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PCCET · Question #200
What should a security operations engineer do if they are presented with an encoded string during an incident investigation?
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Submitted by femi9· Apr 18, 2026Security Operations (SOC)
Question
What should a security operations engineer do if they are presented with an encoded string during an incident investigation?
Options
- ASave it to a new file and run it in a sandbox.
- BRun it against VirusTotal.
- CAppend it to the investigation notes but do not alter it.
- DDecode the string and continue the investigation.
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Topics
#Incident Investigation#Decoding#Obfuscation#Security Operations