You're reading from Incident Response Techniques for Ransomware Attacks Understand modern ransomware attacks and build an incident response strategy to work through them

Product type Paperback

Published in Apr 2022

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781803240442

Length 228 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Concepts

Cybersecurity

Author (1):

Oleg Skulkin

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Table of Contents (17) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: Getting Started with a Modern Ransomware Attack

2. Chapter 1: The History of Human-Operated Ransomware Attacks FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: The Life Cycle of a Human-Operated Ransomware Attack

4. Chapter 3: The Incident Response Process

5. Section 2: Know Your Adversary: How Ransomware Gangs Operate

6. Chapter 4: Cyber Threat Intelligence and Ransomware

7. Chapter 5: Understanding Ransomware Affiliates' Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures

8. Chapter 6: Collecting Ransomware-Related Cyber Threat Intelligence

9. Section 3: Practical Incident Response

10. Chapter 7: Digital Forensic Artifacts and Their Main Sources

11. Chapter 8: Investigating Initial Access Techniques

12. Chapter 9: Investigating Post-Exploitation Techniques

13. Chapter 10: Investigating Data Exfiltration Techniques

14. Chapter 11: Investigating Ransomware Deployment Techniques

15. Chapter 12: The Unified Ransomware Kill Chain

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The Unified Ransomware Kill Chain

Throughout this book we have consumed quite a lot of cyber threat intelligence related to ransomware attacks, as well as looked at the most common techniques used by threat actors from a forensic perspective, so we have a good understanding of human-operated ransomware attacks and are ready to build a unique kill chain.

Gain Access to the Network

Ransomware affiliates may gain access to the target network themselves or purchase such access from the initial access brokers. Access may be granted to a certain host in the network, or to the network itself, for example, via compromised VPN credentials.

Ransomware affiliates may employ a wide range of techniques to gain access, from quite common techniques, such as brute-force attacks and phishing emails, to more advanced techniques, such as supply chain attacks.

Establish Foothold

This stage may include various activities. Ransomware affiliates may need to collect information about the compromised...

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Establish Foothold

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