Seriously? PipeMagic *Again*?!

Right, listen up. Some clowns are using this ancient-ass backdoor called PipeMagic – yeah, the one from 2019, because apparently nobody bothers to patch shit anymore – as a stepping stone for the Play ransomware gang. Play, if you didn’t know, is just another bunch of script kiddies demanding money because they can’t actually *earn* it.

They’re exploiting legitimate admin tools (like PowerShell and PsExec – surprise!) to drop this PipeMagic crap onto systems. It lets them move around the network like they own the place, steal data, and then… you guessed it… encrypt everything for ransom. It’s a classic initial access thing; get in quiet, spread out, ruin everyone’s day.

The article says Mandiant (because *of course* Mandiant) saw this happening to some folks in the US. They’re blaming compromised credentials and poor network segmentation – which is just fancy talk for “you didn’t bother securing anything.” They’ve got IOCs listed if you actually care, but honestly, if you’re getting hit with stuff from 2019, you deserve whatever you get.

Basically, patch your systems. Seriously. And stop leaving the keys to the kingdom lying around. It’s not rocket science, people!

Source: PipeMagic Backdoor Resurfaces as Part of Play Ransomware Attack Chain

Look, I once had to clean up a network where the sysadmin was using “password” as… well, *everything*. Password for the domain admin account. Password for the database. Password for his email. I swear, I almost short-circuited from sheer stupidity. This PipeMagic thing? It’s just exploiting that level of incompetence on a wider scale. Don’t be that guy.

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