This Week in Cybersecurity (2025-12-01): Title & Real Estate Cybersecurity & Wire Fraud Brief

Title Insurance Industry Lens

This week’s threat picture affects email compromise, wire fraud, and third-party exposure, with attackers using newly exposed consumer data to craft highly personalized phishing/social engineering aimed at agents, closers, escrow officers, and homebuyers.

• DoorDash analytics breach (via Mixpanel) exposed identifiable contact data attackers can weaponize for BEC campaigns.

• Oracle E-Business Suite zero-day attacks (CL0P) show how a single compromised vendor or lender system can cascade into the real estate transaction chain.

• Ransomware attacks on emergency alert systems highlight the fragility of the broader infrastructure real estate depends on (government offices, local municipalities, public records systems).

• CISA KEV additions increase urgency around patching vulnerable software used by IT providers supporting title offices.

Bottom line:Attackers have fresh data to impersonate your clients, active exploits targeting your vendors, and clearer paths to compromise email accounts.

Threats Relevant to Title Insurance & Escrow

BEC / Wire Fraud Trends

• CL0P’s Oracle EBS campaign is exfiltrating large volumes of personal data across universities and organizations, data that often ends up in phishing kits used against buyers and agents.

• The DoorDash / Mixpanel breach exposed names, emails, IPs, and usage identifiers, giving attackers detailed social-mapping clues to craft targeted escrow fraud messages.

Vendor & Partner Risk

• Dartmouth and others breached via Oracle EBS highlight → title insurance underwriter → lender → realtor → title agent risk propagation.

• Ransomware against Crisis24 / CodeRED shows how local government disruptions could delay recordings, closings, or property data access.

Endpoint Exploits Relevant to Escrow Operations

• Exploits in Chrome and 7-Zip increase risk of endpoint takeover → email compromise → fraudulent wire instructions.

VULNERABILITIES & EXPLOITS

High-priority vulnerabilities affecting title workflows:

1. OpenPLC ScadaBR XSS — CVE-2021-26829

   • Added to CISA KEV (active exploitation).

   • Relevance: Could affect county systems or vendor industrial interfaces.

2. Oracle EBS Zero-Day (CVE-2025-61882)

   • Actively exploited in CL0P global extortion campaign.

   • Relevance: Exposure from lenders, title production software vendors, banks.

3. Chrome V8 & 7-Zip exploits

   • Real-world exploitation allows attackers to compromise closing staff devices.

Recommended Actions for Title Insurance Agents

Immediate (0–7 days)

• Stand fast on NO wire instruction changes.

• Push a targeted buyer communication about fake closing emails.

• Confirm with IT/vendor that Chrome/7-Zip/Oracle patching is complete.

Strategic (30–90 days)

• Implement BEC-resistant email posture (DMARC, DKIM, SPF + MFA).

• Conduct semi-annual wire fraud tabletop exercises.

• Formalize vendor risk reviews focused on closing-software providers and MSPs.