# Looking Through a Pinhole at a Qilin Ransomware Attack

DevFeed: [Looking Through a Pinhole at a Qilin Ransomware Attack](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/looking-through-a-pinhole-at-a-qilin-ransomware-attack-54461.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.huntress.com/blog/looking-at-qilin-ransomware-attack>)

Author: Lindsey O'Donnell-Welch; Ben Folland; Harlan Carvey

Published: 2025-10-22T05:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Huntress Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/huntress-blog.md>)

Topics: [ransomware](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ransomware.md>), [incident](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/incident.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [telemetry](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/telemetry.md>), [Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/siem-security.md>), [Endpoint Security & XDR](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/endpoint-security-xdr.md>), [Windows](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/windows.md>), [VirusTotal](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/virustotal.md>)

Tags: [analysis](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/analysis.md>), [deployment](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/deployment.md>), [detection](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/detection.md>), [detection-and-response](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/detection-and-response.md>), [edr](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/edr.md>), [incident](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/incident.md>), [logs](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/logs.md>), [ransomware](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ransomware.md>), [siem](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/siem.md>), [soc](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/soc.md>), [virustotal](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/virustotal.md>), [windows](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/windows.md>)

## AI overview

This incident analysis explains how Huntress analysts reconstructed a Qilin ransomware attack despite having limited endpoint visibility, no available EDR or SIEM telemetry, and only managed antivirus alerts and Windows Event Logs to investigate the compromise.

## Source excerpt

Incident analysis is critical, but for newcomers, it can be daunting. Learn how to confirm commands, validate findings, and spot real impact during a Qilin ransomware event.