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Compromise in information security means unauthorized access or control over a system, network, or data, often resulting from exploiting vulnerabilities like software bugs, weak credentials, or misconfigurations. It indicates that an attacker has bypassed security measures to read, modify, or disrupt resources without permission.
Such compromises pose risks including data theft, unauthorized system manipulation, and persistent attacker presence. Detecting and containing compromises requires monitoring for unusual activity, applying timely patches, and enforcing strong access controls to limit attacker movement and reduce the impact of exploited weaknesses.
Affinity Learning Partnership warns staff after Intradev breach A major UK education trust has warned staff that their personal information may have been compromised following a cyberattack on software developer Intradev in August.…
Defrauding search with custom malware, Potato-family exploits A new China-aligned cybercrime crew named GhostRedirector has compromised at least 65 Windows servers worldwide - spotted in a June internet scan - using previously undocumented malware to juice gambling sites' rankings in Google search, according to ESET researchers.…
Show of hands: who WASN'T targeted? The list of victims keeps growing, as yet another company — Cloudflare — today disclosed that some of its customers' data was also compromised in the Salesloft Drift breach.…
Joins Google, Palo Alto Networks in the ever-growing supply chain compromise Zscaler is the latest company to disclose some of its customers' data was exposed in the recent spate of Salesloft Drift attacks affecting Salesforce databases.…