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Spinning the web of tangled tactics

August 3, 2024 – Published on The CyberWire

Jason Baker, Senior Threat Consultant at GuidePoint Security, joins The CyberWire Research Saturday podcast to discuss the GRIT team’s work on “Worldwide Web: An Analysis of Tactics and Techniques Attributed to Scattered Spider.”

In early 2024, a current RansomHub RaaS affiliate was identified as a former Alphv/Black Cat affiliate and is believed to be linked to the Scattered Spider group, known for using overlapping tools, tactics, and victims.

The high-confidence assessment by GuidePoint’s DFIR and GRIT teams is supported by the consistent use of tools like ngrok and Tailscale, social engineering tactics, and systematic playbooks in intrusions.

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