Cybersecurity researchers have tied a fresh round of cyber attacks targeting financial services to the notorious cybercrime group known as Scattered Spider, casting doubt on their claims of going "dark." Threat intelligence firm ReliaQuest said it has observed indications that the threat actor has shifted their focus to the financial sector. "Scattered Spider gained initial access by socially engineering an executive's account and resetting their password via Azure Active Directory Self-Service Password Management," the company said. There are also signs that Scattered Spider attempted to exfiltrate data from Snowflake, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and other repositories. Scattered Spider is the moniker assigned to a loose-knit hacking collective that's part of a broader online entity called The Com.