What this book covers

Chapter 1, The History of Human-Operated Ransomware Attacks, provides you with an introduction to the world of human-operated ransomware attacks, focusing on the historical aspects.

Chapter 2, The Life Cycle of a Human-Operated Ransomware Attack, briefly describes how modern threat actors operate during a ransomware attack life cycle.

Chapter 3, The Incident Response Process, provides an overview of the incident response process from the perspective of a human-operated ransomware attack.

Chapter 4, Cyber Threat Intelligence and Ransomware, provides an introduction to cyber threat intelligence, focusing on human-operated ransomware attacks.

Chapter 5, Understanding Ransomware Affiliates' Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures , details the techniques, procedures, methods, and tools commonly used by various ransomware affiliates in their operations.

Chapter 6, Collecting Ransomware-Related Cyber Threat Intelligence, provides an overview of the various collection methods and sources of cyber threat intelligence related to modern ransomware attacks.

Chapter 7, Digital Forensic Artifacts and Their Main Sources, provides an overview of the various sources of forensic artifacts that can be used during an incident response engagement to reconstruct the attack life cycle.

Chapter 8, Investigating Initial Access Techniques, offers a practical investigation into the various initial access techniques used by the threat actors.

Chapter 9, Investigating Post-Exploitation Techniques, looks at the various post-exploitation techniques employed by the threat actors.

Chapter 10, Investigating Data Exfiltration Techniques, covers the various data exfiltration techniques used by the threat actors.

Chapter 11, Investigating Ransomware Deployment Techniques, investigates the various ransomware deployment techniques used by the threat actors.

Chapter 12, The Unified Ransomware Kill Chain, describes the concept of the kill chain with a view to introducing the Unified Ransomware Kill Chain.