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Compromised Credentials Used in Attack Against Federal Agency
An intruder breached a federal agency’s internal network and accessed data files using compromised credentials and custom malware, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said in an Analysis Report.
Gartner Warns CEOs Will be Personally Liable for Breaches by 2024
By 2024, 75 percent of CEOs will be held personally responsible and accountable for cyber-physical security incidents, research firm Garner said.
Medical Data Leaks Linked to Hardcoded Credentials in Code
Data of more than 150,000 to 200,000 patient were exposed in at least nine GitHub repositories—the result of improper access controls and hardcoded credentials in source code, according to a DataBreaches.net.
Attacks Based on Credential Theft On The Rise, DBIR Says
In the 13th Data Breach Investigations Report, Verizon researchers found that attackers are relying less on malware and more on stolen or lost credentials to carry out their attacks.
GoDaddy Reports Breach of Customer Hosting Accounts
An attacker was able to access an undisclosed number of GoDaddy customers' hosting accounts using SSH connections.