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Grades 9–10

Log Detective

Explore the log files with Linux commands and answer each question. Clear 2 of 3 cases to earn the badge.

Part of Cybersecurity Pathway: Cyber Defender I

Goal: Which IP address had the most failed logins? Type the IP.

~ $

What this game teaches

  • Reading authentication and web logs
  • Spotting repeated failures from one address
  • Timelines: what happened first

Play together

  • Read the log lines out loud like a detective report.
  • Look at the “recent activity” page of a family account together.
Want more? This game comes from Cybersecurity Pathway: Cyber Defender I

From awareness to defensive skill: risk, OS security, identity and access, Python for cyber, logs, forensics, cloud and incident response.

See the program

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