Cybersecurity corporations are warning that the prolific hacking group generally known as Scattered Spider is now concentrating on airways and the transportation sector.
Executives from Google’s cybersecurity unit Mandiant and Palo Alto Networks’ security research division Unit 42 say they’ve noticed cyberattacks concentrating on the aviation trade resembling Scattered Spider.
Scattered Spider is a collective of principally English-speaking hackers, sometimes youngsters and younger adults, who’re financially motivated to steal and extort delicate information from firm networks. The hackers are additionally identified for his or her deception techniques, which regularly depend on social engineering, phishing, and generally threats of violence towards firm assist desks and name facilities to achieve entry to their networks.
The warning comes as not less than two airways have reported intrusions this month.
Hawaiian Airways said late Thursday that it was working to safe its programs following a cyberattack. Canada’s second largest airline, WestJet, reported a cyberattack on June 13 that continues to be ongoing and unresolved. Media reports have linked the WestJet incident to Scattered Spider.
This contemporary wave of Scattered Spider assaults comes quickly after the cybercriminal gang focused the U.K. retail sector and the insurance industry. The hackers have beforehand damaged into lodge chains, casinos, and technology giants.