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Help Net Security, Friday, September 26th, 2025

Inside The Economy Built On Stolen Credentials

Vol 330 · Issue 4 · 2025-09-26

Instead of going after software flaws or network weaknesses, attackers are targeting something much easier to steal: identity credentials. A new report from BeyondID calls this growing black market the identity economy, where usernames, passwords, tokens, and access rights are bought and sold much like items on a regular online marketplace.

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Inside The Economy Built On Stolen Credentials

Cyber Defense Magazine, Thursday, September 25th, 2025

The Threat Of Privilege Abuse In Active Directory

Vol 330 · Issue 4 · 2025-09-25

In early 2024, the BlackCat ransomware attack against Change Healthcare caused massive disruption across the U.S. healthcare sector. It later emerged that the cause of this major national incident was traced back to compromised credentials used to remotely access a Change Healthcare Citrix portal. Access to the portal wasn't secured with multi-factor authentication (MFA).

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The Threat Of Privilege Abuse In Active Directory