Cybersecurity researchers from ESET have identified a new Lazarus Group campaign targeting European defense contractors, particularly those involved in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) development. According to ESET findings, the threat actors used fake job offers and trojanized open-source software, as is customary in their Operation Dreamjob campaigns, to infiltrate their targets. “Some of these are…
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Scattered Spider shifts focus to airlines as strikes hit Hawaiian, WestJet — and now Qantas
A data breach at Qantas via a third-party service is typical of the Scattered Spider attack group, experts say. “Qantas’ cyber breach bears the hallmarks of Scattered Spider, the same group behind recent attacks on Hawaiian Airlines, WestJet, and Marks & Spencer — likely through compromising a third-party SaaS platform like Salesforce or Zendesk,” Toby…
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Scattered Spider shifts focus to airlines with strikes on Hawaiian and WestJet
Major cybersecurity firms are warning enterprise clients that the notorious Scattered Spider hacking group has shifted its focus to targeting airlines, following confirmed attacks on Hawaiian Airlines and WestJet that security experts say bear the group’s signature social engineering tactics. “Unit 42 has observed Muddled Libra (also known as Scattered Spider) targeting the aviation industry,”…
Global Security News, Hacker Groups, Security
Scattered Spider shifts focus to airlines with strikes on Hawaiian and WestJet
Major cybersecurity firms are warning enterprise clients that the notorious Scattered Spider hacking group has shifted its focus to targeting airlines, following confirmed attacks on Hawaiian Airlines and WestJet that security experts say bear the group’s signature social engineering tactics. “Unit 42 has observed Muddled Libra (also known as Scattered Spider) targeting the aviation industry,”…
Global Security News, Hacker Groups, Security
Scattered Spider shifts focus to airlines with strikes on Hawaiian and WestJet
Major cybersecurity firms are warning enterprise clients that the notorious Scattered Spider hacking group has shifted its focus to targeting airlines, following confirmed attacks on Hawaiian Airlines and WestJet that security experts say bear the group’s signature social engineering tactics. “Unit 42 has observed Muddled Libra (also known as Scattered Spider) targeting the aviation industry,”…