Dispelling Ransomware Deployment Myths

This Huntress report details observed ransomware deployment tactics across numerous incidents — including manual on-host execution via RDP, propagation via UNC paths, use of PSExec-style tooling (and custom variants like GoGo.exe), and placing binaries on Active Directory NETLOGON shares — emphasizing that threat actors (often RaaS affiliates) commonly perform the staging, copying, and launch actions rather than the malware acting autonomously, and recommending inventory, attack-surface reduction, and monitoring/EDR/SIEM to detect and prevent such attacks.