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The Target: Klaviyo, an email marketing firm.
The Take: Exposure of client’s Personally Identifiable Information including: names, addresses, emails, phone numbers, and two internal customer lead lists.
The Vector: The attacker penetrated Klaviyo’s internal systems by tricking an employee to give up their company credentials through a phishing attack, allowing the threat actor to access systems with all the privileges of the stolen login.
This breach highlights critical need for employee training to protect a firm against phishing attacks. By using the exposed credentials, the attackers were able to act with all the same permissions as the affected employee. The human component of cybersecurity is a very real and important piece of the overall picture of cybersecurity posture.
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World Economic Forum: Cyber risk is one of the main challenges that organizations face today. The World Economic Forum's Global Risks Report 2022 highlights how cyber threats have intensified through digital transformation and growing digital dependency.
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The Target: Wiseasy, an Android based digital payments company.
The Take: Exposure of payment information, system admin credentials, plain-text passwords for WiFi networks the app was connected to, and client personal information including: names, phone numbers, email addresses.
The Vector: Compromised employee credentials were sold on the dark web, allowing the attackers to login and act as legitimate users to make configuration changes and view sensitive information.
As Wiseasy had no multi-factor authentication set up on employee accounts, the exposed credentials let attackers fully access their internal systems and perform actions with every permission the breached accounts had access to. This security lapse is a stark reminder of the importance of having proper multi-factor authentication enforced on any and all accounts that have access to critical internal services.
Tech Monitor: The way listed companies report on cybersecurity risk is not meeting the needs of investors, according to a new report from the UK’s Financial Reporting Council. Limited or ‘boilerplate’ disclosures are an indication that a company does not take cybersecurity seriously enough, investors told the Council.
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