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Understanding Illicit Ecosystems: Weaponizing Mainstream Apps and Social Infrastructure
As part of our ongoing series, we focus on the shared infrastructure that fuels threat actors; the intersection of mainstream social media, open-source messaging platforms, and gaming communities. The post Understanding Illicit ...
Understanding Illicit Ecosystems: The Hybrid Threat of “The Com”
In this post, we dive into the decentralized architecture of “The Com,” exposing its hybrid ecosystem of hacking, extortion, and real-life violence—and how it fuels a ruthless pipeline of cyber-fraud cycles and ...
Best of 2025: Huge Food Wholesaler Paralyzed by Hack — is it Scattered Spider Again?
UNFInished business: We were warned this would happen. And now here we are ...
4 Arrests in Dawn Raid of Scattered-Spider Suspects
Alleged arachnid arrests: Three teenage males and a young woman hauled away by cops, suspected of hacking huge retailers ...
Did This Retail Giant Pay a Ransom to Scattered Spider?
Moral hazard ahoy: M&S head Archie Norman won’t say if he authorized DragonForce ransomware hacker payday ...
Huge Food Wholesaler Paralyzed by Hack — is it Scattered Spider Again?
UNFInished business: We were warned this would happen. And now here we are ...
Warning to US Retail: ‘Scattered Spider’ Targets YOU (with DragonForce Ransomware)
Arachnid alarm: Three major British retailers recently attacked, resulting in huge damage. Now we see the self-same scum spotlighting stores in the States ...
