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Respond to Ransomware

In this lab, you’ll practice performing incident response on an infected windows machine. When you’re finished, you’ll have the ability to triage ransomware on an infected windows machine.

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(55)
Level
Beginner
Last updated
Jul 30, 2025
Duration
1h 45m

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Table of Contents
  1. Challenge

    Getting Started in the Lab Environment

    Here are the initial instructions and explanation of the lab environment. Read this while your environment is busy creating itself from nothing. Yes, this violates physics; we know. How fun!

  2. Challenge

    Ransomware Preparation

    In this challenge you will prepare for effectively performing a cyber investigation following a ransomware attack.

  3. Challenge

    Triaging and Collecting Artifacts

    In this challenge you will get experience doing the initial triage of a system that has been infected with malware.

  4. Challenge

    Identifying the Root Cause Using Forensic Analysis Techniques

    In this challenge you will perform forensic analysis to identify the initial cause of the malware outbreak.

  5. Challenge

    Malware Eradication and Recovery of Systems

    In this challenge you will remove the malware from the infected system, and return it to a normal state where it can safely be inserted back into the company network.

  6. Challenge

    Last Challenge

    Welcome to the final challenge! This is your last chance to experiment in the environment. Clicking Finish Lab will end this little world that flittered into existence just for you.

About the author

Shimon Brathwaite is a seven-year cybersecurity professional with extensive experience in Incident Response, Vulnerability Management, Identity and Access Management and Consulting.

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