What public reporting says
Scattered Spider, a highly active hacking group, has made headlines by targeting more than 130 organizations, with the number of victims steadily increasing.
Scattered Spider threat group
Scattered Spider is a threat group. Public reporting links it to 44 attack techniques. This free profile shows how it works, stage by stage, so you can judge the risk to you. It lists the other names the group goes by and links to every public report behind it.
- Attack techniques
- 44
- Public reports
- 4
- Thought to operate from
- Not known
- Other names
- 10
Built from public reporting, with every source listed below.
Overview
Who is Scattered Spider?
Scattered Spider has 10 other names in security research. Below is what published reporting says about it, with a link to every report so you can check the detail yourself.
Also known as
UNC3944Muddled LibraOktapusScattered SwineScatter SwineOcto Tempest0ktapusStorm-0971DEV-0971Starfraud
Security companies each give the same group their own name, so one group can have many.
Public reports about Scattered Spider (4)
- Scattered Spider Managed Mgm Resort Network Outage Brings 8m Loss Dailycybersecurity-insiders.com (opens in a new tab)
- Oktapus Phishing Targets Okta Identity Credentialsloginradius.com (opens in a new tab)
- Attack Graph Response to CISA Advisory Aa23 320aattackiq.com · 2023 (opens in a new tab)
- Unc3944 Sms Phishing Sim Swapping Ransomwaremandiant.com (opens in a new tab)
How it works
How does Scattered Spider attack? Stage by stage.
Each technique is a known way attackers research, get in, stay hidden or do damage. Here are the 44 linked to Scattered Spider, laid out from first look to final blow. Some techniques belong to more than one stage. Pick a stage to see them. Public reporting also lists 29 more specific variations of them, called sub-techniques.
Stage 10 of 15
8 techniquesLooking around
Mapping the network, accounts and data once inside.
- T1018Remote System Discovery
- T1046Network Service Discovery
- T1069Permission Groups Discovery
- T1083File and Directory Discovery
- T1087Account Discovery
- T1217Browser Information Discovery
- T1538Cloud Service Dashboard
- T1580Cloud Infrastructure Discovery
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Scattered Spider is a threat group. Public reporting links it to 44 attack techniques.
Public reporting links Scattered Spider to 44 attack techniques. Most of them are about looking around, staying in and stealing passwords.
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