Cyber Investigations

Rethinking investigation: Group-IB’s Graph takes a leap forward

Introduction

Imagine a cybersecurity analyst forced to work without a proper tool that collects data from scattered sources, analyzes and enriches information, and synthesizes the results. Faced with siloed data — like IP addresses, domains, and malware indicators — such analysts would be left to painstakingly piece together information, potentially missing critical relationships that could reveal the larger picture of an attack. Without such a tool, analysts would be in the dark, unable to spot the interconnected infrastructure that threat actors rely on, and they would struggle to identify perpetrators and bring them to justice. Sounds like a nightmare? It does, and yet many organizations must still connect the dots manually, spending too much time and effort dealing with data noise.

When we encountered such challenges at Group-IB, we realized that no solution on the market could meet all our investigative needs. This led us to create our own Graph, which was launched in 2017. Our Graph was way ahead of its time, consolidating data and helping analysts make faster and more accurate connections. The cybercriminal landscape has greatly evolved since then, however, with more and more sophisticated threats emerging all the time. In response, new security solutions are entering the market one after another. These shifts have created new challenges for cyber analysts: incidents have become more complex and difficult to respond to, massive data volumes are harder to correlate, and analysts face intense time pressure when investigating intricate cases. At the same time, the tools available to handle the avalanche of data haven’t kept pace with the changes.

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