Apache ActiveMQ Exploit Leads to LockBit Ransomware
2026-03-04T22:43:12Z•6570fecfa93d185a85334c7b995c5280914d36c67e6a943573decd5095e069e0
CVE-2023-22527CVE-2023-46604AkiraBlackSuitBumblebeeELPACO-teamFogInterlock RATLockBitLynxRDPRansomHubSEO-poisoningapache-activemqconfluenceincident-responseinitial-accesspassword-sprayransomwareremote-code-execution
What happened
RSS feed from The DFIR Report summarizing multiple ransomware intrusions and malware campaigns. Notable incidents: Apache ActiveMQ remote code execution (CVE-2023-46604) used to deploy LockBit; Confluence template-injection compromise (CVE-2023-22527); RDP/password-spray leading to RansomHub; SEO-poisoning and Bumblebee leading to Akira; emergence of a PHP-based Interlock RAT variant; additional cases involving Lynx, ELPACO-team, Fog, and BlackSuit. Common TTPs include exposed-service exploitation, RDP compromise, credential attacks, malicious downloads, SEO poisoning, custom RATs for C2 and L
Why it matters
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Evidence and limitations
- Source ID
- thedfirreport
- Record identifier
- 6570fecfa93d185a85334c7b995c5280914d36c67e6a943573decd5095e069e0
- Enrichment time
- 2026-03-04T22:43:12Z
- AI-assisted enrichment
- Yes
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