Understanding Account Takeover Attacks - Seguridad Mania.com - España y América Latina

Over the last few years, there are a known 620 million user accounts that have been compromised across hundreds of sites. Organized cybercrime have figured out that this is the fastest, most reliable method to infiltrate organizations, as well as achieve financial gain. Since users share passwords across multiple sites, it is easier to find logins that work on a target site than try to bypass firewalls, find software flaws, or even run spearphishing campaigns. These types of attacks are collectively coming to be known as “Account Takeover” (ATO). Some are simple, while others are sophisticated. Some can be stopped relatively easily, and others require much more effort. ATO attacks (via stolen credentials) were cited as the #1 method of confirmed data breaches in both 2014 and 2015, for web applications, which itself was the #1 vector for data breaches. Come learn what these ATO threats are, their impact to your business, how to detect them, and what you can do about it.