Uncovered: Clop Ransomware’s Lengthy Zero-Day Testing on the MOVEit Platform

Security experts have uncovered shocking evidence that the notorious Clop ransomware group has been spending extensive amounts of time testing zero-day vulnerabilities on the popular MOVEit platform since 2021, according to recent reports. This study has raised a lot of concerns about cybersecurity systems’ vulnerability. For this reason, affected organizations and security agencies have taken urgent action to prevent these vulnerabilities. In light of this discovery, it only highlights the fact that ransomware attacks are becoming increasingly sophisticated. The need for robust defense measures to mitigate various types of cyber threats is critical. 

There is now close work collaboration between authorities and the parties affected by the breach to investigate this incident and develop appropriate countermeasures. 

A recent Clop data theft attack aimed at weak MOVEit Transfer instances was examined, and it was discovered that the technique employed by the group to deploy the recently revealed LemurLoot web shell can be matched with the technique used by the gang to target weak MOVEit Transfer instances. Using logs from some affected clients’ networks, they determined which clients were affected. 

As a result of a joint advisory issued by the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) regarding the active explo

[…]
Content was cut in order to protect the source.Please visit the source for the rest of the article.