Scattered Spider, a threat group behind a series of high-profile cyber attacks, uses sophisticated social engineering attacks. The group has targeted Okta, MGM Resorts and Caesar’s Entertainment, causing prolonged disruptions and $100m in losses for MGM. Scattered Spider impersonates IT personnel and uses SIM swapping attacks to acquire sensitive user data. The group also uses ransomware to extort victims and often threatens to release sensitive data. The FBI and CISA put out an advisory warning businesses to maintain offline backups and enforce phishing-resistant multifactor authentication.
Nearly 250,000 Records From Tax Credit Consulting Agency Exposed
Summarize this content to a maximum of 60 words: Research has uncovered an unencrypted, non-password-protected database containing 245,949 records.
