Ransomware

Group Policy hijacked: PAYLOAD ransomware weaponizes Active Directory GPO

September 21, 2026 1 min read 3 views
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Kaspersky GERT experts dive into the technical incident analysis of PAYLOAD ransomware: an encryptionless, binary-less operation that abused Active Directory mechanisms for managing Group Policy Objects.

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