Is Your Data Safe? Lawmakers Say It’s Time for a Texas Cyber Command

Is your data safe? Lawmakers say it’s time for a Texas Cyber Command

AUSTIN (KXAN) — In March 2024, an IT team at Texas Retina Associates noticed abnormal activity on one of their company’s servers.   The company's anti-virus system detected a lateral movement — a sign that an attacker had gained credentials and was actively infiltrating their systems. The team quickly disabled their accounts and kicked out the intruder. But it was too late.  “Immediately after that, we got notification from the hacker that they …

Threat Actors Deploy Database Client Tools on Targeted Systems to Exfiltrate Sensitive Data

Cybersecurity experts have noted an increase in data breaches where threat actors are directly querying internal databases to steal sensitive information. Unlike traditional malware-based attacks, these adversaries are leveraging legitimate database client tools such as DBeaver, Navicat, and sqlcmd to exfiltrate data from targeted systems. These tools, often used by legitimate administrators for database management, […] The post Threat Actors De…