In 2020 Toll Group went twice through a ransomware attack, now Sophos which acted as a response and investigation team for the events, announces that the entry point was an account of an employee who died but remained active in the system.
Nefilim Ransomware Attack Used “Ghost” Credentials.
According to the report by Sophos, the Nefilim group responsible for the infidelity attack that was on the company’s network for about a month without the defense systems identifying suspicious activity, the user used by the attack group belonged to a deceased employee but his account was locked/deleted due to being integrated into various services.
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The most dangerous cyberattacks don’t always come from code – they come from exploiting human trust.
Scattered Spider, a cybercriminal group from the US and UK, has mastered this by targeting IT support teams with sophisticated voice phishing (vishing) and impersonation.
By pretending to be legitimate employees, they trick IT teams into resetting passwords or bypassing multi-factor authentication (MFA). This approach slips past even strong technical defenses.
What’s more alarming? They partner with ransomware-as-a-service groups like DragonForce to launch full-scale attacks after gaining entry.
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