Activity timeline
Clop appears in 3 tracked threats between and ; the busiest month was 2026-06 with 1 report.
ATT&CK techniques observed
- T1133 External Remote Services — Initial Accessobserved in 3 of 3 tracked threats
- T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application — Initial Accessobserved in 3 of 3 tracked threats
- T1490 Inhibit System Recovery — Impactobserved in 3 of 3 tracked threats
- T1685 Disable or Modify Tools — Defense Impairmentobserved in 3 of 3 tracked threats
- T1021 Remote Services — Lateral Movementobserved in 2 of 3 tracked threats
- T1071.001 Web Protocols — Command and Controlobserved in 2 of 3 tracked threats
- T1078 Valid Accounts — Initial Accessobserved in 2 of 3 tracked threats
- T1090 Proxy — Command and Controlobserved in 2 of 3 tracked threats
- T1219 Remote Access Tools — Command and Controlobserved in 2 of 3 tracked threats
- T1555 Credentials from Password Stores — Credential Accessobserved in 2 of 3 tracked threats
- T1567 Exfiltration Over Web Service — Exfiltrationobserved in 2 of 3 tracked threats
- T1572 Protocol Tunneling — Command and Controlobserved in 2 of 3 tracked threats
- T1003 OS Credential Dumping — Credential Accessobserved in 1 of 3 tracked threats
- T1005 Data from Local System — Collectionobserved in 1 of 3 tracked threats
- T1016 System Network Configuration Discovery — Discoveryobserved in 1 of 3 tracked threats
Tracked threats
- Team Cymru Infrastructure Analysis: Seven Active Ransomware Gangs (Akira, DragonForce, Clop, MedusaLocker, Qilin, INC Ransom, Lynx) Abuse Dual-Use Tools and Exploit SonicWall, Gladinet CentreStack, and FortiGate DevicesHIGH
- 2026 Ransomware Surge Targeting US Organizations: Identity-First Compromise, BYOVD, and Living-Off-the-Cloud Exfiltration (Qilin, Akira, Clop, INC Ransom, Play, DragonForce, Sinobi)HIGH
- Q1 2026 Ransomware Landscape: Qilin Dominance, LockBit 5.0 Comeback, and FortiGate (CVE-2024-55591) / Oracle EBS (CVE-2025-61882) Mass ExploitationCRITICAL