CISA Releases Guidance on Credential Risks Associated with Potential Legacy Oracle Cloud Compromise CISA
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ppFree Cyber ServicesSecure by design Secure Our WorldShields UpReport A Cyber IssueppSearchppppFree Cyber ServicesSecure by design Secure Our WorldShields UpReport A Cyber IssueppCISA is aware of public reporting regarding potential unauthorized access to a legacy Oracle cloud environment While the scope and impact remains unconfirmed the nature of the reported activity presents potential risk to organizations and individuals particularly where credential material may be exposed reused across separate unaffiliated systems or embedded ie hardcoded into scripts applications infrastructure templates or automation tools When credential material is embedded it is difficult to discover and can enable longterm unauthorized access if exposedppThe compromise of credential material including usernames emails passwords authentication tokens and encryption keys can pose significant risk to enterprise environments Threat actors routinely harvest and weaponize such credentials to ppCISA recommends the following actions to reduce the risks associated with potential credential compromise ppOrganizations should report incidents and anomalous activity to CISAs 247 Operations Center at Reportcisagov or 888 2820870 pp Disclaimer ppThe information in this report is being provided as is for informational purposes only CISA does not endorse any commercial entity product company or service including any entities products or services linked within this document Any reference to specific commercial entities products processes or services by service mark trademark manufacturer or otherwise does not constitute or imply endorsement recommendation or favoring by CISA ppThis product is provided subject to this Notification and this Privacy Use policyppWe recently updated our anonymous product survey we welcome your feedbackp
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ppFree Cyber ServicesSecure by design Secure Our WorldShields UpReport A Cyber IssueppSearchppppFree Cyber ServicesSecure by design Secure Our WorldShields UpReport A Cyber IssueppCISA is aware of public reporting regarding potential unauthorized access to a legacy Oracle cloud environment While the scope and impact remains unconfirmed the nature of the reported activity presents potential risk to organizations and individuals particularly where credential material may be exposed reused across separate unaffiliated systems or embedded ie hardcoded into scripts applications infrastructure templates or automation tools When credential material is embedded it is difficult to discover and can enable longterm unauthorized access if exposedppThe compromise of credential material including usernames emails passwords authentication tokens and encryption keys can pose significant risk to enterprise environments Threat actors routinely harvest and weaponize such credentials to ppCISA recommends the following actions to reduce the risks associated with potential credential compromise ppOrganizations should report incidents and anomalous activity to CISAs 247 Operations Center at Reportcisagov or 888 2820870 pp Disclaimer ppThe information in this report is being provided as is for informational purposes only CISA does not endorse any commercial entity product company or service including any entities products or services linked within this document Any reference to specific commercial entities products processes or services by service mark trademark manufacturer or otherwise does not constitute or imply endorsement recommendation or favoring by CISA ppThis product is provided subject to this Notification and this Privacy Use policyppWe recently updated our anonymous product survey we welcome your feedbackp
