---
id: 5992
title: "How to Defend Against Ransomware-as-a-Service Groups That Attack Active Directory"
source_domain: semperis.com
source_url: "https://www.semperis.com/blog/how-to-defend-against-ransomware-as-a-service-groups-that-attack-active-directory/"
published_at: "2021-05-17T19:12:14Z"
tags: ["active-directory", "defense", "video", "colonial-pipeline", "ransomware-as-a-service", "darkside"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/5992"
lang: en
---

# How to Defend Against Ransomware-as-a-Service Groups That Attack Active Directory

## Summary

Following the Colonial Pipeline attack, guidance on defending against ransomware-as-a-service: how RaaS operations typically gain initial access via Windows vulnerabilities, with a video walkthrough of how attackers breach Active Directory.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** semperis.com
- **Published:** 2021-05-17T19:12:14Z
- **Original:** https://www.semperis.com/blog/how-to-defend-against-ransomware-as-a-service-groups-that-attack-active-directory/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/5992