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MISCONFIGURED SAAS APPLICATIONS LED TO THE HOME DEPOT DATA BREACH, AND EXPERTS
SAY IT’S NO SURPRISE

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By Solomon Klappholz
published April 9, 2024

The recent Home Depot data breach that exposed information relating to over
10,000 employees should be a warning that enterprises need to get their SaaS
deployments under control

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A senior security leader has said he is not surprised that the recent Home Depot
data breach was caused by a misconfigured SaaS application, warning that the
issue is rife across enterprises of all sizes.



The data breach saw information belonging to over 10,000 Home Depot employees
uploaded to a popular hacking forum by a well-known threat actor named
IntelBroker.



Exposed information included employee names, work email addresses, and user IDs.
Although this information alone is not highly sensitive, it could be used by
threat actors to conduct further social engineering attacks on Home Depot staff,
experts have warned.

Home Depot confirmed the attack on 7 April, stating the breach was the result of
a third-party software vendor inadvertently exposing a small data sample
pertaining to Home Depot staff.

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Tim Bach, senior VP of security engineering at AppOmni, said while the rapid
identification of the incident as the result of a SaaS misconfiguration was
impressive, the fact this was the source of the breach was far from surprising.



“What is most noteworthy is the immediate identification of SaaS
misconfiguration as the cause. It is really not noteworthy to see another
sensitive data leak from a SaaS application, and unfortunately it is not
noteworthy even to see it at this scale, as large enterprises have heavily
adopted SaaS throughout their critical infrastructure.” 

Bach said it’s important firms correctly identify the root cause of leaks like
this one to ensure others learn from these incidents and improve their posture
accordingly.


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“Inadvertent SaaS misconfigurations that can, potentially, result in such leaks
are commonplace, but usually when a leak occurs it is attributed simply to an
‘internal system’, making it unclear whether it was a SaaS system, or in-house
system, etc,” he said. 

“Such attribution to a SaaS misconfiguration is key as it will help security
teams continue to be mindful of the importance of dedicated attention to
securing and continuously monitoring their SaaS applications.”


FIRMS NEED TO BUCK UP THEIR SAAS SECURITY PRACTICES

The Home Depot breach underscores how SaaS-based attacks are a growing problem,
according to Bach. Citing an investigation carried out in 2023 by threat
researcher Aaron Costello and security reporter Brian Krebs, he noted that many
of these attacks go unnoticed. 

“This highlights how commonly attackers exploit SaaS application
vulnerabilities. Nearly a year ago based on intelligence from AppOmni Labs
researcher Aaron Costello, cyber security journalist Brian Krebs published an
article about how many SaaS applications are leaking data.” Bach recalled.

“Unmanaged SaaS applications, poor configuration hygiene, and their associated
breaches continue to plague enterprises. If they are associated with large,
well-known enterprises they are written about and discussed, but many of these
types of breaches likely go undetected.”

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Bach said SaaS applications are ingrained into the operating models of virtually
every business and underpin vital processes every day. As such, enterprises need
to take a number of security precautions to ensure their SaaS deployments aren’t
compromised.

“SaaS applications are now the operating system and system of record for
business, since they handle sensitive, business-critical data. SaaS is a
critical part of cloud infrastructure and applications that businesses need to
pay attention to and implement controls around to prevent data breaches. At a
basic level, it’s important to get visibility into SaaS risks and preventable
data exposures”, he noted.

“Beyond this, enterprises should watch out for SaaS identities, user behaviors,
and connected applications that can introduce additional risks.”

Solomon Klappholz
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Solomon Klappholz is a Staff Writer at ITPro. He has experience writing about
the technologies that facilitate industrial manufacturing which led to him
developing a particular interest in IT regulation, industrial infrastructure
applications, and machine learning.

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