MOVEit is a managed file-transfer platform whose vulnerabilities can expose sensitive data and enable unauthorized access to connected systems.
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MOVEit is Progress’s managed file-transfer platform for exchanging and automating transfers of files between organizations, users, applications, and business partners. Deployments may include the web-based MOVEit Transfer server, APIs, and cloud services, often handling payroll, health, financial, or other sensitive records.
Its security significance centers on internet-facing transfer interfaces and the concentration of valuable data in the platform. SQL-injection flaws in MOVEit Transfer, including CVE-2023-34362, were exploited to access systems and steal files, making prompt application of vendor security updates and careful asset inventory essential. Practitioners should restrict administrative access, review exposed services and API permissions, monitor for unusual authentication or download activity, and preserve relevant server and web logs. After a suspected compromise, organizations need to determine which files and accounts were accessed, because the platform’s contents may trigger privacy, contractual, or regulatory reporting obligations.
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From the MGM and Caesars fiasco and MOVEit's patch nightmare to epic business blunders and the jaded reality of living in a post-breach world, Dark Reading looks back at the mistakes, miscalculations, systemic failures, and cringeworthy moments that still have us shaking our heads.
Investigators Find Violations of State Cyber RegulationsNew York fined Delta Dental $2.25 million for the company's response to the mass exploit of a zero-day vulnerability in Progress Software' MOVEit file transfer application. Delta Dental is one of thousands of organizations caught up in the blast radius of an automated 2023 Memorial Day hack.
Progress Software has released updates to address two security flaws in MOVEit Automation, including a critical bug that could result in an authentication bypass
Progress Software warned customers to patch a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in its MOVEit Automation enterprise-grade managed file transfer (MFT) application. [...]
Settlement Is Latest Among Scores of Other MOVEit Lawsuits Still PendingNuance Communications, a Microsoft subsidiary, has agreed to pay $8.5 million to settle class action litigation filed after hackers exploited a zero-day flaw in Progress Software's MOVEit file transfer software in 2023, stealing data belonging to more than a dozen of Nuance's healthcare clients.
Supply chain breach has been a major target of legal action Microsoft-owned talk-to-text outfit Nuance has agreed to cough up $8.5 million to settle a class action lawsuit over the sprawling MOVEit Transfer mega-breach – although it admits no liability.…
Experts say they don't expect the MOVEit menace to do much about it Security experts have uncovered a hole in Cl0p's data exfiltration tool that could potentially leave the cybercrime group vulnerable to attack.…
GreyNoise observed a surge in scanning activity targeting MOVEit Transfer systems since May 27, indicating the software could face renewed attacks
Threat intelligence firm GreyNoise is warning of a "notable surge" in scanning activity targeting Progress MOVEit Transfer systems starting May 27, 2025—suggesting that attackers may be preparing for another mass exploitation campaign or probing for unpatched systems.MOVEit Transfer is a popular managed file transfer solution used by businesses and government agencies to share sensitive data
Attackers Catalog IP Addresses With Open Ports, Seeking Exploitable ServicesSomeone - nobody knows who - is performing mass internet scans probing for MOVEit secure file-transfer installations, in what may be the precursor to a mass attack. Attackers regularly scan IP addresses for open ports, seeking exploitable services and devices.
File-Transfer Software Being Exploited by One or More Groups; Vendor Pushes PatchesThe ransomware group Clop is claiming credit for the mass exploitation of managed file-transfer software built by Cleo Communications, following on from the similar targeting of MOVEit file-transfer in 2023. Many large organizations rely on the MFT server software to securely transfer files.
Yet another result of the MOVEit mess Hundreds of thousands of employees from major corporations including Xerox, Nokia, Koch, Bank of America, Morgan Stanley and others appear to be the latest victims in a massive data breach linked to last year's attacks on file transfer tool MOVEit.…
An individual who posted data allegedly stolen via MOVEit from Amazon and other big-name firms claims not to be malicious
The data leak was not actually due to a breach in Amazon's systems but rather that of a third-party vendor; the supply chain incident affected several other clients as well.
Over 5 million records from 25 organizations posted to black hat forum Amazon employees' data is part of a stolen trove posted to a cybercrime forum linked to last year's MOVEit vulnerability.…
Amazon confirmed a data breach involving employee information after data allegedly stolen during the May 2023 MOVEit attacks was leaked on a hacking forum. [...]
New Estimate Is 3 Times Higher Than Number Agency Initially Publicly DisclosedThe U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has updated the scope of the MOVEit hacking breach last year, telling a sister agency that the software supply chain attack affected more than 3.1 million individuals - about three times the number of victims disclosed publicly earlier this month.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) federal agency announced earlier this month that health and personal information of more than three million health plan beneficiaries was exposed in the MOVEit attacks Cl0p ransomware conducted last year. [...]
Also, US offering $2.5M for Belarusian hacker, Backpage kingpins jailed, additional MOVEit victims, and more in brief A series of IP cameras still used all over the world, despite being well past their end of life, have been exploited to create a new Mirai botnet. …