ConnectWise suspends cloud backup as OpenCode warns on AI keys


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ConnectWise suspends its cloud backup service after attackers reach its application identities, as OpenCode warns some users' AI provider keys may be exposed. Neither is a password, and neither company will name a suspect.

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1. 🔒 ConnectWise suspends cloud backup after attackers reach Microsoft 365 tenants

ConnectWise suspended its Cloud Backup service, formerly SkyKick, and two connected services after attackers gained unauthorized access to application identities in the backup environment. The company says it found the problem October 14 and disabled seven identities on October 17. Huntress researchers said sign-in attempts from the attackers' address touched almost 1,000 Microsoft 365 tenants, with more than 300 succeeding. Disabling an app stops its next sign-in, not its last change. (The Hacker News)

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3. 💻 OpenCode's Console breach may have exposed provider keys

OpenCode warned some Console users Saturday morning that provider keys saved in their workspaces may have been exposed, after an intruder reached a legacy system the night before. The company put the affected group at 1.4% of Console users with an outside provider linked and said its command-line and desktop apps keep keys locally and were not involved. It called the incident ongoing. A key pasted into a hosted console stops being yours once it lands there. (The Hacker News)

4. 🏷️ More Rewards tells members their personal details were accessed

Pattison Food Group, which operates Save-On-Foods and the More Rewards loyalty program, said Saturday that customers' personal information in the More Rewards database was accessed after unusual activity on one server Tuesday. The accessed data was names and, where provided, addresses, phone numbers, emails and dates of birth; the company said passwords, credit-card data and transaction history were not accessed. No affected-member count was disclosed. (Global News)


Bonus. Threat Road Tip Of The Day

Five minutes today: list every application and API key your organization has granted to a vendor or pasted into a hosted tool, and note who can revoke each one. Keys you cannot revoke today are keys you do not control.


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