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cognizant.com Domain Breach Exposure Report

Risk Score

High Risk

Critical asset booster applied - enterprise VPN / gateway credentials exposed.

AI Findings Summary

Critical

The telemetry indicates a significant exposure of Cognizant's digital assets, with over 255,000 historical data breaches and 23,000 active infostealer logs observed within the reporting period. The data suggests a widespread compromise affecting both employees and clients, with a notable increase in employee-related events in January 2026 and client-related events in August 2025. The primary threat vectors appear to be infostealer malware families such as LummaC2, Redline, and Rhadamanthys, often originating from combolist sources and database dumps, indicating credential stuffing or account takeover attempts. Targeted services include authentication endpoints and mail servers, suggesting attackers are attempting to gain access to sensitive systems and communications.

Total Events

279,052
credential exposure events

Employee Affected Events

198,893
account email domain = cognizant.com

Client Affected Events

80,159
service target = cognizant.com

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12-Month Events Timeline

Event volume by breach date, employee VS client

EmployeesClients
100,00066,66733,3330
peak month 88,106
Jul 25Sep 25Nov 25Jan 26Mar 26May 26Jun 26

Infostealers VS Data Breaches

Live stealer logs VS data breaches

Infostealer logs
Events23,581
Share9%
Data breaches
Events255,471
Share92%
Infostealer logs (9%)
23,581events
Data breaches (92%)
255,471events

198,893 compromised employee accounts pose an infrastructure risk, while 80,159 leaked client credentials create regulatory liability.

Antivirus Distribution

Security Tools on Infected Endpoints

Windows Defender833
Avast13
Windows Defender McAfee VirusScan.10
Windows Defender.6
Windows Defender [ON]5
McAfee Anti-Virus and Anti-Spyware5
McAfee2
Bitdefender1
ZoneAlarm NextGen [OFF]1

Malware Families Distribution

Distribution of Active Stealer Strains

LummaC23,483
Redline3,314
Rhadamanthys2,431
Vidar2,060
Acreed984
Remus265
StealC224
RisePro181
Raccoon108

Top Login URLs

Top exposed services found in the event results

  1. 1cognizant.com4,924
  2. 2https://sts.cognizant.com/adfs/ls/3,253
  3. 3https://mail.cognizant.com/owa/auth/logon.aspx2,954
  4. 4https://onecognizantbcazrapps.cognizant.com/779/2,846
  5. 5https://authvchnform.cognizant.com/vpn/tmindex.html2,385
  6. 6sts.cognizant.com/adfs/ls/2,323
  7. 7authvchnform.cognizant.com2,136
  8. 8https://authvchnform.cognizant.com2,034
  9. 9mail.cognizant.com/owa/auth/logon.aspx1,954
  10. 10authvchnform.cognizant.com/vpn/tmindex.html1,808

Infostealer By Geography

Shows the distribution of Infostealer-related credential exposure events across different geographic regions. The location is determined by analyzing the metadata of the infected machines associated with each event.

India
Events9,237
United States
Events1,433
Philippines
Events685
Netherlands
Events411
Canada
Events386
Germany
Events360
United Kingdom
Events183
Denmark
Events176

Country Breakdown

  1. 1India9,237
  2. 2United States1,433
  3. 3Philippines685
  4. 4Netherlands411
  5. 5Canada386
  6. 6Germany360
  7. 7United Kingdom183
  8. 8Denmark176

Services Classification Distribution

Blast radius - closer to core = more critical infrastructure, size = credential volume

Microsoft34,518
Citrix4,885
Salesforce388
Git120
NetSuite54
WordPress47
Auth042

Operating System Distribution

Distribution of compromised endpoint builds

Windows 111,430
Windows 11 Home Single Language 25H2 (Build 26200)1,288
Windows 11 Home Single Language1,257
Windows 10 22H2 build 19045 (64 Bit)963
Windows 11 24H2 build 26100 (64 Bit)934

Leak Repository Classification

Where the exposed records currently reside

0
Named breaches
163,825
Combolist pools
91,646
Unattributed dumps

Disclaimer: This report includes AI-generated content. AI can make mistakes, so verify important findings independently before taking action.