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On June 7th, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued an advisory highlighting the recent efforts of threat actors to disseminate CL0P ransomware. The various malicious indicators of compromise (IOCs) and tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) being leveraged by the threat actors are listed in US-CERT Alert (AA23-158A) – CL0P Ransomware Gang Exploits CVE-2023-34362 MOVEit Vulnerability.

NOTE: The MOVEit Transfer vulnerability remains under active exploitation, and Kroll experts are investigating. Expect frequent updates to the Kroll Cyber Risk blog as our team uncovers more details. On June 5, 2023, the Clop ransomware group publicly claimed responsibility for exploitation of a zero-day vulnerability in the MOVEit Transfer secure file transfer web application (CVE-2023-34362).

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SecurityScorecard conducted an extensive investigation into the Zellis breach. This research revealed alarming insights about the scale and persistence of the attack. The data exfiltration was carried out in several steps: Netflow data from Zellis IP ranges indicated large outbound transfers over HTTPS, which pointed towards the presence of a web shell. Additionally, SecurityScorecard researchers detected exfiltration over SSH to known malicious IP addresses.

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On May 31, 2023, Kroll received multiple reports that a zero-day vulnerability in MOVEit Transfer was being actively exploited to gain access to MOVEit servers. Kroll has observed threat actors using this vulnerability to upload a web shell, exfiltrate data and initiate intrusion lifecycles. This vulnerability may also enable a threat actor to move laterally to other areas of the network.

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