Credential Attacks

Attackers don’t hack in, they log in.

Attackers usually don’t have to hack into your systems like in the movies; oftentimes, they log into your systems like valid users using credential attacks.

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What are credential attacks?

Attackers collect usernames

Exploit poor password policies to obtain domain user credentials

Leverage misconfigurations to elevate privileges to domain administrator

…where they end up with the keys to the kingdom.

Credential attacks are a critical enabler for ransomware, and they have cost businesses over $10B in the past 5 years.

Why fix vulnerabilities that can’t be exploited?

Most vulnerabilities found by vulnerability scanners cannot be exploited or are difficult and impractical to exploit; yet your teams spend precious time fixing these issues. Meanwhile, ransomware attackers are finding ways to chain together harvested credentials, misconfigurations, and dangerous product defaults to compromise your systems.

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