25 August 2026 - 08:11

Category: IT Fail

Security Vendor Falls For Obvious Phish

A ReliaQuest staffer took the phishing bait, letting ShinyHunters waltz right into their dashboard. Another glowing triumph for security awareness training.

Security Vendor Falls For Obvious Phish

Source: SecurityWeek

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Severity: Medium Mood: Ridiculous

It turns out security firms are just as brilliantly susceptible to clicking suspicious links as the rest of us, as ReliaQuest proved when an employee walked right into a ShinyHunters phishing trap. The breach compromised an internal dashboard before the company swiftly rushed to assure the world that the fallout was totally contained. Preventing these embarrassments requires staff to finally heed basic phishing training instead of freely handing keys to external dashboards.

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