by Marks & Spencer (M&S), which was breached last month, Microsoft, CrowdStrike, and Fenix24, threat actor Scattered Spider was behind the M&S incident. Scattered Spider, or Octo Tempest as Microsoft calls them, is a hacking group largely made of...

M&S engaged Microsoft, CrowdStrike, and Fenix24 for an investigation into the breach, which has so far concluded that Scattered Spider was behind the incident. Scattered Spider, or Octo Tempest as Microsoft calls them, is a hacking group largely made of...

M&S engaged Microsoft, CrowdStrike, and Fenix24 for an investigation into the breach, which has so far concluded that Scattered Spider was behind the incident. Scattered Spider, or Octo Tempest as Microsoft calls them, is a hacking group largely made of...

incident affecting major UK retailer Marks & Spencer (M&S) has been linked to a ransomware attack by the notorious Scattered Spider hacking group. Last week, M&S disclosed a cyber incident that led to systems being taken offline. Just days later, it...

users to turn over credentials. We’ve seen plenty of social engineering cases over the last couple of years, including Scattered Spider and the MGM hack and Caesars hacks of 2023. So, you go after the Help Desk. What does the Help Desk want to do? Help...

dates. While MGM said it would bolster its cyber defences, the casino giant was breached a second time in 2023 after Scattered Spider, a subsidiary of the ALPHV ransomware gang, gained access to its network through vishing (voice phishing) before...

much of its design language from LockBit, has flourished thanks to key affiliates such as Velvet Tempest, NoName, and Scattered Spider moving from the dismantled ALPHV and LockBit ransomware-as-a-aervice (RaaS) operations. According to the report,...

most organisations are paying the ransom, there is no indication these attacks will slow down. The cyber crime gang Scattered Spider proved to be a sophisticated threat this past year, using modern techniques such as auto-generation of phishing pages to...

and a financial institution. A US teenager arrested by US authorities last month is suspected to be a member of the Scattered Spider hacking group. Remington Goy Ogletree,19, was charged with one count of wire fraud and one of aggravated identity theft...

theft, and cryptocurrency theft. US law enforcement agencies unsealed a raft of charges against five members of the Scattered Spider hacking group over an alleged hacking campaign targeting at least 12 companies. Ahmed Hossam Eldin Elbadawy, 23, of...

financially motivated. But we have seen, for example, just to drop a couple of names, Fancy Bear in Russia, we’ve seen Scattered Spider, which is traditionally one of the biggest e-crime actors, being very well versed in targeting cloud environments....

A hacker believed to be the mastermind behind the Scattered Spider threat group has been arrested in Spain. Scattered Spider is a cyber criminal group known for targeting large organisations, including MGM Resorts and Caesars Hotel, and is believed to...

The FBI has been pursuing hackers from the infamous Scattered Spider threat group, hoping to charge them for their high-profile cyber attacks. Scattered Spider, a unique group believed to be largely made up of individuals from the US and the UK, was...

those used against the hospitality and entertainment industry in September 2023, a campaign that was claimed by the Scattered Spider threat group. In the case of the previous campaign, the threat actor deployed ALPHV ransomware; however, no ransomware...

Security Agency have released a detailed alert outlining the operations and tactics of a hacking group known as Scattered Spider. The group has been operating since at least May 2022, but recent high-profile hacks and collaborations with other threat...

attack on identity management company Okta by a subgroup of the notorious ALPHV (aka BlackCat) ransomware group called Scattered Spider, requiring the organisation to take down several of its systems, affecting the operations of its casinos and resorts....

on the apparent casino takedown. Reuters reported on Thursday (14 September) that an ALPHV sub-group known as Scattered Spider was the culprit, according to “two sources familiar with the matter”, while malware researcher vx-underground tweeted details...