Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters auditioning female voices to sharpen social engineering

Prolific cybercrime crew Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters (SLSH) is reportedly recruiting women in the hope of improving its social engineering success.

According to Telegram channel posts made on February 22, gathered by Dataminr, the group behind last year's Salesloft Drift attacks promised payments between $500-$1,000 per call, depending on "success and hit rate."

Interested applicants are invited to apply by sending a message to the group's "Support" account. They will be asked a series of questions before being accepted, the group said, and those who pass the test will be given a script to work from.

SLSH is known for effective social engineering. Experts who have listened in on calls carried out by Scattered Spider, one of the groups that form the cybercrime triad, previously confirmed that its tactics are sophisticated and highly effective.

The Telegram ads suggest that SLSH is looking for people to socially engineer ...