xAHIINX00/SOC-Home-Lab-Attack-Defense-Simulation ? reverse-engineered prompt

Build me a clean, easy to follow project for a cybersecurity home lab that shows an attack and defense simulation in a safe, educational way.

I want it to walk a user through setting up a Kali Linux attacker VM, a Windows 10 target VM, and Splunk for log monitoring, then show how Sysmon feeds events into Splunk so suspicious activity can be spotted. Please make the instructions feel like a real hands on lab guide, with clear steps, simple explanations, troubleshooting tips, and a short section about future improvements like adding more detection or another SIEM.

Keep it beginner friendly and organized, since the goal is for someone to follow along in a virtual lab and understand what they are seeing in the logs. If you need to check current setup details or tool docs online, go ahead. Also make sure the wording stays educational and avoids encouraging real world misuse.