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What if one unauthorized access attempt ended up costing your bank millions? That’s exactly what happened to TransUnion in 2025, when hackers stole the personal data of 4.4 million people by abusing privileged credentials. This breach illustrates a harsh reality: privileged accounts are among the top targets for attackers, and data breaches in financial institutions are among the most costly across all industries.

Prompt guardrails are a common first line of defense against client-level LLM application attacks, such as prompt injection and context poisoning. They’re also a critical component of a full defense-in-depth strategy for LLM security at the infrastructure, supply chain, and application level. The specific guardrails that teams implement depend highly on use case, but they are typically designed to.

In September 2025, a critical vulnerability (CVE-2025-54918) was discovered affecting Domain Controllers running LDAP or LDAPS services. This vulnerability allows attackers to elevate privileges from a standard domain user to SYSTEM level access, potentially compromising entire Active Directory environments.

The recently published 2025 Latio Cloud Security Market Report, authored by industry analyst James Berthoty, captures a major transformation: cloud security is leaving behind static visibility tools and moving toward runtime-driven risk reduction. The report traces five years of evolution – from dashboards full of misconfigurations to platforms that can detect, prioritize, and mitigate threats in real time. Six key insights define this new era.

Learn how to make your website HIPAA compliant in 2025 with 30+ checklist items, from BAAs and access controls to client-side monitoring and audit-ready evidence.