Windows Ransomware Detection and Protection

Windows Ransomware Detection and Protection is an essential book for system administrators and security professionals defending Windows environments from ransomware. You will learn ransomware kill chain including initial access through phishing and RDP, execution, persistence and file encryption phases with real sample analysis. The book covers Windows telemetry including Sysmon configuration, PowerShell logging, Windows Event forwarding and ETW tracing for early detection. You will learn behavioral detection including monitoring for mass file modification, shadow copy deletion via vssadmin and suspicious process injection. The book teaches application allowlisting with AppLocker and WDAC, Controlled Folder Access configuration and exploit protection hardening. You will master backup strategy including 3-2-1 rule, offline backups and immutable storage to ensure recovery without paying ransom. The book covers endpoint detection with Windows Defender ATP, attack surface reduction rules and network segmentation to contain lateral movement. You will learn incident response playbooks including isolating infected hosts, identifying patient zero and decryptor evaluation. The book includes decryption tool review, ransom negotiation considerations and legal reporting obligations. Each chapter includes detection rule examples for Sigma and YARA that you can deploy in SIEM environments for immediate protection.

What's Included

• PDF format (350+ pages)
• Sysmon detection rules
• Sigma & YARA examples
• Incident response playbooks