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...

its third-party vendors. Machin said the threat actors, believed to be either the DragonForce ransomware group or the Scattered Spider hacking collective using DragonForce ransomware, resorted to phishing attacks on the staff of a third-party vendor to...

Marks & Spencer (M&S), Co-op, and Harrods all suffered cyber attacks believed to have been orchestrated by the Scattered Spider hacking collective and DragonForce ransomware operation. A number of major US fashion retailers, including adidas, Dior,...

cyber incident on 22 April, revealing the attack later that week. The threat actors are believed to have been from the Scattered Spider hacking collective or the DragonForce ransomware operation, or some combination of the two. M&S said the incident was...

experts believe that this could be the same threat actor that targeted Marks & Spencer, Co-op, and Harrods in the UK – Scattered Spider and/or DragonForce. A number of major US fashion retailers, including adidas, Dior, and Cartier, have also been...

broker TheLotter in April. The gang is also thought to be linked to a recent string of attacks on UK retailers by the Scattered Spider hacking collective. DragonForce appears to be going through a significant expansion of its RaaS operations and may...

and the organisations themselves have attributed the cyber attacks to either the DragonForce ransomware gang or the Scattered Spider hacking collective, after investigations determined that DragonForce malware was found on victim systems.

used credentials to log into the cleaning product maker’s systems and launched ransomware. The threat actor, the Scattered Spider hacking collective, reportedly used social engineering techniques to convince Cognizant’s IT helpdesk to hand over the...

firm Pressure Dynamics, which fell victim to the group in June. DragonForce is thought to have some links to the Scattered Spider hacking collective and was recently linked to a string of hacks targeting major UK retailers.

While no group has publicly claimed responsibility, reports initially suggested that a hacking collective known as Scattered Spider may be behind the attack, though later investigations have pointed to a different group, ShinyHunters. In total, nearly 6...

stolen, but our retail and production activities have been severely disrupted.” The cyber attack was claimed by the Scattered Spider hacking collective, after the hackers taunted the company on Telegram. “Where is my new car, Land Rover,” they said. It...

any details of the threat actor behind the incident. While there has been some speculation that hackers linked to the Scattered Spider collective may be behind the attack, no actor has yet claimed responsibility for the incident. The United Kingdom’s...

Major Canadian airline WestJet has confirmed that some customer data was exposed in the cyber attack it suffered back in June. Based in Calgary, Alberta, WestJet is the second-largest airline in Canada and the eighth-largest airline in North America....

Canadian airline WestJet has revealed that 1.2 million of its customers were impacted in the data breach it suffered this year. Based in Calgary, Alberta, WestJet is the second-largest airline in Canada and the eighth-largest airline in North America....

was compromised. It did not provide details as to what data had been impacted. The cyber attack was claimed by the Scattered Spider hacking collective, after the hackers taunted the company on Telegram. “Where is my new car, Land Rover,” they said. It...

real-world operations attributed to the Chinese state-sponsored espionage group Mustang Panda and the e-crime group Scattered Spider, both known for exploiting cloud environments and conducting stealthy, multi-vector attacks. CrowdStrike said the Falcon...

BreachForums, but in recent times shifted to forming a supergroup alongside the notorious bogeyman of cyber crime, Scattered Spider, as well as Lapsus$ ransomware. However, the group seems to be operating on its own once again, most recently claiming a...