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archiveransomware · 21 Sep 2026 · 10:00 UTC

Group Policy hijacked: PAYLOAD ransomware weaponizes Active Directory GPO

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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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