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RMM Tools: A Gateway for Bulk Attacks | Huntress

2025-07-02 · Read original ↗

ATT&CK techniques detected

8 predictions
T1219Remote Access Tools
99%
"rmm tools : a gateway for bulk attacks | huntress msps frequently rely on remote monitoring and management ( rmm ) tools as a way to remotely manage and monitor their customers ’ it environments, including remotely troubleshooting issues. but for threat actors, msp rmms are an ea…"
T1219Remote Access Tools
97%
"##m abuse made up 6. 5 % of the most common threat categories overall ). figure 4 : rmm abuse made up 6. 5 % of the most common threat categories in 2024 we see threat actors abusing rmms in different ways : - attackers hijack and use existing software that ' s already installed …"
T1219Remote Access Tools
93%
"incidents could have led to further attacks, such as the threat actor performing data theft and / or deploying ransomware. however, huntress isolated the impacted endpoints before the attacks progressed any further, and advised the msp to shut down its rmm instance, rotate all cr…"
T1219Remote Access Tools
89%
"preventing rmm abuse businesses can take several steps to defend against rmm abuse. msps should be particularly cognizant of their rmm tools, as well as legacy rmms installed within their customer environments, due to the impacts outlined above. here are some measures that can he…"
T1219Remote Access Tools
80%
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T1219Remote Access Tools
77%
"##ared tunnels on all three customers with the same token ( as seen by the following command : c : \ windows \ system32 \ cloudflared. exe " tunnelrun – token [ redacted ] ). we have seen other incidents where threat actors installed cloudflared tunnels to set the stage for persi…"
T1219Remote Access Tools
44%
"since the kaseya attack, but huntress continues to see threat actors compromise rmms in msp environments to hit multiple customers. huntress ’ security operations center ( soc ) analysts recently saw an incident in june, where a threat actor compromised an msp ’ s rmm instance, e…"
T1486Data Encrypted for Impact
31%
"rmm tools : a gateway for bulk attacks | huntress msps frequently rely on remote monitoring and management ( rmm ) tools as a way to remotely manage and monitor their customers ’ it environments, including remotely troubleshooting issues. but for threat actors, msp rmms are an ea…"

Summary

Four years after the Kaseya supply chain attack, a recent incident shows how threat actors still successfully target MSPs’ downstream customers through RMM software.