Understanding Fourth-Party Risk and How to Prevent Cascading Breaches

When companies consider cybersecurity, they often look inward—focusing on their own systems, processes, and people. But today’s biggest threats increasingly lie outside the perimeter. In fact, your most significant vulnerability may be several layers removed—hidden deep within your extended supply chain.

Massive 16-Billion Credential Leak Highlights Growing Infostealer Threat

In what may be the largest credential breach ever recorded, researchers uncovered more than 16 billion login records—roughly two for every person on the planet—spanning 30 unprotected databases. Most were harvested by info stealer malware, revealing just how deeply compromised our digital identities have become.

This isn’t recycled breach data. It’s recent, well-structured, and alarmingly actionable. Each record typically includes a URL, username, and password, with many containing session cookies and authentication tokens—data that can bypass multi-factor authentication and open the door to identity theft, phishing, and full account takeover.