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HistoryFeb 20, 2024 - 10:53 a.m.

Learn How to Build an Incident Response Playbook Against Scattered Spider in Real-Time

2024-02-2010:53:00
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cybersecurity
scattered spider
incident response
ransomware
threat research
identity threats
hybrid environment
service accounts
lateral movement
user accounts
identity infrastructure
domain-joined machines

10 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.074 Low

EPSS

Percentile

94.1%

Learn How to Build an Incident Response Playbook

In the tumultuous landscape of cybersecurity, the year 2023 left an indelible mark with the brazen exploits of the Scattered Spider threat group. Their attacks targeted the nerve centers of major financial and insurance institutions, culminating in what stands as one of the most impactful ransomware assaults in recent memory.

When organizations have no response plan in place for such an attack, it can become overwhelming attempting to prioritize the next steps that will have a compounding impact on the threat actorโ€™s ability to retain access to and control over a compromised network.

Silverfortโ€™s threat research team interacted closely with the identity threats used by Scattered Spider. and in fact, built a response playbook in real time to respond to an active Scattered Spider attack. This webinar will dissect the real-life scenario in which they were called upon to build and execute a response plan while attackers were moving inside an organizationโ€™s hybrid environment.

Hear directly from the Silverfort team about the challenges they faced, including how to rapidly and efficiently (and in as automated a manner as possible) meet the following response goals:

  • Put โ€˜roadblocksโ€™ immediately in place to protect against additional lateral movement from that point forward
  • Pinpoint user accounts that were compromised, with a special emphasis on service accounts (a favored Scattered Spider target)
  • Eradicate potential malicious presence from the orgโ€™s identity infrastructure (again โ€“ a favorable and publicly documented Scattered Spider technique)

Additionally, youโ€™ll gain insights into the steps taken in response, focusing on three dimensions of lateral movement:

  • User Accounts โ€“ Weโ€™ll look at the needed policies and monitoring for service accounts, admin users, and domain users
  • Identity Infrastructure โ€“ Weโ€™ll discuss limiting user access, disabling insecure authentication protocols, and further harden authentication requirements
  • Other Domain-Joined Machines โ€“ Weโ€™ll look at limiting inter-machine communication for userโ€™s workstations, temporarily blocking insecure authentication protocols

Hear firsthand from Silverfortโ€™s experts in our upcoming webinar. Limited spots available โ€“ secure yours now.

Reserve Your Webinar Spot โžœ

See you there!

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10 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.074 Low

EPSS

Percentile

94.1%