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Ransomware and nation state actors dominate the headlines, but fraud and scams still net career cyber criminals thousands from unsuspecting members of the public. Proofpoint reports on a campaign targeting victims of a musical inclination.
Nearly 1,000 individuals, many of whom are not directly related, were noted by FBI Cyber Division Assistant Director Bryan Vorndran to be part of the prolific hacking collective Scattered Spider, also known as 0ktapus and UNC3944, which was behind last year's attacks against Okta and MGM Resorts, CyberScoop reports.
Plus: State-backed hackers test out generative AI, the US takes down a major Russian military botnet, and 100 hospitals in Romania go offline amid a major ransomware attack.
Just like you and me, cyberattackers returned from winter break and immediately started sending thousands of emails.
With hackers innovating their social engineering techniques to launch malware attacks, the same thing goes with "BattleRoyal" cyber criminals who are using some new methods to infiltrate systems.