The hackers, who are primarily teenagers and young adults are not only executing malicious attacks but also bragging about their operations in a language filled with racist and misogynistic slurs.
The cybersecurity researchers, who have been studying and monitoring the Com activities have urged policymakers and the cybersecurity community to confront the issue more seriously and take strong actions against the youth-led cybercrime group. While, in comparison to cybercriminal networks, state-backed hackers build a more high-profile case, recent instances of breaches led by new-generation hackers shall not be underestimated.
One of the instances being the high-profile breach that recently shook the operations of Las Vegas resorts, including Caesars Entertainment and MGM Resorts is believed to be the doing of threat actors called “Star Fraud,” one of the subgroups of the Com. These assaults show how dangerous and serious the larger Com ecosystem is.
The Caesars and MGM attacks were attributed to ALPHV, a Russian-based ransomware-as-a-service organization related to other attacks. The moniker “Scattered Spider,” which has b
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