{"id":188599,"date":"2026-02-18T11:58:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T16:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/18\/identity-and-supply-chain-need-more-attention-risk-intelligence-firm-says\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T14:55:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T19:55:12","slug":"identity-and-supply-chain-need-more-attention-risk-intelligence-firm-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/18\/identity-and-supply-chain-need-more-attention-risk-intelligence-firm-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Identity and supply chain need more attention, risk intelligence firm says"},"content":{"rendered":"

Identity and supply chain need more attention, risk intelligence firm says<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.cybersecuritydive.com\/news\/identity-supply-chain-dataminr-report\/812447\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-02-18 11:58:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.cybersecuritydive.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Author: <\/a><\/p>\n

Using an unordered list, summarize the following article with between 4 and 8 key points. <\/p>\n

Dive Brief:<\/p>\n

Businesses need to pay attention to identity security and third-party risk management to avoid falling prey to hackers whose techniques have evolved, the risk intelligence company Dataminr said in a threat report published on Wednesday.
\n\u201c2025 marked a clear shift from \u2018frequent but contained\u2019 cyber losses toward fewer events with materially larger financial and mission impact,\u201d the report said, attributing the shift to \u201cmulti-vector attacks\u201d leveraging stolen credentials, data theft, operational disruptions and regulatory exposure.
\nDataminr\u2019s report contains several high-priority recommendations for enterprises, including about supply chain security and the need to look beyond a vulnerability\u2019s severity score.<\/p>\n

Dive Insight:
\nDataminr is the latest company to conclude that, as its report puts it, \u201cidentity is the new perimeter.\u201d The company found that 30% of intrusions now involve the use of stolen credentials. The amount of infostealer malware delivered through phishing campaigns surged 84% during the reporting period. And phishing itself represented the top tactic for breaking into a system, accounting for the initial intrusion in 60% of the cases that Dataminr analyzed.
\nAI has supercharged phishing operations, with Dataminr observing hackers using AI automation in more than 80% of their social-engineering attacks.
\nThe Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters (SLH) collective, an alliance of several cybercrime gangs, has \u201carguably perfected the use of AI-enhanced social engineering by leveraging voice phishing (vishing) and other tactics to compromise entire organizations,\u201d Dataminr said.
\nSupply-chain security remains another major risk vector that businesses need to scrutinize. Roughly one-quarter of breaches involve hackers exploiting vulnerabilities in third-party platforms, according to the report.
\nThe SLH hackers\u2019 activities underscore that risk. The group \u201cmanaged to compromise SaaS solutions so deeply integrated into other systems that the actors could compromise dozens of organizations at once,\u201d the report said.
\nThe Russia-based Cl0p ransomware gang, meanwhile, emphasized what Dataminr called a \u201crestraint and precision\u201d strategy that saw its hackers lurking inside networks for extended periods of time \u2014 and stealing terabytes of corporate data \u2014 before issuing their demands. The group mostly targeted manufacturing, consumer goods and IT firms with zero-days exploits, AI automation and encryption-less extortion tactics.
\nWhen it comes to vulnerabilities, the severity score doesn\u2019t tell the full story, Dataminr warned. Some of the most costly vulnerabilities didn\u2019t score at the top of the scale, while some high-severity vulnerabilities sometimes led to few major attacks. \u201cIt is always important to layer in factors such as likelihood of exploitation, potential business impact, and frequency of targeting,\u201d Dataminr said.<\/p>\n

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