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In 2023, the U.S. Marshals Service suffered a major breach when a threat actor compromised a system containing sensitive law enforcement data — personal information on investigative targets, internal processes, and more. The agency had traditional perimeter defenses in place. What they didn't have was a model that
In January 2024, Microsoft disclosed that a Russian threat actor group known as Midnight Blizzard had accessed senior executive email accounts — not by exploiting some exotic zero-day, but by spray-attacking a legacy test account that lacked multi-factor authentication. One account. No MFA. That's all it took to breach
In January 2024, Microsoft disclosed that a Russian state-sponsored threat actor — the group known as Midnight Blizzard — breached corporate email accounts by exploiting a legacy test tenant that lacked multi-factor authentication. Microsoft. One of the most well-resourced technology companies on the planet. If they can get caught with a gap
The Breach That Made "Trust" a Dirty Word In 2020, the SolarWinds breach gave threat actors access to the internal networks of at least nine U.S. federal agencies and over 100 private companies. The attackers moved laterally for months — undetected — because once they were inside the network
The Breach That Proved Firewalls Aren't Enough In 2023, MGM Resorts lost an estimated $100 million after a threat actor used social engineering — a single phone call to the help desk — to bypass perimeter defenses and move laterally through internal systems. The attackers didn't need to
The Breach That Proved "Trust But Verify" Was a Lie In 2020, a threat actor compromised SolarWinds' Orion software update mechanism and silently infiltrated over 18,000 organizations — including multiple U.S. federal agencies and Fortune 500 companies. The attackers didn't blast through firewalls. They
The Breach That Started Behind the Firewall In 2023, MGM Resorts lost an estimated $100 million after a threat actor social-engineered their way past the help desk with a single phone call. The attacker didn't punch through a firewall. They didn't exploit some exotic zero-day. They
In January 2024, Microsoft disclosed that a Russian-linked threat actor — Midnight Blizzard — breached corporate email accounts by exploiting a legacy test tenant that lacked multi-factor authentication. No zero-day. No sophisticated exploit chain. Just a password spray against an old account that trusted the network it sat on. That's
In January 2024, Microsoft disclosed that the Russian threat actor Midnight Blizzard had breached corporate email accounts — not by exploiting some exotic zero-day, but by password spraying a legacy test tenant that lacked multi-factor authentication. One overlooked account. No MFA. Catastrophic access. If a company with Microsoft's resources
The Breach That Made "Trust But Verify" Obsolete In January 2024, Microsoft disclosed that a Russian state-sponsored threat actor known as Midnight Blizzard had compromised executive email accounts — not by exploiting some exotic zero-day, but by password-spraying a legacy test tenant account that lacked multi-factor authentication. One overlooked
