Malware
Distinguishing Malware Cleanup from Incident Investigation
·5 min read
Organisations often conflate malware removal with incident investigation. Both are necessary, but they serve different purposes and require different sequencing.
Malware cleanup
Focuses on identifying and removing malicious code, restoring affected systems, and verifying that known threats are eliminated.
Incident investigation
Focuses on determining how the compromise occurred, what was accessed, whether persistence exists, and what weaknesses enabled the attack.
Why the distinction matters
Cleaning malware without investigation leaves root causes unaddressed. The same vulnerability or access path may remain exploitable.
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