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Introduction In a recent development, our expert threat intelligence team at Foresiet Research has identified a troubling incident involving a threat actor who claims to have gained access to the Ukrainian Government mailbox, both User and Admin accounts. The compromised credentials are being offered for sale on the dark web, posing a serious security threat to sensitive government information.

Zero-day vulnerabilities require an emergency response, disrupting proactive security initiatives and placing additional pressure on security teams. Despite not being the primary focus of their daily responsibilities, zero-days, especially those exploited in the wild, capture significant media attention. This often results in managers, executives, and even board members seeking immediate information about the company’s exposure to the latest threats.

We live in a time where the integrity and security of an organization’s digital infrastructure are essential in earning customer confidence and trust. This trust, however, is increasingly under siege due to a surge in cyberattacks exploiting overlooked or inadequately managed internet-facing assets. Organizations’ growing online presence are under an ever-increasing risk of cyber threats.

BianLian threat actors exploit JetBrains TeamCity flaws, ransomware attacks continue to accelerate, and more than 12 million secrets and keys leak on GitHub.

Pentest People are so proud to announce we have become one of the only few companies in the UK to be an Assured Service Provider in the recently launched National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) Cyber Incident Exercising (CIE) scheme.

Read our summary of research that found millions of records that exposed user passwords due to misconfigured or missing security settings.

If there's one certainty in life for CISOs it is that when it is time to buy into a new or consolidating security technology niche, they're going to have to eat their fair share of alphabet soup. Tech analysts and marketers do love their acronyms after all. We've got our SIEMs, our SOCS, and our MFAs and MDRs to prove that one out.

Since its launch as the first public cloud in 2006, AWS has been a leader in cloud technology, helping organizations cut costs and simplify the way they build infrastructure and access their data. While the public cloud has continued to grow in popularity with time, many organizations still find themselves stressing the task of migrating or maintaining their environments efficiently. Overall, 95% of organizations cite lack of expertise as their main struggle in leveraging the public cloud.

Thanks to the burgeoning supply chain, a host of IoT and work-from-home devices, and an expanding cloud presence, organizations are constantly ingesting new hardware into their IT environments. With each new line of code comes a fresh chance for a hidden vulnerability. With each unfound weakness, attackers gain one more opportunity to gain a foothold in the organization and compromise sensitive assets.