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   Cl0p resurgence drives ransomware attacks to new highs in 2025   
      
   Date:   
   Wed, 26 Mar 2025 10:55:56 +0000   
      
   Description:   
   Ransomware attacks have reached a new historic high, and the Cl0p ransomware   
   group is to blame.   
      
   FULL STORY   
      
   Ransomware attacks have had an 81% increase year on year, new research from   
   NordStellar has claimed.    
      
   This increase can be largely attributed to the Cl0p ransomware group, which   
   has seen something of a resurgence as the group claims responsibility for 385   
   attacks in the first few weeks of 2025 alone.    
      
   As a result, February 2025 saw the most ransomware attacks in history, with   
   980 known attacks occurring in just 28 days - an average of 35 attacks per   
   day.   
      
   A Cl0p in the ocean    
      
   The Cl0p group broke into the ransomware scene in around 2019, offering   
   ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS), where a cybercriminal group will rent out   
   their ransomware to others to commit their own attacks, or sell access to an   
   organization's network and systems for others to encrypt and extort.    
      
   The groups notoriety saw its peak after successfully breaching MOVEit Managed   
   File Transfer , which saw over 600 organizations have their sensitive data   
   stolen, affecting over 40 million people.    
      
   So far in 2025, US organizations have made up 844 of the 2,040 victims, which   
   Vakaris Noreika, a cybersecurity expert at NordStellar, attributes to the    
   fact that American companies are often lucrative targets for ransomware    
   groups thanks to their wealth and cyber insurance, as well as their highly   
   interconnected networks - with each user, device, and connection acting as a   
   potential point of entry for an attacker.    
      
   The surge in ransomware attacks is unprecedented, proving the threat is more   
   relentless than ever, Noreika says.    
      
   The spike is driven by a combination of factors  hackers exploiting zero-day   
   vulnerabilities faster than ever, the rise of ransomware as a service (RaaS)   
   lowering the barrier to entry, and organizations still struggling with   
   unpatched systems and poor credential security."    
      
   Cl0ps reemergence might be closely connected to the groups past activities,   
   such as exploitation of zero-day vulnerabilities in Cleo file transfer   
   software, compromising hundreds of organizations worldwide, says Noreika.    
      
   This incident, like a similar MOVEit Transfer one in 2023, highlights the   
   critical importance of promptly addressing vulnerabilities in managed file   
   transfer solutions to protect against sophisticated cyber threats.    
      
   In order to mitigate the potential threat of a ransomware attack, NordStellar   
   recommends that organizations deploy multi-layered cybersecurity strategies,   
   as well as using regular data backups that can be recovered in the event of    
   an attack.    
      
    Multi-factor authentication can also help protect against unauthorized    
   access and lateral movement, with dark web monitoring tools providing an    
   early sign of compromise for user credentials or stolen data.    
      
   Organizations can also provide cybersecurity training to employees and deploy   
   endpoint protection systems as a way to detect potential network intrusions.   
      
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   Link to news story:   
   https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/cl0p-resurgence-drives-ransomware-attac   
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