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....

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...

scripts. Outside of AI developments, the last 12 months saw cloud intrusions increase by 75 per cent, with one group – Scattered Spider – being responsible for 29 per cent of all cloud-conscious intrusions. Attacks involving remote monitoring and access...

The company plans to notify its customers starting 1 August. The world’s current most notorious hacking collective, Scattered Spider, was believed to have begun targeting US insurance companies back in June, according to Google threat intelligence...

and that the same group breached Qantas and Adidas. Qantas was originally believed to have been breached by the Scattered Spider hacking collective. Additionally, Scattered Spider was believed to have begun targeting US insurance companies back in June,...

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...

drove high intrusion volumes through voice phishing campaigns before selling access to ransomware operators, while Scattered Spider resumed ransomware operations targeting insurance organisations after a four-month pause earlier in the year. Adam...

with conspiracy, computer intrusion, and fraud. “The criminal complaint charges Peter Stokes with membership in Scattered Spider, a hacking group that has been involved in over 100 network intrusions, resulting in more than US$100 million in ransom...

does the rabbit hole go? Interestingly enough, experts previously suggested that Qantas was originally breached by the Scattered Spider hacking collective, which has set a precedent of targeting multiple victims in a single industry before moving on and...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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,...

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...

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.

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...

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...