IBM Warns: One-Third of Cyber Attacks Use Advanced Tactics to Steal Login Credentials

How Identity Plays a Part in 5 Stages of a Cyber Attack

While credential abuse is a primary initial access vector, identity compromise plays a key role in most stages of a cyber attack. Here’s what you need to know — and how Tenable can help.Identity compromise plays a pivotal role in how attackers move laterally through an organization. Credential abuse is the top initial access vector, implicated in 22% of breaches, according to the 2025 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report, followed closely b…

Online Cyber Security: Calculating Return on Investment for SSO Implementations

Single sign-on (SSO) simplifies user access by providing one login for many applications. SSO improves online cyber security by reducing password fatigue, decreasing the attack surface of multiple credentials, and centralizing authentication administration. SSO’s benefits are evident, but implementing it takes time, money, and technical effort. Thus, ROI must be carefully assessed. Organizations may justify... The post Online Cyber Security: Cal…

An attacker can cause a memory leak of IBM Db2, via Allocated Memory, in order to lead a denial of service. See online: https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/...

IBM Warns: One-Third of Cyber Attacks Use Advanced Tactics to Steal Login Credentials

IBM X-Force’s 2024 cybersecurity report, nearly one-third of cyber intrusions now rely on identity-based attacks, exploiting valid login credentials to breach systems. This alarming trend, continuing for the second consecutive year, highlights a shift in threat actor strategies, moving away from traditional brute-force methods to stealthier, more persistent tactics. Attackers are increasingly leveraging sophisticated tools, […] The post IBM Warn…