Secrets Exposed: How hackers are gaining access to software secrets

Until recently, malicious actors who wanted to get their hands on sensitive corporate data or IT systems followed a few, well-worn paths. Those included phishing attacks on privileged employees, attacking the organization’s public-facing applications and infrastructure, and leveraging weak configurations or remote code execution (RCE) flaws.

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