Apache ActiveMQ Exploit Leads to LockBit Ransomware

Collection of DFIR Report case write-ups (2024–2026) documenting multiple ransomware intrusions and initial-access campaigns. Notable incidents include an Apache ActiveMQ RCE exploitation (CVE-2023-46604) that led to LockBit deployment, a Confluence template-injection compromise (CVE-2023-22527), and numerous access vectors such as exposed RDP/password-spray, SEO-poisoning (Bumblebee), malicious downloads, and custom RATs (Interlock PHP variant). Malware and ransomware families observed: LockBit, Lynx, Akira, Lunar Spider, RansomHub, ELPACO-team, Fog, BlackSuit. Techniques described: remote‑ex