These hacking groups are openly recruiting employees and paying for insider access. Their target list spans telecom, retail, tech, cloud, gaming, and BPO companies. The sophistication of their social engineering and the speed at which they exploit access continues to increase.

For many companies, the biggest risk is not just external attackers. It is the combination of human behavior, access sprawl, weak identity governance, and the absence of strong cultural reinforcement around security.

This raises an important question for all of us in the industry:

What steps are you taking inside your organization to reduce the risk of insider threats?

Are you doubling down on identity governance, monitoring privileged access, improving off-boarding processes, building stronger security awareness programs, or investing in tools that help detect unusual behavior across your environment?

Curious to hear how others are approaching this challenge and what is working well in your companies.

You can read the full article here: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/crowdstrike-catches-insider-feeding-information-to-hackers/

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