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. Security monitoring and detection tools have evolved to address these risks. 

But now bad actors are following an even more effective, less scrutinized path into vulnerable IT environments — one that exploits secrets buried …

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