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Scattered Spider’s 2025 Strategy Centers on Voice Phishing and Help Desk Abuse
CrowdStrike highlights Scattered Spider’s 2025 escalation in targeting insurance, retail, and aviation sectors using voice phishing and help desk abuse. The group exploits Entra ID, VMware, and AWS environments, deploying ransomware variants like Akira and Play. CrowdStrike urges stronger MFA, access controls, and help desk protections to reduce impact.
Atomic Stealer Variant Targets macOS Users via ClickFix
CloudSEK reports a phishing campaign delivering Atomic macOS Stealer via ClickFix, targeting macOS users through fake Spectrum domains. Victims are prompted to run terminal commands, harvesting credentials using “dscl . -authonly.” Linked to Russian-speaking actors, this attack highlights growing multi-platform threats via social engineering.
Updated #StopRansomware Advisory Warns of Play Ransomware with Over 900 Victims
An updated CISA advisory confirms Play ransomware has targeted over 900 victims globally, exploiting FortiOS, Exchange, and SimpleHelp flaws. The group uses tools like PsExec, Cobalt Strike, and WinRAR for lateral movement, exfiltration, and encryption. Phone-based ransom threats and ESXi-targeted variants underline the campaign’s escalating aggression.
FBI Cyber Chief Warns: Don’t Let Urgency Fade on China’s Persistent Threat
FBI Cyber Division Chief Brett Leatherman warns that China’s state-sponsored hackers remain a top-tier threat to U.S. infrastructure. Despite geopolitical distractions, groups like Salt Typhoon continue espionage campaigns targeting telecom and remote access systems. Leatherman stresses the need for public awareness and sustained defense against these strategic, long-term intrusions.
A TTP for Prompts: HiddenLayer Proposes New Framework for LLM Threats
HiddenLayer has released a proposed framework to classify threats against large language models using a TTP-style structure. By separating objectives from techniques and tactics, the taxonomy brings clarity to adversarial prompts, such as refusal suppression and context manipulation, helping defenders identify and mitigate evolving LLM-specific attack patterns more effectively.
Docker Abuse Campaign Uses Tor, zstd to Deploy XMRig in Cloud Hosts
Trend Micro uncovered a crypto-mining campaign abusing misconfigured Docker Remote APIs to deploy XMRig miners in cloud environments. Threat actors use Tor for anonymity and zstd for stealthy payload delivery. The campaign targets financial, healthcare, and technology sectors relying heavily on containerized infrastructure, with persistent backdoor access and lateral movement.
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