How Threat Intelligence Can Disrupt Ransomware Before Encryption

Summary

The article explains how threat intelligence can help defenders identify exposed credentials, malicious infrastructure, and ransomware-related behavior before encryption, using IOCs and TTPs to prioritize investigations and disrupt access or command-and-control activity

Key points

Ransomware activity may begin well before encryption, with attackers obtaining credentials, moving laterally, and establishing command-and-control communications.
Threat intelligence can surface exposed credentials, RDP access, initial access broker listings, and infrastructure associated with ransomware actors.
IOCs such as IP addresses and file hashes can support detection, while TTPs offer longer-lasting context because attacker behaviors may change less often.
Teams can investigate exposed accounts, reset credentials, prioritize vulnerabilities linked to active exploitation, and block or investigate connections to known C2 infrastructure.
Recorded Future says its Intelligence Graph and Ransomware Risk Profile correlate threat data with organizational exposure and victimology to help prioritize relevant threats.
The article describes delivering intelligence through APIs and SIEM, SOAR, and EDR integrations; it presents threat intelligence as a complement to endpoint controls, access protection, patching, and backups.

Article Details

Topic: Using threat intelligence to disrupt ransomware attacks before encryption

MITRE ATT&CK

T1021 · Remote ServicesExposed Remote Desktop Protocol access is described as a potential initial access path.T1078 · Valid AccountsAttackers may obtain valid credentials and use them to enter a network before deploying ransomware.

Vendors

Recorded FutureIt also shows how Recorded Future uses threat intelligence, the Intelligence Graph, and workflow integrations to help organizations prioritize relevant ransomware threats and disrupt them sooner.

Products

Intelligence GraphIt also shows how Recorded Future uses threat intelligence, the Intelligence Graph, and workflow integrations to help organizations prioritize relevant ransomware threats and disrupt them sooner.Ransomware Risk ProfileRecorded Future’s Ransomware Risk Profile provides a view of an organization’s ransomware exposure.