Red Team & Blue Team Operations Cheat Sheet
ATTvDEF – Cybersecurity Cheat Sheet
ATTvDEF is a comprehensive cheat sheet and study guide for cybersecurity professionals. It focuses on malware behavior, attack and defense techniques, reverse engineering, and practical scenarios. The project is designed to help you understand how attacks are executed, how malware operates, and how defensive measures can detect and mitigate threats. It’s ideal for learning, reference, and hands-on practice for both Red and Blue Teams.
⚡ Commands & Tools
This section includes essential commands and tool references used in both offensive and defensive operations. Red Team tools include Metasploit, Cobalt Strike, Empire, PowerShell, and Sysinternals for penetration testing, exploitation, and attack simulation. Blue Team tools focus on detection, monitoring, and response using Splunk, ELK, Wireshark, SIEM platforms, and EDR solutions like CrowdStrike and SentinelOne. These references help quickly execute or analyze attacks while understanding defensive monitoring.
🛡 Malware Behavior & TTPs
ATT&DEF maps malware operations and attack techniques to the MITRE ATT&CK framework, showing both offensive and defensive perspectives. You can study how malware propagates, escalates privileges, moves laterally, persists, and exfiltrates data, while also understanding how defenses detect and prevent these actions. Reverse engineering examples demonstrate malware internals, code behavior, and how signatures or anomalies can be identified.
🔍 Scenarios & Attack Patterns
Learn practical attack scenarios, from initial compromise to full exploitation. Includes privilege escalation, lateral movement, persistence, and evasion techniques. Each scenario demonstrates how attacks unfold in real environments and how Blue Teams can detect or mitigate them. The focus is on learning from realistic situations to enhance both attack simulation and defensive readiness.
🚨 Incident Response & Defensive Strategies
This section covers how to investigate alerts, analyze logs, and respond to malware or Red Team activity. Key artifacts, log sources, and response steps are highlighted, helping Blue Teams understand the indicators of compromise (IOCs) and develop mitigation strategies. Emphasis is placed on bridging knowledge between attack methods and effective defense.
🎯 Target Audience & Learning Value
ATT&DEF is designed for Red Team operators, Blue Team analysts, SOC teams, penetration testers, and cybersecurity students. It bridges offensive and defensive operations, offering a practical study resource for understanding attack techniques, malware functionality, and defensive measures. The content encourages hands-on learning, malware analysis, scenario-based exercises, and reverse engineering to strengthen both attack and defense skills.