In 2021, there was a surge of attacks targeting Active Directory domain controllers in order to gain the privileges that are needed to install backdoors, change security policies, and distribute ransomware or malware. In recent days there have also been attacks targeting organizations in the Ukraine using the HermeticWiper malware which is implanted via Active Directory to destroy data on the machine. All of this highlights the need to protect not just Windows systems but also Mac and Linux machines as well as IoT and OT devices. Attivo Networks is announcing the expansion of its AD protection portfolio to allow… [Continue Reading] // Read more: original article.
