S-RM, which helped a high-profile retail client recover from a Scattered Spider cyber-attack has become a quiet, often word-of-mouth, success. Criminals often need time after their first penetration of a businesses’ systems to work out what is of most value. This is what S-RM’s team was able to do with the Scattered Spider victim: stopping the detonation of malware across systems. “Why should we pay these criminals?” is a challenge Cowell says his team puts to top staff at affected businesses. We saw the impact of that with the Scattered Spider attacks.,” he adds.

Source: The Guardian December 30, 2025 21:10 UTC