Scattered Spider (aka UNC3944, Scatter Swine, Muddled Libra, Octo Tempest, Oktapus, StarFraud) is a lucrative intrusion set active since at least May 2022, primarily engaged in social engineering, ransomware, extortion campaigns and other advanced techniques.
The intrusion set employs state-of-the-art techniques, particularly related to social engineering, such as impersonation of IT personnel to deceive employees for targeted phishing, SIM swapping, leverage of MFA fatigue, and contact with victims’ support teams.…