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MFT Exploitation and Adversary Operations | Huntress

2023-11-29 · Read original ↗

ATT&CK techniques detected

6 predictions
T1210Exploitation of Remote Services
74%
"exploited host serves as a “ beachhead ” for further compromise. a combination of network visibility and monitoring ( for exfiltration as well as post - exploitation command and control behaviors ), as well as endpoint visibility and monitoring ( for signs of exploitation as well…"
T1190Exploit Public-Facing Application
65%
"##0p criminal group rapidly exploited thousands of exposed moveit instances to exfiltrate sensitive data for follow - on extortion. mft applications are critical for business operations, but unfortunately, patch cycles are often not as rapid as needed. this is especially true in …"
T1190Exploit Public-Facing Application
62%
"exploited host serves as a “ beachhead ” for further compromise. a combination of network visibility and monitoring ( for exfiltration as well as post - exploitation command and control behaviors ), as well as endpoint visibility and monitoring ( for signs of exploitation as well…"
T1190Exploit Public-Facing Application
62%
"actors are able to identify and exploit true zero - day vulnerabilities. as a result, while rapid vulnerability identification and agile patch management are necessary steps to securing mft applications, they remain insufficient on their own to mitigate the potential attack vecto…"
T1588.006Vulnerabilities
36%
"##0p criminal group rapidly exploited thousands of exposed moveit instances to exfiltrate sensitive data for follow - on extortion. mft applications are critical for business operations, but unfortunately, patch cycles are often not as rapid as needed. this is especially true in …"
T1204.002Malicious File
35%
"mft exploitation and adversary operations | huntress threat actors of varying types continue to target managed file transfer ( mft ) applications for exploitation. the latest concerning mft vulnerability was identified by converge technology solutions, originally in august 2023 i…"

Summary

Dive into our analysis of the CVE-2023-43117 threat in CrushFTP and the growing popularity of MFT application exploitation as a tactic for adversaries.