Detection of Internal Reconnaissance in Domain Environments Using EDR

While threat actors can raise a profit by installing CoinMiners or ransomware strains after initial access, they often first install a backdoor or RAT malware to seize control over the infected system. Infostealers are used for the purpose of stealing user information in the system, but sometimes, they are used to obtain data that can be utilized in gaining control over the target system to ultimately install CoinMiners or ransomware.

This may not be of significance if the attack target …

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