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After several companies in the financial industry were affected by a similar incident, they shared information about threat intelligence and the malware used for exploitation. Which of the following…

The correct answer is B. Look for common TTPs. F. Verify malware hashes. To determine if similar financial industry incidents are conducted by the same actor, companies should analyze their common Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs) and verify the hashes of the malware used.

Submitted by yousef_jo· Mar 6, 2026Security Operations

Question

After several companies in the financial industry were affected by a similar incident, they shared information about threat intelligence and the malware used for exploitation. Which of the following should the companies do to best identify whether the attacks are being conducted by the same actor? (Choose two.)

Options

  • AApply code stylometry.
  • BLook for common TTPs.
  • CUse IoC extractions.
  • DLeverage malware detonation.
  • EPerform malware decompilation.
  • FVerify malware hashes.

How the community answered

(33 responses)
  • A
    3% (1)
  • B
    67% (22)
  • C
    3% (1)
  • D
    18% (6)
  • E
    9% (3)

Why each option

To determine if similar financial industry incidents are conducted by the same actor, companies should analyze their common Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs) and verify the hashes of the malware used.

AApply code stylometry.

Applying code stylometry is a highly specialized and often inconclusive method for attributing authorship, especially for threat actors who actively obfuscate their code.

BLook for common TTPs.Correct

Looking for common TTPs allows organizations to identify consistent operational methodologies and patterns of attack used by threat actors, providing strong indicators of a shared actor or group.

CUse IoC extractions.

Using IoC extractions (Indicators of Compromise) helps detect ongoing activity but does not reliably link actors if IoCs like IP addresses or domains are frequently changed or reused by different groups.

DLeverage malware detonation.

Leveraging malware detonation in a sandbox helps understand malware behavior but doesn't inherently reveal the actor's identity or directly link separate attacks to the same actor without further correlation.

EPerform malware decompilation.

Performing malware decompilation is a deep reverse engineering technique to understand malware functionality, which is too granular and resource-intensive as a primary method for linking actors across multiple incidents.

FVerify malware hashes.Correct

Verifying malware hashes directly identifies if identical malware samples were deployed across different incidents, offering a definitive link regarding the tools used by the presumed same actor.

Concept tested: Threat actor attribution and intelligence analysis

Source: https://attack.mitre.org/

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