Cybersecurity

Microsoft Warns as Scattered Spider Expands from SIM Swaps to Ransomware

Oct 26, 2023NewsroomCyber Threat / Social Engineering The prolific threat actor known as Scattered Spider has been observed impersonating newly hired employees in targeted firms as a ploy to blend into normal on-hire processes and takeover accounts and breach organizations across the world. Microsoft, which disclosed the activities of the financially motivated hacking crew, described […]

Cybersecurity

LUCR-3: Scattered Spider Getting SaaS-y in the Cloud

LUCR-3 overlaps with groups such as Scattered Spider, Oktapus, UNC3944, and STORM-0875 and is a financially motivated attacker that leverages the Identity Provider (IDP) as initial access into an environment with the goal of stealing Intellectual Property (IP) for extortion. LUCR-3 targets Fortune 2000 companies across various sectors, including but not limited to Software, Retail, […]