CEO's Password Practice Exposes Firm to Breach Risk

A CEO's outdated password policy left his 2,000-strong company vulnerable to a potential data breach, after he stored all employee usernames and passwords in a single Excel spreadsheet on his desktop. This alarming security risk was only resolved after months of persistence, when the IT team proved they could manage messages…

https://osintsights.com/ceos-password-practice-exposes-firm-to-breach-risk?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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Insider threat programs have always been a Fortune 500 luxury. Above Security is changing that—agentic AI investigators, zero config, five-minute deploy. My RSAC Vendor Spotlight:

https://paradigmtechnica.com/2026/04/23/rsac-vendor-spotlight-above-security/ #InsiderRisk #AgenticAI

How much do insider security risks cost your company? A new report claims on average it costs firms an astonishing $19.5 million per year! And the figure is going up... because of AI.

Read more in my article on the Fortra blog: https://www.fortra.com/blog/your-staff-are-your-biggest-security-risk-ai-making-it-worse

#artificialintelligence #insiderrisk #cybersecurity #ai

Grensoverschrijdende supply chains steeds kwetsbaarder door groeiend insider risk

lees verder: https://www.transport-online.nl/117217/grensoverschrijdende-supply-chains-steeds-kwetsbaarder-door-groeiend-insider-risk/

#logistiek #logistics #insiderrisk #SupplyChain #nieuws #news #transportnieuws

🔎 The Hidden Threat Inside Your Organization
Internal users can cause incidents by mistake or misuse. Limit risk with least-privilege access, monitoring, and security awareness.

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Weekly cyber roundup: insiders, incentives, and supply-chain weaknesses are driving breaches more than exploits.

Arrests are rising - but human risk remains.

Source: https://www.technadu.com/weekly-cybersecurity-news-highlighting-incentives-over-exploits-arrests-and-hacker-claims/617427/
Thoughts?

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ALPHV affiliates plead guilty — a brutal reminder that in cybercrime, the firefighters are sometimes the arsonists. Insiders, double games, and broken trust sit at the heart of ransomware. ⚖️🔥 #Ransomware #InsiderRisk

https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/31/alphv_ransomware_affiliates_plead_guilty/

Coupang’s post-breach response includes large-scale customer compensation and cooperation with law enforcement, following exposure of customer data earlier this year.

The case highlights challenges around insider access, breach detection delays, and post-incident remediation. While authorities state that only limited data was retained, the scale of initial access underscores the importance of access controls and monitoring.

Would welcome practitioner insights on mitigation strategies and breach response best practices.

Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/coupang-to-split-117-billion-among-337-million-data-breach-victims/

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When insider incidents can hit even the most security-focused companies, it forces every organization to reconsider how much “trust” is built into their workflows. Effective insider-threat defense now requires continuous monitoring, tighter access governance, and stronger guardrails around employee privileges—because the risk isn’t theoretical anymore.

Explore how these attacks unfold and what you can do to reduce exposure on our blog: https://www.lmgsecurity.com/betrayed-from-within-the-modern-insider-attack/

Or listen to the podcast: https://www.chatcyberside.com/e/when-security-fails-crowdstrike-insider-leaks-and-the-threat-within/

#InsiderThreat #Cybersecurity #ZeroTrust #AccessManagement #SecurityOperations #RiskManagement #InsiderRisk