analyzing-ransomware-network-indicators

analyzing-ransomware-network-indicators is a skill for Claude Code from 26zl/cybersec-toolkit. It costs 45 tokens per session (621 once invoked), scanned A, a copy of analyzing-ransomware-network-indicators, MIT.

A network-analysis workflow for finding signs associated with ransomware, such as regular callbacks, connections through Tor, unusual DNS activity, and large outbound transfers. It works with Zeek connection logs and NetFlow records, which summarize network traffic.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to parse network logs, detect beaconing patterns, check connections against Tor exit-node lists, find possible data exfiltration, and investigate ransomware indicators.
Why use it?
Ransomware activity can leave network clues before files are encrypted or while data is being stolen. Examining these records helps investigators identify suspicious communication and data movement.

Skill for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: installed under .claude/.

Part of the cybersec-toolkit plugin — 197 skills, 2 hooks, 1 MCP server shipped together

Good fit Use it to parse network logs, detect beaconing patterns, check connections against Tor exit-node lists, find possible data exfiltration, and investigate ransomware indicators.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/26zl/cybersec-toolkit/analyzing-ransomware-network-indicators
Install

Getting it into your agent

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Any agent
npx skills add 26zl/cybersec-toolkit --skill analyzing-ransomware-network-indicators
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/26zl/cybersec-toolkit

Made for: Claude Code.

Or install cybersec-toolkit, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 197 skills, 2 hooks, 1 MCP server.

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Per session 45 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 621 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin 88% copy Near-identical to another mod in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00045 $0.00621
Opus 5 $0.00023 $0.00311
Sonnet 5 $0.00009 $0.00124
Haiku 4.5 $0.00005 $0.00062

Measured 7d ago against content hash 31d4fa173f6e, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-11, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

analyzing-ransomware-network-indicators scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 7d ago.

The scan reads SKILL.md. This mod also ships 1 executable file (scripts/agent.py), listed below but not scanned — reading those needs a real analyzer, not pattern matching.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

Origin

This is a copy

88% identical to analyzing-ransomware-network-indicators — 18 lines differ, which has more behind it and is treated as the original. This page carries a canonical link to it rather than competing with it.

.claude/skills/analyzing-ransomware-network-indicators/SKILL.md · 75 lines

What it actually says

Analyzing Ransomware Network Indicators

Overview

Before and during ransomware execution, adversaries establish C2 channels, exfiltrate data, and download encryption keys. This skill analyzes Zeek conn.log and NetFlow data to detect beaconing patterns (regular-interval callbacks), connections to known TOR exit nodes, large outbound data transfers, and suspicious DNS activity associated with ransomware families.

When to Use

  • When investigating security incidents that require analyzing ransomware network indicators
  • When building detection rules or threat hunting queries for this domain
  • When SOC analysts need structured procedures for this analysis type
  • When validating security monitoring coverage for related attack techniques

Prerequisites

  • Zeek conn.log files or NetFlow CSV/JSON exports
  • Python 3.8+ with standard library
  • TOR exit node list (fetched from Tor Project or threat intel feeds)
  • Optional: Known ransomware C2 IOC list

Steps

  1. Parse Connection Logs — Ingest Zeek conn.log (TSV) or NetFlow records into structured format
  2. Detect Beaconing Patterns — Calculate connection interval statistics (mean, stddev, coefficient of variation) to identify periodic callbacks
  3. Check TOR Exit Node Connections — Cross-reference destination IPs against current TOR exit node list
  4. Identify Data Exfiltration — Flag connections with unusually high outbound byte ratios to external IPs
  5. Analyze DNS Patterns — Detect DGA-like domain queries and high-entropy subdomains
  6. Score and Correlate — Apply composite risk scoring across all indicator types
  7. Generate Report — Produce structured report with timeline and MITRE ATT&CK mapping

Expected Output

  • JSON report with beaconing detections and interval statistics
  • TOR exit node connection alerts
  • Data exfiltration flow analysis
  • Composite ransomware risk score with MITRE mapping (T1071, T1573, T1041)
Files

What ships with it

3 files beside SKILL.md in the same directory: the scripts, references and assets a skill reads on demand. Not counted in the per-session cost; read them before you install if any of them is executable.

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 7d ago First seen · 75 lines · 45 tokens per session scan A 31d4fa173f6e

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analyzing-ransomware-network-indicators is a skill published in the GitHub repository 26zl/cybersec-toolkit (54 stars, last pushed today), licensed MIT. It adds 45 tokens to every session and 621 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. It is 88% identical to analyzing-ransomware-network-indicators, differing in 18 lines, and is treated as a copy.

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