Scattered Spider poses serious risk to several hundred major companies

The cybercrime group Scattered Spider’s tactics put a group of roughly 300 major companies at heightened risk of attack, according to a new report from security firm CyberCube. 

The 287 firms represent approximately 2% of organizations with revenues above $500 million, according to CyberCube’s analysis of more than 15,000 companies in key global markets. The analysis covers eight regions, including the U.S., the U.K., Canada, Australia, Germany, France, Japan and Singapore. 

Each company uses at least three technologies that Scattered Spider is known to target and has security conditions that are ripe for the group’s attacks.

Read more at Cybersecurity Dive