Topic: targeted industries
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Scattered Spider Now Targets VMware vSphere in New Attacks
A cybercrime group, Scattered Spider (UNC3944), is targeting VMware vSphere environments in critical industries like retail, airlines, and insurance using social engineering and hypervisor-level exploitation. The attackers use phone-based impersonation to gain credentials, escalate access to vCen...
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Microsoft Reveals Scattered Spider's New Cyberattack Tactics
Microsoft revealed Scattered Spider's shift toward hybrid cloud and on-premises breaches, using local infrastructure compromises to move laterally into cloud environments. The group deploys DragonForce ransomware targeting VMware ESX hypervisors and employs aggressive social engineering, phishing...
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Youth Cybercrime Gang Emerges as Top Cyberattack Threat
Scattered Spider, a group of young hackers, has surged in cyberattacks on critical industries using social engineering to exploit corporate security vulnerabilities, disrupting sectors like groceries, airlines, and insurance. The group is highly skilled at manipulating IT help desks for unauthori...
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