{"id":5594,"date":"2025-05-17T09:06:42","date_gmt":"2025-05-17T01:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cicserver.com\/aggressive-creative-hackers-behind-uk-breaches-now-eyeing-us-retailers\/"},"modified":"2025-05-17T09:06:42","modified_gmt":"2025-05-17T01:06:42","slug":"aggressive-creative-hackers-behind-uk-breaches-now-eyeing-us-retailers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cicserver.com\/de\/aggressive-creative-hackers-behind-uk-breaches-now-eyeing-us-retailers\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Aggressive, creative\u2019 hackers behind UK breaches now eyeing US retailers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.csoonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/3986579-0-55314600-1747331056-shutterstock_2019425777.jpg?quality=50&amp;strip=all\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cScattered Spider-linked groups are known to have deep knowledge of cloud technologies and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.csoonline.com\/article\/570795\/how-to-hack-2fa.html\">MFA hacking<\/a>,\u201d said Keith Prabhu, founder and CEO of Confidis. \u201cThis, along with traditional expertise in hacking techniques such as social engineering and ransomware, makes them a unique adversary.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The group\u2019s track record, which includes several high-profile breaches, has put the spotlight on the need for stronger defense mechanisms. Prabhu emphasized the importance of preparedness among targeted industries.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven the history of hacks by Scattered Spider, US retailers would do well to study their techniques and ensure they have the necessary countermeasures in place, especially in the areas of cloud security and end-user awareness,\u201d Prabhu noted. \u201cThey also need to reassess their basic cyber hygiene, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.csoonline.com\/article\/3853759\/10-best-practices-for-vulnerability-management-according-to-cisos.html\">vulnerability management<\/a>, patching, and hardening of various systems, particularly those on the cloud.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cScattered Spider-linked groups are known to have deep knowledge of cloud technologies and MFA hacking,\u201d said Keith Prabhu, founder and CEO of Confidis. \u201cThis, along with traditional expertise in hacking techniques such as social engineering and ransomware, makes them a unique adversary.\u201d\u00a0 The group\u2019s track record, which includes several high-profile breaches, has put the spotlight [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5595,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5594","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blog"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cicserver.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cicserver.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cicserver.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cicserver.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cicserver.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cicserver.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5594\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cicserver.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cicserver.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cicserver.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cicserver.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}