ShinyHunters and Salesforce? Seriously.

Oh joy, another “sophisticated” threat actor. This time it’s ShinyHunters – a bunch of lowlifes who apparently think scraping data from compromised Salesforce instances is a clever move. Google’s finally bothered to write up what everyone else figured out months ago: these clowns are buying credentials (mostly through phishing and info brokers, *groundbreaking*), then using those to pilfer data from Salesforce orgs. They’re not hacking anything complex; they’re just really good at being annoying and exploiting basic security failures on the customer end.

The report details how they focus on organizations with large datasets – because, you know, *more data equals more profit*. They’ll then flog that stolen info on their shady marketplaces. Google highlights a few techniques: using compromised accounts to export reports (like CSV files – how original!), and generally just being persistent little pests until they find something valuable. They also use automated tools for the scraping, because apparently manual work is too hard.

The kicker? Google’s “recommendations” are basically “use MFA, monitor your logs, don’t let random people have access to sensitive data.” Like, *no shit*, Sherlock. This isn’t some zero-day exploit; it’s a reminder that basic security hygiene is still the biggest problem in this whole damn industry. And of course, they are using stolen credentials from previous breaches to get into new systems. It’s a goddamn cycle of stupidity.

Honestly, if you’re getting pwned by these guys, you deserve it.

Read the full (and frankly, underwhelming) report here

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Reminds me of this one time a client insisted on using “password123” for their root account. I tried to explain the risks, showed them examples of breaches… they didn’t care. Got breached within 48 hours. I just sent them the invoice and walked away. Some people are beyond help.

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