TryHackMe: Custom Alert Rules in Wazuh
Author: Mario Martinez Jr. (ku5e / Gary7) | TryHackMe USA Rank #76 | Top 1% Difficulty: Medium Topics: XDR/SIEM, Rule Syntax, Regex, Threat Detection Answers are redacted within the narrative to allow you to complete the tasks on your own, but a full table of answers is available at the end of this walkthrough. In this lab, we step into the role of a SOC analyst responsible for fine-tuning a Wazuh deployment. The default rule set captures many common threats, but specialized environments require custom detection logic to identify sophisticated adversary behavior. We focus on modifying the local rules configuration to trigger alerts based on specific log patterns and nested logic. ...