CrowdStrike says The Com-affiliated threat groups are using voice phishing and fake SSO pages to break into SaaS environments and steal data fast for extortion.

Tyler Robert Buchanan “was the glue that held this gang together,” a cybercrime researcher said. He faces up to 22 years in federal prison.

Researchers said Thalha Jubair was a principal operator, leading or directing many attacks attributed to the hacker subset of The Com since 2022.

Officials accused the teenage boy of working with Scattered Spider, which attacked MGM Resorts and Caesars Entertainment in 2023.

One suspect faces separate charges in the United States linking him to at least 120 cyberattacks.

Noah Urban’s sentence stems from a broader conspiracy involving four other defendants who conducted attacks from September 2021 to April 2023.

Unit 42 said social engineering — the method of choice for groups as diverse as Scattered Spider and North Korean tech workers — was the top initial…

Officials said thousands of people, typically between 11 and 25 years old, are engaged in a growing and evolving online threat to commit crime for money, retaliation,…

The U.K.’s National Crime Agency claims the four were involved in attacks on Marks & Spencer. The cybersecurity industry attributed those attacks to Scattered Spider.

The cybercrime ring has infiltrated more than 100 businesses since 2022, including more than a dozen since it regrouped earlier this year.