Ransomware Emulation

Most security leaders know that cyberattacks have become costly and commonplace. The true asymmetry lies elsewhere: Defense must succeed every single time, while an attacker only needs one successful attempt.

Detection and response are usually established, but rarely tested under real-world conditions. This is precisely where ransomware emulation comes in: It tests whether your SOC detects and stops a genuine attack before the attacker achieves their goal.

You have invested in detection and response: a SOC, a SIEM, and defined processes for an emergency. On paper, it specifies who gets notified by when for which alert, and how to respond.

The open question is whether this plan holds up under pressure. In practice, we repeatedly observe that even mature processes fail in an actual emergency. Sometimes critical alerts get lost among false positives, sometimes the threat level is misjudged, and sometimes no one knows the details of their own playbook at the decisive moment.

As long as a real attack does not occur, this gap goes unnoticed. The SOC runs, dashboards are green, and that creates a false sense of security that has never been put to the test.

We start right where a real attack becomes dangerous: after the initial breach. Assuming an already compromised system in your network provided by you, we simulate the subsequent attack stages from there.

This directly answers the open question of your current readiness. Instead of hoping that detection and response hold up in an emergency, you see it under real-world conditions—in a safe framework where failure is merely an insight, not a disaster.

The emulation is realistic because we replicate the actual techniques used by real ransomware groups such as Black Basta or LockBit. And it is safe because the software we use cannot harm your actual data or production systems.

Suitable if you already operate detection and response.
This service is designed for organizations with an internal or outsourced SOC and SIEM and defined incident response processes. The decisive factor is having active detection capabilities that can be challenged.

You are in the right place if you, as a CISO, Head of Security, or IT Director, are accountable for ensuring that these detection capabilities hold up in an emergency.

Emulation is not yet the right service if detection and response are not yet established in your organization. In that case, a penetration test or information security consulting is the more sensible first step.

Also suitable for: Many clients use the emulation for targeted SOC team training, as a purple teaming exercise, or as evidence to meet compliance requirements.

This service has a sharp focus: It verifies whether your SOC detects and halts an active attack. From this, several intentional boundaries follow:

We don’t offer a one-size-fits-all simulation, but a comprehensive selection. You choose the emulation that matches your industry and threat profile.

Individual techniques across the entire attack chain

In addition to full threat group emulations, individual techniques can be deployed selectively and combined per engagement: PyPI Supply Chain Attack (Linux, macOS, Windows), HTA Downloader, GrayFox Loader, Crossway Agent (Go), Process Injection (indirect/direct syscalls), Privilege Escalation.

The catalog is continuously expanded. Further scenarios are available upon request.

A project follows a clear sequence from initial alignment to completion:

Our approach is structured and aligned with recognized industry standards.