Moveit Transfer Vulnerability

Vulnerability updated 2 months ago (2024-06-27T00:17:38.806Z)

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The MOVEit Transfer vulnerability, officially designated as CVE-2023-34362, is a flaw in software design or implementation that has been exploited by the Cl0p ransomware group. Despite initial concerns, there's no evidence that the Cl0p ransomware was deployed when this vulnerability was recently exploited. However, the Cl0p group did claim responsibility for exploiting the vulnerability, which led to significant discussions around third-party risk. The exploitation of this vulnerability by the Cl0p group affected an estimated 1,000 organizations and 60 million individuals, making it a major event in cybersecurity history. Progress Software, the company behind MOVEit Transfer, discovered the vulnerability and issued guidance on how to address it. They advised users to upgrade to the latest version of the software to mitigate the risks associated with the vulnerability. This was not the only vulnerability found in MOVEit Transfer; Progress Software also discovered two additional vulnerabilities, CVE-2023-35708 and CVE-2023-35036, further highlighting the need for regular software updates and patching. The MOVEit Transfer vulnerability issue has underscored the importance of managing third-party risk. In the United States alone, almost all incidents related to this issue originated from the MOVEit Transfer vulnerability. The Snakefly cybercrime group (also known as Clop) advanced their extortion attacks in 2023 by exploiting this vulnerability. By targeting all their victims simultaneously, they left little room for effective defense strategies. As such, companies are urged to take proactive measures to protect against such threats, including keeping software up-to-date and regularly reviewing their security posture.

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CVE-2023-34362	5	CVE-2023-34362 is a critical software vulnerability found in Progress Software's managed file transfer (MFT) solution, MOVEit Transfer. This flaw was an SQL injection vulnerability that allowed for escalated privileges and unauthorized access. The vulnerability became active on May 27, 2023, when it

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ID	Type	Votes	Profile Description
Clop	Unspecified	6	Clop, also known as Cl0p, is a notorious ransomware group responsible for several high-profile cyberattacks. The group specializes in exploiting vulnerabilities in software and systems to gain unauthorized access, exfiltrate sensitive data, and then extort victims by threatening to release the stole

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Clop Ransomware Group	Unspecified	2	The Clop ransomware group, a malicious threat actor in the cybersecurity landscape, has been actively exploiting vulnerabilities in software to execute their attacks. The group is known for its harmful activities that involve the execution of actions with malicious intent. They could be individuals,

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Source Link	CreatedAt	Title
Securityaffairs	2 months ago	New MOVEit Transfer critical bug is actively exploited
CERT-EU	6 months ago	Decoded Technology Law Insights, V 5, Issue 2, March 2024
Unit42	7 months ago	Ransomware Retrospective 2024: Unit 42 Leak Site Analysis
CERT-EU	8 months ago	Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks in the USA in December 2023 – 1,613,496,782 Records Breached - IT Governance USA Blog
CERT-EU	9 months ago	LW ROUNDTABLE: Cybersecurity takeaways of 2023 — and what’s ahead in 2024 ( part 1) \| The Last Watchdog
Flashpoint	a year ago	No title
DARKReading	a year ago	Third MOVEit Transfer Vulnerability Disclosed by Progress Software
Unit42	a year ago	CL0P Seeds ^_- Gotta Catch Em All!
CERT-EU	a year ago	Clop gang stolen data from major North Carolina hospitals \| #cybercrime \| #infosec \| National Cyber Security Consulting
Securityaffairs	a year ago	Norton parent firm Gen Digital, was victim of a MOVEit ransomware attack
Securityaffairs	a year ago	Schneider Electric and Siemens Energy are two more victims of a MOVEit attack
CERT-EU	a year ago	Ransomware Surges in Nuspire’s Q2 2023 Threat Report
CERT-EU	a year ago	MOVEit Data Breach Victims Sue Progress Software
Securityaffairs	a year ago	Clop ransomware gang claims the hack of hundreds of victims
Securityaffairs	a year ago	Experts found new MOVEit Transfer SQL Injection flaws
CERT-EU	a year ago	How to Use FAIR Analysis to Quantify Risk from the MOVEit Vulnerability
CERT-EU	a year ago	MOVEit Transfer Vulnerability (CVE-2023-34362) \| Kroll \| #ransomware \| #cybercrime \| National Cyber Security Consulting
CERT-EU	a year ago	MOVEit Transfer Zero-Day Vulnerability: What Companies Need to Know
CERT-EU	a year ago	Ransomware gang Clop prepped zero-day MOVEit attacks in 2021
Securityaffairs	a year ago	Clop gang was testing MOVEit Transfer bug since 2021