UNC3944 is a financially motivated threat group that carries significant overlap with public reporting of "0ktapus," "Octo Tempest," "Scatter Swine," and "Scattered Spider" and has been observed adapting its tactics to include data theft from software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications to attacker-owned cloud storage objects (using cloud synchronization tools), persistence mechanisms against virtualization platforms, and lateral movement via SaaS permissions abuse. Active since at least May 2022, UNC3944 has leveraged underground communities like Telegram to acquire tools, services, and support to enhance their operations.
Jamf Threat Labs Discovers Pirated macOS Apps Similar to ZuRu Malware
Jamf Threat Labs discovers new pirated macOS applications that establish communication with attacker infrastructure, allowing the victim's computer to be controlled by the attacker.