How the Conti Ransomware Gang Orchestrates Their Attacks

Executive summary: This report analyzes leaked Conti ransomware manuals and summarizes the gang's end-to-end operational workflow—covering domain and share enumeration, privilege escalation (including Zerologon/PrintNightmare references), persistence options, lateral movement methods, data exfiltration practices, and the final encryption phases—while providing detection opportunities and defensive recommendations for security teams.