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Storm-1175  (Back to overview)


Storm-1175 is a cybercriminal group known for deploying Medusa ransomware and exploiting public-facing applications for initial access. They have been observed exploiting a critical deserialization vulnerability in GoAnywhere MFT, tracked as CVE-2025-10035, which could lead to command injection and potential RCE. Microsoft Defender researchers identified exploitation activity aligned with TTPs attributed to Storm-1175, including the use of post-compromise techniques that involve creating a group named “ESX Admins” in the domain.


Associated Families

There are currently no families associated with this actor.


References
2025-10-06MicrosoftMicrosoft Threat Intelligence
Investigating active exploitation of CVE-2025-10035 GoAnywhere Managed File Transfer vulnerability
Medusa Storm-1175

Credits: MISP Project