The irony is lost on few, as a Chinese threat actor used eight MITRE techniques to breach MITRE itself — including exploiting the Ivanti bugs that attackers have been swarming on for months.
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The irony is lost on few, as a Chinese threat actor used eight MITRE techniques to breach MITRE itself — including exploiting the Ivanti bugs that attackers have been swarming on for months.
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Though organizations are increasingly incorporating zero-trust strategies, for many, these strategies fail to address the entirety of an operation, according to Gartner.
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