Group Policy hijacked: PAYLOAD ransomware weaponizes Active Directory GPO
2026-09-24T08:51:46Z•dfcbdd3ff959de914fe0f3e01ebc39a9e26295e08eb0c17595f6e917774f71e0
APTActive DirectoryAndroid malwareC2 concealmentElement messengerGPO abuseGhostContainerGroup Policy ObjectsICSJavaScript malwareMQTTMirage KittenNightEagleNode.js malwareSolana blockchainToy GhoulsValleyRATbackdoorbinaryless attackexploitsขोर?industrial control systemsproxy botnetransomwaretorrent malwarevulnerabilities
What happened
Kaspersky Securelist feed covering recent threat intelligence, including ransomware abuse of Active Directory Group Policy, torrent-delivered malware, APT campaigns, novel backdoors, Android proxy botnets, industrial-control-system threats, vulnerability trends, and a kernel-level Windows rootkit. The collection includes both targeted espionage activity and financially motivated or opportunistic malware campaigns.
Why it matters
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Evidence and limitations
- Source ID
- kaspersky_securelist
- Record identifier
- dfcbdd3ff959de914fe0f3e01ebc39a9e26295e08eb0c17595f6e917774f71e0
- Enrichment time
- 2026-09-24T08:51:46Z
- AI-assisted enrichment
- Yes
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