RMM Abuse: When IT Convenience Bites Back

The Huntress 2026 report highlights a sharp rise in abuse of legitimate RMM tools—driven by phishing and stolen credentials—that gives attackers stealthy, persistent, interactive access across customer environments (including high-risk MSP supply-chain compromises) and frequently leads to rapid ransomware incidents; it advises organizations to define behavioral baselines, inventory and fingerprint approved RMM tooling, monitor anomalies, and strengthen human and vendor defenses.