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In March 2022, Okta confirmed that the Lapsus$ threat actor group had breached a third-party support engineer's laptop and accessed internal systems. The attack didn't exploit some exotic zero-day vulnerability. It started with compromised credentials — a single point of failure in what should have been a
In March 2022, the Lapsus$ group breached Okta by compromising a third-party support engineer's laptop — and suddenly, thousands of organizations realized their web security posture was only as strong as their weakest vendor's. That single incident forced a reckoning across the industry. If your organization runs
The Blind Spot That Computer Security Companies Sell Around In March 2022, Okta — one of the most prominent identity management vendors in the world — confirmed that the Lapsus$ threat actor group had compromised a third-party support engineer's laptop and accessed internal systems. An identity security company, breached through
The Breach That Started With a Single Password In May 2021, a single compromised password shut down the Colonial Pipeline and triggered fuel shortages across the Eastern United States. The attackers used a stolen VPN credential — no multi-factor authentication, no zero trust architecture, just one reused password. That's
In March 2022, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center reported that Americans lost over $6.9 billion to cybercrime in 2021 — a 64% increase from the year before. A staggering number of those victims weren't Fortune 500 companies. They were regular people, sitting at home computers,
The Virus That Cost One Hospital Chain $67 Million In 2017, the NotPetya attack crippled organizations worldwide. Heritage Valley Health System in Pennsylvania lost access to its entire network. Surgeries were delayed. Patient records vanished. The total global damage from NotPetya exceeded $10 billion, according to the White House. And
Costa Rica declared a national emergency in May 2022 after the Conti ransomware gang crippled 27 government institutions. Tax systems went offline. Foreign trade ground to a halt. An entire country — not just a company — was brought to its knees by a cyberattack. If you think the cyber security definition
3.5 Million Open Positions and Salaries That Reflect the Desperation Cybersecurity Ventures projects 3.5 million unfilled cybersecurity jobs globally in 2025. We're already feeling the squeeze in 2022. That talent gap isn't just a headline — it's the single biggest driver of what
The Colonial Pipeline Fallout Changed Everything About How We Buy Security One year ago, a single compromised password shut down the largest fuel pipeline in the United States. Colonial Pipeline paid $4.4 million in ransom. Gas stations across the Southeast ran dry. And the FBI later confirmed that the
In March 2022, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center reported that Americans lost over $6.9 billion to cybercrime in 2021 — a 64% jump from the year before. That number makes the standard cybersecurity definition you'll find in a textbook feel almost dangerously quaint. If you&
