Home Lab & Sand Box
Home Lab conseption shown below
Step 1
Download and install VirtualBox
Step 2
Download and install Windows 10
Step 3
Download and install Kali Linux
Step 4
Configuring the VM environment and set the sandbox
Sample configuration is shown below:
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Configuring the Windows VM
Open VirtualBox -> Go to Settings -> Network -> Adapter 1 -> NAT (for testing tools with internet connectivity) or Not attached (for analyzing Malware)
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Configuring the Kali VM
Open VirtualBox -> Go to Settings -> Network -> Adapter 1 -> NAT (for testing tools with internet connectivity) or Not attached (for analyzing Malware)
Step 5
Testing
Scenario 1: Testing tools with internet connectivity
Power ON the VM
Download tools which are to be tested
Take a snapshot
Start testing
Scenario 2: Testing malware
Create an internal network:
Go to Windows VM -> Go to Settings -> Network -> Internal network -> choose name
Go to Kali VM -> Go to Settings -> Network -> Internal network -> choose name
Sand box conseption shown below
Now both machines are in the same network, next step will be the static IP to be assigned for both machines, so that they can start talking to each other
Go to the Windows VM -> open Network & Internet Settings (bottom right corner)-> Change adapter options -> Right click on the Ethernet icon -> Properties -> IPV4 -> Properties -> Choose “Use the following IP address” and enter manually the desired IP address (192.168.20.10, subnet mask /24)
Checking the IP by using cmd & ipconfig
Configuring static IP address in Kali VM
Go to Network Connections (top right corner) -> Right click -> Edit connections -> Wired connection1 -> Choose the gear icon at the bottom -> IPv4 Settings -> Choose “Manual” -> Enter the desired IP (192.168.20.11), network mask (24), and leave the Gateway, DNS servers, Search domains empty -> Save
Open cmd to check if the IP has been assigned:
To check connectivity, we will ping the Kali VM from Windows VM:
Open cmd & type Kali IP 192.168.20.10 :
With this the configuration of the VMs is concluded, the home lab is ready and we can start testing.