splunk-security_content/stories/ransomware_cloud.yml

name: Ransomware Cloud
id: f52f6c43-05f8-4b19-a9d3-5b8c56da91c2
version: 1
date: '2020-10-27'
author: Rod Soto, David Dorsey, Splunk
status: production
description: Leverage searches that allow you to detect and investigate unusual activities
  that might relate to ransomware. These searches include cloud related objects that
  may be targeted by malicious actors via cloud providers own encryption features.
narrative: Ransomware is an ever-present risk to the enterprise, wherein an infected
  host encrypts business-critical data, holding it hostage until the victim pays the
  attacker a ransom. There are many types and varieties of ransomware that can affect
  an enterprise.Cloud ransomware can be deployed by obtaining high privilege credentials
  from targeted users or resources.
references:
- https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/aws/s3-ransomware-part-1-attack-vector/
- https://github.com/d1vious/git-wild-hunt
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgzNib37g0M
tags:
  category:
  - Malware
  product:
  - Splunk Security Analytics for AWS
  - Splunk Enterprise
  - Splunk Enterprise Security
  - Splunk Cloud
  usecase: Advanced Threat Detection