The cybercriminals are entirely financially motivated and nearly always leads with either a phishing email/message or a social engineering call. It also looks to execute SIM swap attacks.

Microsoft: “Octo Tempest” Represents New Breed of Cybercriminals Making Use of Social Engineering and Threats

Microsoft exposes Octo Tempest, a threat actor that runs extortion, encryption and destruction campaigns at a wide variety of industries.

Microsoft Exposes Octo Tempest, One of the Most Dangerous Financial Threat Actors to Date

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Microsoft has been tracking a threat group that stands out for its ability to cash in from data theft hacks that use broad social engineering attacks, painstaking research, and occasional physical threats.

Microsoft profiles new threat group with unusual but effective practices

Octo Tempest’s genesis dates back to early 2022 ... The group employs extreme measures to gain initial access to their target’s network, including threats of physical violence. In some instances, chat logs have revealed the attacker’s threat to ...

Microsoft Sheds Light On The “Octo Tempest” Threat Actor

The financially motivated English-speaking threat actors use advanced social engineering techniques, SIM swapping, and even threats of violence to breach targets.

Octo Tempest Group Threatens Physical Violence as Social Engineering Tactic

The group will stop at nothing to gain initial access into their target’s network, going as far as to threaten the victims with physical violence. A couple of chat log screenshots have shown the attacker threatening to send a shooter to the victim’s house to shoot their wife.

Microsoft lifts the lid on a dangerous new hacking group that could pose a major threat to your online accounts

Gang thought to be behind attack on MGM Resorts has a skillset larger than most cybercrime groups in existence

Microsoft unveils shady shenanigans of Octo Tempest and their cyber-trickery toolkit

The English-speaking Octo Tempest extortion gang - which became an ALPHV/BlackCat affiliate recently - presents one of the most significant and rapidly-growing threats to large organisations at this time,

Microsoft warns over growing threat from Octo Tempest gang

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