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Uber's Third Data Breach: What You Need to Know

Ride-sharing Uber is once again the target of a major data breach marking the third cyber incident they’ve experienced overall. Let’s break down the attack.

May 25, 2023
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Malaslocker Ransomware: Exploiting Zimbra Servers for Charity and Its Global Impact

MalasLocker ransomware targets thousands of Zimbra Server vulnerabilities – and ransom demands are ‘approved charitable donations’. Dive into our analysis.

May 25, 2023
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The Ultimate Guide to Building a Third-party Risk Program

How to build a third-party risk program from scratch: a step-by-step guide from Black Kite Research covering scope, framework, vendor tiers, and tooling.

Apr 4, 2023
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How Do You Breach a Company as Big as Spacex? Explore Lockbit’s Latest Third-party Attack

Lockbit ransomware group claims that they breached a SpaceX contractor, seizing 3,000 drawings certified by SpaceX engineers to hold for ransom.

Mar 30, 2023
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Clop Ransomware Group Strikes Hundreds of Companies, Raising Concerns for Cascading Breaches

Clop ransomware group targets companies with unpatched vulnerabilities in GoAnywhere MFT servers in their latest mass-ransomware attack across the globe.

Mar 30, 2023
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3cx Supply Chain Attack: the Risks and How to Protect Yourself

Massive supply chain attack ‘Smooth Operator,’ poses unprecedented security risks for businesses and the third-party vendors associated.

Mar 30, 2023
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How Concerned Should Organizations Be on the Vmware Esxiargs Threats?

Written by Ferhat Dikbiyik Additional Contributor Ekrem Celik Edited by Haley Williams Over 2,000 servers worldwide were suddenly affected with ransomware due t...

Feb 8, 2023
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2023 Third Party Data Breach Report

Download the 2023 Black Kite Third Party Data Breach Report to discover trends, shifts, and lessons learned from 2022.

Jan 31, 2023
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The World Cup Finals Are Here

World Cup team sponsors are just as susceptible to third party risk - Black Kite Research has the latest

Dec 14, 2022
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Cuba Ransomware Targets Critical Infrastructure – Warranting Fbi and Cisa Warning

Over the last calendar year, Cuba ransomware groups have targeted key critical infrastructure across the United States and the globe – how can you prepare?

Dec 8, 2022
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Facebook + Meta Pixel Data Privacy Risk on Vendors

Written by Ferhat Dikbiyik Additional Contributor Ekrem Celik Edited by Haley Williams The risk of data breaches and data privacy issues related to Facebook/Met...

Nov 22, 2022
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Impact of Microsoft Exchange Proxynotshell Vulnerabilities on the Supply Chain

Zero-day vulnerabilities called ProxyNotShell on MS Exchange Servers were recently discovered, presenting a strong cascading risk to other companies in the vend...

Sep 30, 2022

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