SYMBOLCOMMON_NAMEaka. SYNONYMS
win.clop (Back to overview)

Clop

Actor(s): TA505

VTCollection    

Clop is a ransomware which uses the .clop extension after having encrypted the victim's files. Another unique characteristic belonging with Clop is in the string: "Dont Worry C|0P" included into the ransom notes. It is a variant of CryptoMix ransomware, but it additionally attempts to disable Windows Defender and to remove the Microsoft Security Essentials in order to avoid user space detection.

References
2023-07-26TalosNicole Hoffman
Incident Response trends Q2 2023: Data theft extortion rises, while healthcare is still most-targeted vertical
BianLian Clop LockBit Royal Ransom LockBit 8Base BianLian Clop LockBit Money Message Royal Ransom
2023-06-23FourcoreJones Martin
Clop Ransomware: History, Timeline, And Adversary Simulation
Clop
2023-05-23loginsoftSaharsh Agrawal
Taming the Storm: Understanding and Mitigating the Consequences of CVE-2023-27350
Clop LockBit Silence
2022-12-08Cisco TalosTiago Pereira
Breaking the silence - Recent Truebot activity
Clop Cobalt Strike FlawedGrace Raspberry Robin Silence Teleport
2022-10-27MicrosoftMicrosoft Threat Intelligence
Raspberry Robin worm part of larger ecosystem facilitating pre-ransomware activity
FAKEUPDATES BumbleBee Clop Fauppod Raspberry Robin Roshtyak Silence DEV-0950 Mustard Tempest
2022-10-27Bleeping ComputerSergiu Gatlan
Microsoft links Raspberry Robin worm to Clop ransomware attacks
Clop Raspberry Robin
2022-09-06PRODAFTPRODAFT
TA505 Group’s TeslaGun In-Depth Analysis
Clop ServHelper
2022-07-26MandiantDaniel Kapellmann Zafra, Jay Christiansen, Keith Lunden, Ken Proska, Thibault van Geluwe de Berlaere
Mandiant Red Team Emulates FIN11 Tactics To Control Operational Technology Servers
Clop Industroyer MimiKatz Triton
2022-06-23KasperskyDanila Nasonov, Natalya Shornikova, Nikita Nazarov, Vasily Davydov, Vladislav Burtsev
The hateful eight: Kaspersky’s guide to modern ransomware groups’ TTPs
Conti Hive BlackByte BlackCat Clop LockBit Mespinoza Ragnarok
2022-06-23KasperskyDanila Nasonov, Natalya Shornikova, Nikita Nazarov, Vasily Davydov, Vladislav Burtsev
The hateful eight: Kaspersky’s guide to modern ransomware groups’ TTPs (Download Form)
BlackByte BlackCat Clop Conti Hive LockBit Mespinoza RagnarLocker
2022-05-28Bleeping ComputerSergiu Gatlan
Clop ransomware gang is back, hits 21 victims in a single month
Clop
2022-02-22Trend MicroTrend Micro Research
Ransomware Spotlight: Clop
Clop
2021-11-16Trend MicroTrend Micro
Global Operations Lead to Arrests of Alleged Members of GandCrab/REvil and Cl0p Cartels
REvil Clop Gandcrab REvil
2021-09-14CrowdStrikeCrowdStrike Intelligence Team
Big Game Hunting TTPs Continue to Shift After DarkSide Pipeline Attack
BlackMatter DarkSide REvil Avaddon BlackMatter Clop Conti CryptoLocker DarkSide DoppelPaymer Hades REvil
2021-08-15SymantecThreat Hunter Team
The Ransomware Threat
Babuk BlackMatter DarkSide Avaddon Babuk BADHATCH BazarBackdoor BlackMatter Clop Cobalt Strike Conti DarkSide DoppelPaymer Egregor Emotet FiveHands FriedEx Hades IcedID LockBit Maze MegaCortex MimiKatz QakBot RagnarLocker REvil Ryuk TrickBot WastedLocker
2021-06-30Advanced IntelligenceAdvIntel Security & Development Team, Brandon Rudisel, Yelisey Boguslavskiy
Ransomware-&-CVE: Industry Insights Into Exclusive High-Value Target Adversarial Datasets
BlackKingdom Ransomware Clop dearcry Hades REvil
2021-06-25KrCertDongwook Kim, Kayoung Kim, Seulgi Lee, Taewoo Lee
Attack patterns in AD environment
Clop
2021-06-24BinanceBinance
Binance Helps Take Down Cybercriminal Ring Laundering $500M in Ransomware Attacks
Clop
2021-06-16KrebsOnSecurityBrian Krebs
Ukrainian Police Nab Six Tied to CLOP Ransomware
Clop
2021-06-16Національної поліції УкраїниНаціональна поліція України
Cyberpolice exposes hacker group in spreading encryption virus and causing half a billion dollars in damage to foreign companies
Clop Cobalt Strike FlawedAmmyy
2021-06-16Youtube (Національна поліція України)Національна поліція України
Кіберполіція викрила хакерське угруповання у розповсюдженні вірусу-шифрувальника (Clop operators)
Clop
2021-06-16The RecordCatalin Cimpanu
Ukrainian police arrest Clop ransomware members, seize server infrastructure
Clop
2021-06-15Trend MicroByron Gelera, Earle Earnshaw, Janus Agcaoili, Miguel Ang, Nikko Tamana
Ransomware Double Extortion and Beyond: REvil, Clop, and Conti
Clop Conti REvil
2021-05-10DarkTracerDarkTracer
Intelligence Report on Ransomware Gangs on the DarkWeb: List of victim organizations attacked by ransomware gangs released on the DarkWeb
RansomEXX Avaddon Babuk Clop Conti Cuba DarkSide DoppelPaymer Egregor Hades LockBit Mailto Maze MedusaLocker Mespinoza Mount Locker Nefilim Nemty Pay2Key PwndLocker RagnarLocker Ragnarok RansomEXX REvil Sekhmet SunCrypt ThunderX
2021-05-03splunkSplunk Threat Research Team
Clop Ransomware Detection: Threat Research Release, April 2021
Clop
2021-04-26CoveWareCoveWare
Ransomware Attack Vectors Shift as New Software Vulnerability Exploits Abound
Avaddon Clop Conti DarkSide Egregor LockBit Mailto Phobos REvil Ryuk SunCrypt
2021-04-25Vulnerability.ch BlogCorsin Camichel
Ransomware and Data Leak Site Publication Time Analysis
Avaddon Babuk Clop Conti DarkSide DoppelPaymer Mespinoza Nefilim REvil
2021-04-14ViceLorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Meet The Ransomware Gang Behind One of the Biggest Supply Chain Hacks Ever
Clop
2021-04-13Palo Alto Networks Unit 42Doel Santos
Threat Assessment: Clop Ransomware
Clop
2021-04-13splunkSplunk Threat Research Team
Detecting Clop Ransomware
Clop
2021-03-26Bleeping ComputerLawrence Abrams
Ransomware gang urges victims’ customers to demand a ransom payment
Clop
2021-03-11FlashpointFlashpoint
CL0P and REvil Escalate Their Ransomware Tactics
Clop REvil
2021-03-01Group-IBOleg Skulkin, Roman Rezvukhin, Semyon Rogachev
Ransomware Uncovered 2020/2021
RansomEXX BazarBackdoor Buer Clop Conti DoppelPaymer Dridex Egregor IcedID Maze PwndLocker QakBot RansomEXX REvil Ryuk SDBbot TrickBot Zloader
2021-02-23CrowdStrikeCrowdStrike
2021 Global Threat Report
RansomEXX Amadey Anchor Avaddon BazarBackdoor Clop Cobalt Strike Conti Cutwail DanaBot DarkSide DoppelPaymer Dridex Egregor Emotet Hakbit IcedID JSOutProx KerrDown LockBit Mailto Maze MedusaLocker Mespinoza Mount Locker NedDnLoader Nemty Pay2Key PlugX Pushdo PwndLocker PyXie QakBot Quasar RAT RagnarLocker Ragnarok RansomEXX REvil Ryuk Sekhmet ShadowPad SmokeLoader Snake SUNBURST SunCrypt TEARDROP TrickBot WastedLocker Winnti Zloader Evilnum OUTLAW SPIDER RIDDLE SPIDER SOLAR SPIDER VIKING SPIDER
2021-02-22FireEyeAndrew Moore, Genevieve Stark, Isif Ibrahima, Kimberly Goody, Van Ta
Cyber Criminals Exploit Accellion FTA for Data Theft and Extortion
DEWMODE Clop
2021-02-15Medium s2wlabSojun Ryu
Operation SyncTrek
AbaddonPOS Azorult Clop DoppelDridex DoppelPaymer Dridex PwndLocker
2021-02-02CRONUPGermán Fernández
De ataque con Malware a incidente de Ransomware
Avaddon BazarBackdoor Buer Clop Cobalt Strike Conti DanaBot Dharma Dridex Egregor Emotet Empire Downloader FriedEx GootKit IcedID MegaCortex Nemty Phorpiex PwndLocker PyXie QakBot RansomEXX REvil Ryuk SDBbot SmokeLoader TrickBot Zloader
2021-01-05AhnLabAhnLab ASEC Analysis Team
[Threat Analysis] CLOP Ransomware that Attacked Korean Distribution Giant
Clop
2020-12-15Twitter (@darb0ng)Minhee Lee
Tweet on Symrise group hit by Clop Ransomware
Clop
2020-12-03Bleeping ComputerLawrence Abrams
Ransomware gang says they stole 2 million credit cards from E-Land
Clop
2020-12-02AhnLabAhnLab ASEC Analysis Team
CLOP Ransomware Report
Clop
2020-11-23S2W LAB Inc.TALON
[S2W LAB] Analysis of Clop Ransomware suspiciously related to the Recent Incident
Clop
2020-11-20ZDNetCatalin Cimpanu
The malware that usually installs ransomware and you need to remove right away
Avaddon BazarBackdoor Buer Clop Cobalt Strike Conti DoppelPaymer Dridex Egregor Emotet FriedEx MegaCortex Phorpiex PwndLocker QakBot Ryuk SDBbot TrickBot Zloader
2020-11-16Fox-ITAnne Postma, Antonis Terefos, Tera0017
TA505: A Brief History Of Their Time
Clop Get2 SDBbot TA505
2020-11-16Intel 471Intel 471
Ransomware-as-a-service: The pandemic within a pandemic
Avaddon Clop Conti DoppelPaymer Egregor Hakbit Mailto Maze Mespinoza RagnarLocker REvil Ryuk SunCrypt ThunderX
2020-10-23HornetsecurityHornetsecurity Security Lab
Leakware-Ransomware-Hybrid Attacks
Avaddon Clop Conti DarkSide DoppelPaymer Mailto Maze Mespinoza Nefilim RagnarLocker REvil Sekhmet SunCrypt
2020-10-20Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der InformationstechnikBSI
Die Lage der IT-Sicherheit in Deutschland 2020
Clop Emotet REvil Ryuk TrickBot
2020-10-08ZDNetCatalin Cimpanu
German tech giant Software AG down after ransomware attack
Clop
2020-10-06TelekomThomas Barabosch
Eager Beaver: A Short Overview of the Restless Threat Actor TA505
Clop Get2 SDBbot TA505
2020-09-29PWC UKAndy Auld
What's behind the increase in ransomware attacks this year?
DarkSide Avaddon Clop Conti DoppelPaymer Dridex Emotet FriedEx Mailto PwndLocker QakBot REvil Ryuk SMAUG SunCrypt TrickBot WastedLocker
2020-08-25KELAVictoria Kivilevich
How Ransomware Gangs Find New Monetization Schemes and Evolve in Marketing
Avaddon Clop DarkSide DoppelPaymer Mailto Maze MedusaLocker Mespinoza Nefilim RagnarLocker REvil Sekhmet
2020-08-20sensecycyberthreatinsider
Global Ransomware Attacks in 2020: The Top 4 Vulnerabilities
Clop Maze REvil Ryuk
2020-08-20CERT-FRCERT-FR
Development of the Activity of the TA505 Cybercriminal Group
AndroMut Bart Clop Dridex FlawedAmmyy FlawedGrace Get2 Locky Marap QuantLoader SDBbot ServHelper tRat TrickBot
2020-07-15MandiantCorey Hildebrandt, Daniel Kapellmann Zafra, Keith Lunden, Ken Proska, Nathan Brubaker
Financially Motivated Actors Are Expanding Access Into OT: Analysis of Kill Lists That Include OT Processes Used With Seven Malware Families
Clop DoppelPaymer LockerGoga Maze MegaCortex Nefilim Snake
2020-07-07HornetsecurityHornetsecurity Security Lab
Clop, Clop! It’s a TA505 HTML malspam analysis
Clop Get2
2020-06-22CERT-FRCERT-FR
Évolution De Lactivité du Groupe Cybercriminel TA505
Amadey AndroMut Bart Clop Dridex FlawedGrace Gandcrab Get2 GlobeImposter Jaff Locky Marap Philadephia Ransom QuantLoader Scarab Ransomware SDBbot ServHelper Silence tRat TrickBot
2020-06-22BleepingComputerLawrence Abrams
Indiabulls Group hit by CLOP Ransomware, gets 24h leak deadline
Clop
2020-06-16TelekomThomas Barabosch
TA505 returns with a new bag of tricks
Clop Get2 SDBbot TA505
2020-03-26TelekomThomas Barabosch
TA505's Box of Chocolate - On Hidden Gems packed with the TA505 Packer
Amadey Azorult Clop FlawedGrace Get2 SDBbot Silence TinyMet TA505
2020-03-24Bleeping ComputerLawrence Abrams
Three More Ransomware Families Create Sites to Leak Stolen Data
Clop DoppelPaymer Maze Nefilim Nemty REvil
2020-03-04CrowdStrikeCrowdStrike
2020 CrowdStrike Global Threat Report
MESSAGETAP More_eggs 8.t Dropper Anchor BabyShark BadNews Clop Cobalt Strike CobInt Cobra Carbon System Cutwail DanaBot Dharma DoppelDridex DoppelPaymer Dridex Emotet FlawedAmmyy FriedEx Gandcrab Get2 IcedID ISFB KerrDown LightNeuron LockerGoga Maze MECHANICAL Necurs Nokki Outlook Backdoor Phobos Predator The Thief QakBot REvil RobinHood Ryuk SDBbot Skipper SmokeLoader TerraRecon TerraStealer TerraTV TinyLoader TrickBot Vidar Winnti ANTHROPOID SPIDER APT23 APT31 APT39 APT40 BlackTech BuhTrap Charming Kitten CLOCKWORK SPIDER DOPPEL SPIDER FIN7 Gamaredon Group GOBLIN PANDA MONTY SPIDER MUSTANG PANDA NARWHAL SPIDER NOCTURNAL SPIDER PINCHY SPIDER SALTY SPIDER SCULLY SPIDER SMOKY SPIDER Thrip VENOM SPIDER VICEROY TIGER
2020-03-04SentinelOneJason Reaves
Breaking TA505’s Crypter with an SMT Solver
Clop CryptoMix MINEBRIDGE
2020-02-28Financial Security InstituteFinancial Security Institute
Profiling of TA505 Threat Group That Continues to Attack the Financial Sector
Amadey Clop FlawedAmmyy Rapid Ransom SDBbot TinyMet
2020-02-20ZDNetCatalin Cimpanu
Croatia's largest petrol station chain impacted by cyber-attack
Clop
2020-02-07Bleeping ComputerSergiu Gatlan
TA505 Hackers Behind Maastricht University Ransomware Attack
Clop
2020-01-29ANSSIANSSI
État de la menace rançongiciel
Clop Dharma FriedEx Gandcrab LockerGoga Maze MegaCortex REvil RobinHood Ryuk SamSam
2020-01-14TelekomThomas Barabosch
Inside of CL0P’s ransomware operation
Clop Get2 SDBbot
2020-01-13Github (Tera0017)Tera0017
TAFOF Unpacker
Clop Get2 Silence
2020-01-07Github (albertzsigovits)Albert Zsigovits
Clop ransomware Notes
Clop
2020-01-07Github (albertzsigovits)Albert Zsigovits
Clop ransomware Notes
Clop
2020-01-01SecureworksSecureWorks
GOLD TAHOE
Clop FlawedAmmyy FlawedGrace Get2 SDBbot ServHelper TA505
2019-11-22CERT-FRCERT-FR
RAPPORT MENACES ET INCIDENTS DU CERT-FR
Clop
2019-11-19ACTURédaction Normandie
Une rançon après la cyberattaque au CHU de Rouen ? Ce que réclament les pirates
Clop
2019-08-01McAfeeAlexandre Mundo, Marc Rivero López
Clop Ransomware
Clop
2019-03-28Carbon BlackCB TAU Threat Intelligence
CryptoMix Clop Ransomware Disables Startup Repair, Removes & Edits Shadow Volume Copies
Clop
2019-03-05Bleeping ComputerLawrence Abrams
CryptoMix Clop Ransomware Says It's Targeting Networks, Not Computers
Clop
2019-02-02Medium SebdravenSébastien Larinier
Unpacking Clop
Clop
Yara Rules
[TLP:WHITE] win_clop_auto (20230808 | Detects win.clop.)
rule win_clop_auto {

    meta:
        author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com"
        date = "2023-12-06"
        version = "1"
        description = "Detects win.clop."
        info = "autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator"
        tool = "yara-signator v0.6.0"
        signator_config = "callsandjumps;datarefs;binvalue"
        malpedia_reference = "https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.clop"
        malpedia_rule_date = "20231130"
        malpedia_hash = "fc8a0e9f343f6d6ded9e7df1a64dac0cc68d7351"
        malpedia_version = "20230808"
        malpedia_license = "CC BY-SA 4.0"
        malpedia_sharing = "TLP:WHITE"

    /* DISCLAIMER
     * The strings used in this rule have been automatically selected from the
     * disassembly of memory dumps and unpacked files, using YARA-Signator.
     * The code and documentation is published here:
     * https://github.com/fxb-cocacoding/yara-signator
     * As Malpedia is used as data source, please note that for a given
     * number of families, only single samples are documented.
     * This likely impacts the degree of generalization these rules will offer.
     * Take the described generation method also into consideration when you
     * apply the rules in your use cases and assign them confidence levels.
     */


    strings:
        $sequence_0 = { 83c40c 6860070000 6a40 ff15???????? }
            // n = 4, score = 900
            //   83c40c               | add                 esp, 0xc
            //   6860070000           | push                0x760
            //   6a40                 | push                0x40
            //   ff15????????         |                     

        $sequence_1 = { 6a04 6800300000 6887000000 6a00 }
            // n = 4, score = 900
            //   6a04                 | push                4
            //   6800300000           | push                0x3000
            //   6887000000           | push                0x87
            //   6a00                 | push                0

        $sequence_2 = { ff15???????? 56 53 8bf8 ff15???????? 8bf0 56 }
            // n = 7, score = 800
            //   ff15????????         |                     
            //   56                   | push                esi
            //   53                   | push                ebx
            //   8bf8                 | mov                 edi, eax
            //   ff15????????         |                     
            //   8bf0                 | mov                 esi, eax
            //   56                   | push                esi

        $sequence_3 = { 57 6a00 ff15???????? 68???????? 8bd8 }
            // n = 5, score = 800
            //   57                   | push                edi
            //   6a00                 | push                0
            //   ff15????????         |                     
            //   68????????           |                     
            //   8bd8                 | mov                 ebx, eax

        $sequence_4 = { ff15???????? 8bf0 56 53 ff15???????? 50 }
            // n = 6, score = 800
            //   ff15????????         |                     
            //   8bf0                 | mov                 esi, eax
            //   56                   | push                esi
            //   53                   | push                ebx
            //   ff15????????         |                     
            //   50                   | push                eax

        $sequence_5 = { 6683e07f 6683f87f 8d642408 0f85fd0b0000 eb00 f30f7e442404 660f2815???????? }
            // n = 7, score = 700
            //   6683e07f             | and                 ax, 0x7f
            //   6683f87f             | cmp                 ax, 0x7f
            //   8d642408             | lea                 esp, [esp + 8]
            //   0f85fd0b0000         | jne                 0xc03
            //   eb00                 | jmp                 2
            //   f30f7e442404         | movq                xmm0, qword ptr [esp + 4]
            //   660f2815????????     |                     

        $sequence_6 = { 50 ff15???????? 83c40c 6860070000 }
            // n = 4, score = 600
            //   50                   | push                eax
            //   ff15????????         |                     
            //   83c40c               | add                 esp, 0xc
            //   6860070000           | push                0x760

        $sequence_7 = { ffd0 c3 8bff 55 8bec 83ec1c 8d4de4 }
            // n = 7, score = 500
            //   ffd0                 | call                eax
            //   c3                   | ret                 
            //   8bff                 | mov                 edi, edi
            //   55                   | push                ebp
            //   8bec                 | mov                 ebp, esp
            //   83ec1c               | sub                 esp, 0x1c
            //   8d4de4               | lea                 ecx, [ebp - 0x1c]

        $sequence_8 = { 0f85aa010000 68???????? 8d442450 50 }
            // n = 4, score = 500
            //   0f85aa010000         | jne                 0x1b0
            //   68????????           |                     
            //   8d442450             | lea                 eax, [esp + 0x50]
            //   50                   | push                eax

        $sequence_9 = { 8be5 5d c20400 56 ff15???????? 6a00 }
            // n = 6, score = 500
            //   8be5                 | mov                 esp, ebp
            //   5d                   | pop                 ebp
            //   c20400               | ret                 4
            //   56                   | push                esi
            //   ff15????????         |                     
            //   6a00                 | push                0

        $sequence_10 = { 8d85bcefffff 50 ff15???????? 68???????? }
            // n = 4, score = 500
            //   8d85bcefffff         | lea                 eax, [ebp - 0x1044]
            //   50                   | push                eax
            //   ff15????????         |                     
            //   68????????           |                     

        $sequence_11 = { 68???????? 68???????? e8???????? 83c424 6aff }
            // n = 5, score = 500
            //   68????????           |                     
            //   68????????           |                     
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   83c424               | add                 esp, 0x24
            //   6aff                 | push                -1

        $sequence_12 = { 6888130000 ffd7 6a00 6a00 6a00 68???????? }
            // n = 6, score = 500
            //   6888130000           | push                0x1388
            //   ffd7                 | call                edi
            //   6a00                 | push                0
            //   6a00                 | push                0
            //   6a00                 | push                0
            //   68????????           |                     

        $sequence_13 = { ff15???????? 68???????? 8d85dcf7ffff 50 }
            // n = 4, score = 500
            //   ff15????????         |                     
            //   68????????           |                     
            //   8d85dcf7ffff         | lea                 eax, [ebp - 0x824]
            //   50                   | push                eax

        $sequence_14 = { 83c408 6aff ff15???????? 33c0 }
            // n = 4, score = 400
            //   83c408               | add                 esp, 8
            //   6aff                 | push                -1
            //   ff15????????         |                     
            //   33c0                 | xor                 eax, eax

        $sequence_15 = { 83c40c 33f6 85ff 7428 }
            // n = 4, score = 300
            //   83c40c               | add                 esp, 0xc
            //   33f6                 | xor                 esi, esi
            //   85ff                 | test                edi, edi
            //   7428                 | je                  0x2a

        $sequence_16 = { 83c424 53 50 ffd6 }
            // n = 4, score = 300
            //   83c424               | add                 esp, 0x24
            //   53                   | push                ebx
            //   50                   | push                eax
            //   ffd6                 | call                esi

        $sequence_17 = { 6aff ffd7 8b4dfc 33c0 5f }
            // n = 5, score = 300
            //   6aff                 | push                -1
            //   ffd7                 | call                edi
            //   8b4dfc               | mov                 ecx, dword ptr [ebp - 4]
            //   33c0                 | xor                 eax, eax
            //   5f                   | pop                 edi

        $sequence_18 = { 8d8424dc0b0000 50 ffd6 85c0 751a 68???????? 8d8424dc0b0000 }
            // n = 7, score = 200
            //   8d8424dc0b0000       | lea                 eax, [esp + 0xbdc]
            //   50                   | push                eax
            //   ffd6                 | call                esi
            //   85c0                 | test                eax, eax
            //   751a                 | jne                 0x1c
            //   68????????           |                     
            //   8d8424dc0b0000       | lea                 eax, [esp + 0xbdc]

    condition:
        7 of them and filesize < 796672
}
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