Database connection strings in old deployment folders
Context, exposure and remediation priority were captured for review.
Case study
Finding database passwords hidden in legacy network shares
A security team needed to understand whether years of shared folders contained credentials that were no longer tracked by application teams.
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Challenge
Hidden credentials outside controlled systems.
A security team needed to understand whether years of shared folders contained credentials that were no longer tracked by application teams.
What Onyxaris scanned
- Shared project directories
- ZIP archives
- Configuration files
- SQL scripts
- Deployment notes
- Backup folders
Findings
What the team discovered.
Service account passwords in scripts
Context, exposure and remediation priority were captured for review.
API keys inside archived .env files
Context, exposure and remediation priority were captured for review.
Repeated credentials copied across multiple locations
Context, exposure and remediation priority were captured for review.
Outcome
Prioritized remediation and repeatable review.
The team gained a structured cleanup list, rotated high-risk credentials, removed obsolete copies and created a repeatable process for future scans.
| Before | After |
|---|---|
| Unknown credential exposure | Risk-ranked findings by source |
| Manual folder review | Automated source scanning |
| No central evidence | Documented remediation trail |
| Repository-only view | Cross-source exposure visibility |
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