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Breach Disclosure: UAE business database

|by Alpha Team

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Standing Intelligence Requirements

For the most up to date list of ZeroFox Threat Research’s Intelligence Requirements, please visit:

https://cloud.zerofox.com/alpha_team/advisories/14956

Details

On June 18, 2022, a threat actor "bary40" posted a data breach package titled "UAE Business Database 20 000" on the underground forum BreachForums. The actor noted that the data package comprised 20,000 records, with headers including Email, Company Name, City/Province, Phone, Sector/Activities, and P.O.Box. From this package, ZeroFox extracted 18,299 email addresses. No passwords were found in this breach.

Recommendations

  • If not already enabled, turn on the compromised credentials rule for all relevant entities and ensure relevant emails are entered for those entities, or reach out to [email protected] for assistance
  • If one of your entities receives an alert, ZeroFox recommends immediate password changes for the affected account
  • Enable 2-factor authentication for all of your organizational accounts to help mitigate phishing and credential stuffing attacks

Tags: mid-east/africa,  data breach,  all industries