Chapter 6: Collecting Ransomware-Related Cyber Threat Intelligence

As you've learned from the previous chapter, ransomware affiliates may use a wide variety of tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), so knowing what exactly they are using in the attack you are responding to seems quite a good idea. Some of these tactics and techniques might be for short games, while others may be for long-term positions—it really depends upon the end goal of the threat actor.

Usually, the first thing you learn starting an incident response (IR) engagement is the ransomware strain used by threat actors. As many ransomware strains are distributed under a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) model, various affiliates may have various approaches to the attack life ...

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