Clop (ELF)

Aliases: Cl0p

Malware type
ransomware
Family
Malware family
Last IoC activity
2026-07-20 17:57:10
Profile updated
2026-07-07 14:22:20

Targeted industries: financial-services healthcare-and-pharmaceutical technology-and-telecommunications education-and-nonprofits

Context

Clop (ELF) is a variant of the Clop ransomware designed to target Linux systems. It encrypts files on the victim's machine and demands a ransom for decryption.

Used by threat actors

  • Cleo File Transfer Software Zero-Day Exploits (CVE-2024-50623 & CVE-2024-55956) (campaign)
  • Clop MOVEit Transfer Vulnerability Exploitation (campaign)

Reports & references

  • Cisco Talos — Talos Ir Q2 2023 Quarterly Recap (report)
  • malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Elf.Clop (report)
  • sentinelone.com — Cl0P Ransomware Targets Linux Systems With Flawed Encryption Decryptor Available (report)
  • bleepingcomputer.com — March 2023 Broke Ransomware Attack Records With 459 Incidents (report)
  • cert.ssi.gouv.fr — Certfr 2019 Cti 009 (report)
  • helpnetsecurity.com — Cl0P Ransomware Decryptor Linux (report)

External references