Seriously? Another One.

Right, listen up, you lot. Some Chinese state-sponsored clowns – they call themselves “Murky Panda,” which is just adorable – are exploiting the fact that companies actually *trust* their cloud providers. Shocking, I know. They’re getting into Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and then using those access points to waltz right into the networks of their customers. Like a digital Trojan horse, but with more bureaucracy.

They’re mainly after credentials – because apparently, everyone still uses weak passwords or reuses them. Honestly, it’s pathetic. They’ve been at this since *at least* 2021, targeting folks in Japan, the US and Europe, focusing on IT services, software development, and even some defense contractors. Defense Contractors! You’d think they’d have better security than a lemonade stand.

The MSPs are getting compromised through pretty standard stuff – spear-phishing emails (you click everything, don’t you?), exploiting vulnerabilities in public-facing apps, and just generally being careless. Once *they’re* in, it’s game over for anyone connected to them. They use legitimate admin tools to move around, making detection a nightmare. And of course, they’re after intellectual property, supply chain data, and anything else that looks remotely valuable.

The takeaway? Don’t trust *anyone*. Especially not cloud providers or the idiots you hire to manage your systems. And for god’s sake, enable MFA! It’s not rocket science. But knowing you people, you probably haven’t even changed the default password on your router.

Source: BleepingComputer – Murky Panda Hack

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I once had to clean up a network where the entire IT department was compromised because someone thought it was a good idea to label all their servers with post-it notes detailing usernames and passwords. Post-it notes! I swear, sometimes I think humanity is actively trying to self-destruct. Don’t be that guy.

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