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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Aisuru Botnet Unleashes Record 31.4 Tbps DDoS Attack
The Aisuru botnet set a new DDoS record with a 31.4 Tbps attack, primarily using compromised Android TV devices to target telecom and IT firms. Cloudflare's 2025 threat report shows a 121% annual increase in DDoS attacks, with telecoms being the most frequent target and Bangladesh the top source ...
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OpenAI: AI Supercharges Cybercriminal Operations
OpenAI reports that cybercriminals and state-sponsored groups are increasingly using AI to enhance malicious activities like surveillance and disinformation, while the company has disrupted over forty such networks since early 2024. AI is being integrated into criminal workflows to boost efficien...
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New Phishing Attack Deploys RATs Using UpCrypter Evasion
A global phishing campaign uses personalized emails and fake websites to distribute malicious downloads, employing the UpCrypter loader to deploy remote access trojans for prolonged unauthorized access. The attack involves HTML attachments redirecting to deceptive sites, with variations like voic...
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