Scattered Spider: A Threat Profile

Aliases UNC3944 (Google Mandiant) The Com/The Community Octo Tempest (Microsoft) Oktapus (Group-IB) Muddled Libra (Palo Alto Unit 42) Scatter Swine (Okta) StarFraud Storm-0875 Get Threat Intel and Security Updates Delivered to Your Inbox.   Profiling...

Scattered Spider: A Threat Profile

Aliases UNC3944 (Google Mandiant) The Com/The Community Octo Tempest (Microsoft) Oktapus (Group-IB) Muddled Libra (Palo Alto Unit 42) Scatter Swine (Okta) StarFraud Storm-0875 Profiling Demographics: Primarily young operators (assessed ages: 13–25 years old),...

Weekly Threat RoundUp: August 1

WEEKLY THREAT ROUNDUP August 1 In this week’s roundup, we examine Fire Ant’s hypervisor-level espionage campaign, Scattered Spider’s ransomware deployment through VMware ESXi, a third-party breach affecting most Allianz Life US customers, ShinyHunters’ involvement in...

Virtual Presentation: Protect Your Hypervisor from Ransomware

Attacks on hypervisors are increasing due to their devastating blast radius, as highlighted by the recent attacks on MGM Casinos, Johnson Controls, and MITRE. Now, you can protect your hypervisors: Vali Cyber offers the world’s only ransomware protection for...

Scattered Spider: The Group Behind Major ESXi Ransomware Attacks 

A new wave of ransomware actors is rewriting the rulebook. Their sights are set on VMware ESXi. Scattered Spider (AKA UNC3944, 0ktapus, Muddled Libra) is one of the most agile and dangerous threat clusters in operation today. They’re not a traditional ransomware gang....