re ready for the modern threat landscape.
Scene 1: The Odd Login
ALERT: Unusual login detected
- User:
finance_manager@company.com - Location: São Paulo, Brazil
- Time: 3:12 AM local
- Device: Unknown
- User usually logs in: Mon–Fri, 8–6 EST
What do you do?
A. Dismiss it — probably using a VPN
B. Check the IP on AbuseIPDB
C. Ask GPT to summarize the alert and recommend action
D. Query past logs to see if this login pattern has happened before
If You Chose A:
Oof.
A few hours later, payroll is compromised.
This is how threat actors move — quiet and believable.
Lesson: VPNs exist, sure. But never ignore time/location + behavior anomalies without checking.
