US EditionScattered Spider Targets Insurance Firms, Google Warns
- Two US-based insurers, including a major Pennsylvania firm and Philadelphia’s insurance provider, faced network disruptions and cyber intrusions beginning in early June, limiting customer access.
- The incidents follow a recent pattern where the Scattered Spider group, known for targeting one sector at a time, has pivoted to attacking US insurance firms about a week and a half ago.
- Scattered Spider uses sophisticated social engineering tactics such as fake help-desk calls and deploying DragonForce ransomware to bypass security and gain access.
- John Hultquist of Google Threat Intelligence Group reported recent intrusions affecting the insurance sector and advised heightened vigilance, particularly against social engineering tactics aimed at help desks and call centers.
- Companies are conducting forensic investigations, working with law enforcement, and taking protective measures as networks remain offline, signaling ongoing risks and potential further disruptions in the insurance sector.
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Scattered Spider, fresh off retail sector attack spree, pivots to insurance industry
Scattered Spider, the loose-knit cybercrime collective that recently ran roughshod over U.K.- and U.S.-based retailers, has pivoted once again, setting its sites on insurance companies, according to Google Threat Intelligence Group. Google previously warned that the financially motivated threat group, which it tracks as UNC3944, was pivoting to U.S. retailers following a wave of ransomware and extortion attacks on retailers and grocery stores in…
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IT Security News - cybersecurity, infosecurity newsScattered Spider Aims at US Insurers After UK Retail Hit, Google Warns
Scattered Spider targets US insurance firms after UK retail attacks, using social engineering to breach help desks and disrupt services, Google warns.
Scattered Spider hackers targeting insurance industry following retail hits, Google warns
Security analysts at Google’s Threat Intelligence Group published a warning this week to insurance companies, writing that it is “now aware of multiple intrusions in the US which bear all the hallmarks of Scattered Spider activity.”
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