Ransomware Q1 Attack Paths: From Initial Access to Lateral Movement
April 25, 2026
Starting with three clients that got hit — In Q1 this year we handled three ransomware incidents: one through RDP brute force, one through a phishing email, and one where a backdoor was planted during a vendor’s remote maintenance session. The attack paths in all three cases can almost be strung together into a textbook intrusion chain. During the post-incident reviews, every client asked the same question: “Our firewall was on the whole time — how did they get in?” The answer is usually that the attacker never came through the front door; they…