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What the 16 Billion Credentials Leak Really Means (And Why It's Not a New Breach)

Jun 24, 2025 By Aakanksha Khanna In Astra
Another breach? Not quite. You’ve probably seen the headlines: “16 billion passwords leaked in the largest breach ever.” It sounds like a cybersecurity doomsday event. Media outlets ran with it. Even seasoned security leaders reposted it in alarm. Here’s the truth: this isn’t a fresh breach. No, Google, Meta, and Apple weren’t hacked. What actually happened is that a massive trove of previously stolen credentials was released.
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Trustwave

The Attack Vector: Database Triggers as Persistence Mechanisms

Jun 24, 2025 By Trustwave In Trustwave
Organizations often assume that restoring a backup to a patched environment eliminates threats. However, backups encapsulate both data and schema objects, including triggers. A compromised backup, often taken after an initial breach, may contain hidden triggers that reactivate the attacker’s access upon restore. This post explores how malicious triggers in compromised backups can serve as persistence mechanisms for attackers and how to mitigate this threat.
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Enhancing Safety And System Integration In Critical Facilities Using Electric Actuated Gate Valve Technology

Enhancing Safety And System Integration In Critical Facilities Using Electric Actuated Gate Valve Technology

Jun 24, 2025 By SecuritySenses In SecuritySenses
Reliability, precision, as well as safety are non-negotiable traits for heavy-duty industrial settings like power plants, water treatment plants, chemical processing units, and oil refineries. These industries are integrating smarter systems with electric actuated gate valve technology and with assisting IoT devices. This technology is a revolutionary piece of modern infrastructure as it promises both automation as well as safety. It facilitates efficient flow control while measurably improving safety in critical environments.
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Disaster Recovery Best Practices | Webinar by Jason Taylor

Jun 23, 2025 By Sedara In Sedara
Learn the fundamentals of Disaster Recovery in this insightful webinar led by Jason Taylor, Senior Cybersecurity Program Analyst at Sedara. He covers what disaster recovery is, common causes of disasters, response and recovery workflows (BCP, IR, and DR), the seven key steps to building a DR plan, recovery playbooks, and how to create an effective DR project plan. A must-watch for IT and security teams preparing for the unexpected.
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trustcloud

From manual to programmatic: Transforming risk registers for modern GRC

Jun 23, 2025 By Shweta Dhole In TrustCloud
In this article Relying on manual risk registers is no longer a sustainable strategy. As organizations face more complex threats, regulatory shifts, and operational changes, static spreadsheets and disconnected documentation fall short. These manual methods often lead to inefficiencies, missed risks, and a lack of real-time visibility, hindering timely decision-making and exposing organizations to greater vulnerabilities.
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protecto

Why Hosting LLMs On-Prem Doesn't Eliminate AI Risks [And What to do About It]

Jun 23, 2025 By Anwita Dhar In Protecto
As AI steadily percolated into a growing number of use cases, adopting it has been a rollercoaster of confusion, chaos, and conundrums. One of the key concerns around AI adoption are the added risks. Issues like sensitive data leakage, AI hallucinations, inability to implement access control, and data breaches lurk the the cloud where LLMs are deployed.
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