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The National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) reported that nearly 900 colleges and universities across the US had data stolen during attacks by a Russia-based ransomware gang exploiting the popular MOVEit file-sharing tool.  The nonprofit manages educational reporting, data exchange, verification, and research services for 3,600 colleges and universities as well as 22,000 high schools.

In June of this year, the organization first confirmed that it was affected by exploitation of the tool, which was

With half of 2023 over, ransomware gangs have operated at a near-record profit, extorting more than $449 million from victims, according to blockchain research firm Chainalysis.  The figure likely pales in comparison to the actual totals because the research only looks at cryptocurrency wallets being monitored by the firm.  If the trends continue, ransomware groups are on pace to bring in nearly $900 million in 2023, only $40 million behind the peak of $939.9 million seen in 2021.

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Russia-linked ransomware group Clop reportedly took responsibility for a mass attack on more than 130 organizations, including those in the healthcare industry, using a zero-day vulnerability in secure file transfer software GoAnywhere MFT.[1]  Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added the GoAnywhere flaw (CVE-2023-0669) to its public catalog of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities.  This Sector

Alert follows previous HC3 Analyst Notes on Clop (CLOP Poses Ongoing Risk to HPH Organiz

The first Linux variant of the Clop ransomware was rife with issues that allowed researchers to create a decryptor tool for victims.  SentinelOne said it observed the first Clop (also stylized as Cl0p) ransomware variant targeting Linux systems on 26 December 2022.  Clop has existed since about 2019, targeting large companies, financial institutions, primary schools and critical infrastructure across the world. After the group targeted several major South Korean companies like e-commerce giant E

The first Linux variant of the Clop ransomware was rife with issues that allowed researchers to create a decryptor tool for victims.  SentinelOne said it observed the first Clop (also stylized as Cl0p) ransomware variant targeting Linux systems on 26 December 2022.  Clop has existed since about 2019, targeting large companies, financial institutions, primary schools and critical infrastructure across the world. After the group targeted several major South Korean companies like e-commerce giant E

Cl0p ransomware began as a part of the Cryptomix family and was first seen in the wild in 2019 operating as a Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) platform.  The group has targeted international organizations including companies in the pharmaceditcal, education, technology, and industrial verticals.   

The Cl0p ransomware group had a quiet end to 2021 after being shut down following Operation Cyclone, a joint law enforcement operation involving Interpol, Europol, Ukrainian Law enforcement, United Stat

Law enforcement is on a roll.  Europol members recently arrested numerous people in connection with a US law enforcement sting; last week Mexico arrested hacktivist Commander X; and now police in Ukraine reported earlier this week they arrested members of a major ransomware gang.  The arrests mark the first time a law enforcement agency has announced a mass arrest of a prolific hacker group that had extorted Americans by either encrypting an organization's files or threatening to leak them to th