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conducting-malware-incident-response

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Respond to malware infections across enterprise endpoints by identifying the malware family, determining infection vectors, assessing spread, and executing containment, analysis, eradication, and recovery procedures aligned to MITRE ATT&CK. Use when responding to a confirmed or suspected malware infection, including trojan/worm/ransomware outbreaks, malware triage, or infected endpoint remediation.

When to use

• EDR or antivirus detects malware execution on one or more endpoints
• A user reports suspicious system behavior indicative of malware infection
• Threat intelligence indicates a malware campaign targeting the organization's industry
• Network monitoring detects beaconing traffic consistent with known malware C2 patterns
• A file detonation in a sandbox returns a malicious verdict

When not to use

• analyzing malware samples in a research context
• reverse engineering

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