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Preparation

1 Identification
2 Containment
3
■ Define actors, for each entity, who will be Detect the infection The following actions should be performed and
involved into the crisis cell. These actors monitored by the crisis management cell:
Information coming from several sources should be
should be documented in a contact list kept gathered and analyzed:
permanently up to date. 1. Disconnect the infected area from the Internet.
■ Antivirus logs,

■ Make sure that analysis tools are up,


■ Intrusion Detection Systems, 2. Isolate the infected area. Disconnect it from
any network.
functional (Antivirus, IDS, logs analysers), not ■ Suspicious connection attempts on servers,
compromised, and up to date. ■ High amount of accounts locked, 3. If business-critical traffic cannot be
■ Suspicious network traffic, disconnected, allow it after ensuring that it
■ Make sure to have architecture map of your
■ Suspicious connection attempts in firewalls,
cannot be an infection vector or find validated
networks. circumventions techniques.
■ High increase of support calls,
■ Make sure that an up to date inventory of the ■ High load or system freeze, 4. Neutralize the propagation vectors. A
assets is available. ■ High volumes of e-mail sent
propagation vector can be anything from
network traffic to software flaw. Relevant
countermeasures have to be applied (patch,
■ Perform a continuous security watch and If one or several of these symptoms have been
traffic blocking, disable devices, etc.)
inform the people in charge of security about spotted, the actors defined in the “preparation” step
For example, the following techniques can be
the threat trends. will get in touch and if necessary, create a crisis
used:
cell.
- Patch deployment tools (WSUS),
■ Make sure that a Business Continuity Process
Identify the infection - Windows GPO,
has been defined and regularly tested for the - Firewall rules,
business-critical services. Analyze the symptoms to identify the worm, its - Operational procedures.
propagation vectors and countermeasures.
5. Repeat steps 2 to 4 on each sub-area of the
Leads can be found from : infected area until the worm stops spreading. If
■ CERT’s bulletins; possible, monitor the infection using analysis
tools (antivirus console, server logs, support
■ External support contacts (antivirus calls).
companies, etc.) ;
■ Security websites (Secunia, SecurityFocus The spreading of the worm must be monitored.
etc.)

Notify Chief Information Security Officer. Mobile devices


Contact your CERT if required.
Make sure that no laptop, PDA or mobile storage
Assess the perimeter of the infection can be used as a propagation vector by the worm.
If possible, block all their connections.
Define the boundaries of the infection (i.e.: global
infection, bounded to a subsidiary, etc.). Ask end-users to follow directives precisely.
If possible, identify the business impact of the
infection. At the end of this step, the infection should be
contained.
Remediation
4 Recovery
5 Incident Response Methodology
Verify all previous steps have been done correctly
Identify
and get a management approval before following
Identify tools and remediation methods. next steps.
The following resources should be considered:
- Vendor fixes (Microsoft, Oracle, etc.) 1. Reopen the network traffic that was used as a IRM #1
- Antivirus signature database propagation method by the worm.
- External support contacts Worm Infection Response
Guidelines to handle information system Worm infections
- Security websites 2. Reconnect sub-areas together ___________________________________________________
IRM Author: CERT SG / Vincent Ferran-Lacome
Define a disinfection process. The process has to 3. Reconnect the mobile laptops to the area IRM version: 1.3
be validated by an external structure, like your
E-Mail: cert.sg@socgen.com
CERT for example. 4. Reconnect the area to your local network Web: https://cert.societegenerale.com
Twitter: @CertSG
5. Reconnect the area to the Internet
Test
All of these steps shall be made in a step-by-step
Test the disinfection process and make sure that it
manner and a technical monitoring shall be Abstract
properly works without damaging any service. enforced by the crisis team.
This Incident Response Methodology is a cheat sheet dedicated
to incident handlers investigating a precise security issue.
Who should use IRM sheets?
Deploy  Administrators

Deploy the disinfection tools. Several options can


Aftermath
6 

Security Operation Center
CISOs and deputies
be used: Report  CERTs (Computer Emergency Response Team)
- Windows WSUS A crisis report should be written and made Remember: If you face an incident, follow IRM, take notes
- GPO available to all of the actors of the crisis and do not panic. Contact your CERT immediately if
- Antivirus signature deployment management cell. needed.
- Manual disinfection
The following themes should be described: Incident handling steps
Warning: some worms can block some of the - Initial cause of the infection
remediation deployment methods. If so, a - Actions and timelines of every important
6 steps are defined to handle security Incidents
workaround has to be found. event  Preparation: get ready to handle the incident
- What went right  Identification: detect the incident
Remediation progress should be monitored by the - What went wrong  Containment: limit the impact of the incident
crisis cell.  Remediation: remove the threat
- Incident cost  Recovery: recover to a normal stage
 Aftermath: draw up and improve the process
Capitalize
Actions to improve the worm infection management IRM provides detailed information for each step.
processes should be defined to capitalize on this
experience.
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