---
id: 5955
title: "Combatting a BlackCat Ransomware Active Directory Attack"
source_domain: semperis.com
source_url: "https://www.semperis.com/blog/combatting-a-blackcat-ransomware-active-directory-attack/"
published_at: "2022-04-22T19:57:02Z"
tags: ["incident-response", "active-directory", "ransomware", "alphv", "fbi", "blackcat"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/5955"
lang: en
---

# Combatting a BlackCat Ransomware Active Directory Attack

## Summary

After FBI Flash CU-000167-MW warned BlackCat/ALPHV had hit 60+ entities, this post explains why the group's end game is an AD attack and lists FBI-recommended mitigations: hunt rogue accounts, audit permissions, plan AD recovery.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** semperis.com
- **Published:** 2022-04-22T19:57:02Z
- **Original:** https://www.semperis.com/blog/combatting-a-blackcat-ransomware-active-directory-attack/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/5955