The Evolution of Ransomware Entry Points: Why the Perimeter Isn’t the Perimeter Anymore

This Morphisec CTO briefing outlines how modern ransomware campaigns have become quieter and more evasive, leveraging misconfigurations, legitimate tools (e.g., SonicWall cloud backups, remote admin tools), unpatched appliances, social engineering via Teams, and kernel/telemetry evasion to persist and bypass EDR; it advocates shifting from detection to preemptive defenses such as deception and moving-target techniques.