Scattered Spider's Social Engineering Playbook

CISA warns a Windows SMB privilege escalation flaw is under Active exploitation. Microsoft issues an out of band fix for a WinRE USB input failure. Nation state hackers had long term access to F5. Envoy Air confirms it was hit by the zero-day in Oracle’s E-Business Suite. A nonprofit hospital system in Massachusetts suffers a cyberattack. Russian’s COLDRiver group rapidly retools its malware arsenal. GlassWorm malware hides malicious logic with invisible Unicode characters. European authorities dismantle a large-scale Latvian SIM farm operation. Myanmar’s military raids a notorious cybercrime hub. Josh Kamdjou, from Sublime Security discusses how teams should get ahead of Scattered Spider's next move. Eagle Scouts are soaring into cyberspace.

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Josh Kamdjou, CEO and co-founder of Sublime Security and former DOD white hat hacker, is discussing how teams should get ahead of Scattered Spider's next move.

Selected Reading

CISA warns of active exploitation of Windows SMB privilege escalation flaw (Beyond Machines)

Windows 11 KB5070773 emergency update fixes Windows Recovery issues (Bleeping Computer)

Hackers Had Been Lurking in Cyber Firm F5 Systems Since 2023 (Bloomberg)

Envoy Air (American Airlines) Confirms Oracle EBS 0-Day Breach Linked to Cl0p (Hackread)

Cyberattack Disrupts Services at 2 Massachusetts Hospitals (BankInfo Security)

Russian Coldriver Hackers Deploy New ‘NoRobot’ Malware (Infosecurity Magazine)

Self-spreading GlassWorm malware hits OpenVSX, VS Code registries (Bleeping Computer)

Police Shutter SIM Farm Provider in Latvia, Bust 7 Suspects (Data Breach Today)

Myanmar Military Shuts Down Major Cybercrime Center and Detains Over 2,000 People (SecurityWeek)

Scouts will now be able to earn badges in AI and cybersecurity (CNN Business)

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