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TL;DR: A set of flaws in ConnectWise-powered environments (RMM/PSA/update channels) can enable malicious update injection. If exploited, a threat actor could push a booby-trapped package through your management stack and gain code execution across every onboarded client system. Treat this as a supply-chain risk: patch immediately, enforce signed-update validation, and add out-of-band verification on all deployment jobs.
The Business Risk
Your MSP console is the single distribution switch for software and scripts. If an attacker can tamper with that path—even briefly—they can deploy ransomware, backdoors, or data-exfil agents to all managed servers and laptops in minutes. Expect blast-radius touching production, backups, domain controllers, and SaaS credentials. Insurance, compliance, and customer contracts are all in play.
Who’s at Highest Risk?
- MSPs/MSSEs using ConnectWise RMM/Automate/Control without strict RBAC, MFA, and IP allow-listing.
- Enterprises delegating patching/remote control to third-party providers with broad agent permissions.
- Any tenant where update verification can be bypassed or where script execution is allowed by policy.
How the Attack Works (High-Level)
- Initial foothold in the MSP portal or update path (phished admin, weak API keys, exposed panel).
- Update pipeline tamper (replace package/script, alter job payloads, or redirect source).
- Mass deployment via scheduled jobs, agent policies, or “urgent patch” tasks.
- Persistence & cover (rotate creds, disable alerts, push EDR exclusions, erase audit trails).
Rapid Detection: Signals You Can Check Today
- New or modified Update Jobs / Script Libraries outside CAB/change windows.
- Agent pulling packages from
unknownornon-TLSsources; hashes not matching change tickets. - Sudden policy edits that allow unsigned packages or silence endpoint alerts.
- Login anomalies: new API keys, off-hours admin sessions, new SSO app bindings, MFA resets.
Immediate Actions (Do These Now)
- Apply the latest ConnectWise security patches and hotfixes for RMM/Automate/Control tenants.
- Force MFA + IP allow-listing for all admin accounts; rotate API keys/secrets.
- Enable signed-update enforcement and block unsigned scripts/binaries by policy.
- Require out-of-band approvals for mass-deploy jobs; dual-control on emergency tasks.
- EDR guardrails: deny policy changes from RMM agents; alert on new global exclusions.
- Backups: verify offline/immutable copies; test bare-metal restore for at least one client.
SOC/IR Playbook
- Freeze deployments (pause update jobs). Export job history + audit trails.
- Hash-verify recent packages and scripts against change-ticket manifests.
- Credential reset for MSP admins, service accounts, and API integrations.
- Endpoint sweep: look for recent agent-pushed binaries, new services, EDR exclusions.
- Customer comms: notify tenants of potential impact; provide rollback steps and IOC list.
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