As cyberattacks targeting Active Directory continue to rise, AD security, identity, and IT teams face mounting pressure to monitor the evolving AD-focused threat landscape. To assist IT professionals in comprehending and preventing attacks that involve AD, the Semperis Research Team publishes a monthly roundup of recent cyberattacks. In this month’s round-up of identity-related attacks, retail chain Hot Topic and PetSmart suffered credential stuffing attacks and Akira ransomware group targeted Nissan in a data breach that affected 100,000 people.
Hot Topic targeted in credential stuffing attacks
Fast-fashion retail chain Hot Topic suffered a wave of credential stuffing attacks that targeted its rewards program customers, prompting the company to deploy bot protection software.
Akira ransomware group targets Nissan in data breach
Nissan reported an attack by the Akira ransomware group that compromised the data of about 100,000 people.
PetSmart warns customers of credential stuffing attack
PetSmart, the largest retailer of pet products, reported an ongoing credential stuffing attack that spurred the company to reset its customers’ passwords.
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