Malicious Oauth app enables attackers to send spam through corporate cloud tenants

Microsoft investigated a new kind of attack where malicious OAuth applications were deployed on compromised cloud tenants before being used for mass spamming.
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The State of Credential Stuffing Attacks

Credential stuffing has become a preferred tactic among digital attackers over the past few years. As reported by Help Net Security, researchers detected 193 billion credential stuffing attacks globally in 2020. Financial services groups suffered 3.4 billion of those attacks. That’s an increase of more than 45% year over year in that sector. In H1 […]

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More than 1.1 million online credentials found in NY AG credential stuffing investigation

A months-long investigation into credential stuffing attacks by the New York attorney general’s office found credentials for more than 1.1 million online accounts at 17 major retailers, restaurant chains and food delivery services in internet forums, the agency announced Wednesday. Each of the unnamed companies was notified and took steps to protect impacted customers, the AG’s office said in a statement accompanying a 15-page report on the investigation. All of the companies’ investigations into the matter revealed that most of the attacks had not previously been detected, and each company either implemented or made plans to implement additional safeguards, the agency said. None of the affected organizations were named in the report. “Businesses have the responsibility to take appropriate action to protect their customers’ online accounts,” New York Attorney General Letitia James said in the statement. Credential stuffing refers to instances when an attacker relies on username and password combinations […]

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Credential Stuffing Fraud Attacks Make up 5% of All Digital Traffic

Credential stuffing fraud, which refers to automated sifting through volumes of stolen data to arrive at reams of valid username-password matches, continues to provide fraudsters with valid credentials to compromise and abuse these accounts be a succes… Continue reading Credential Stuffing Fraud Attacks Make up 5% of All Digital Traffic

Enterprise security attackers are one password away from your worst day

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Reality Check: Automated Shopping Bots are a Business Problem

Last week, I had the pleasure of participating in a webinar on automated shopping bots with Sandy Carielli, Security and Risk Analyst at Forrester Research. The webinar highlighted two things for me: automated shopping bots are a complex problem and th… Continue reading Reality Check: Automated Shopping Bots are a Business Problem

Hundred thousand Spotify accounts leaked in credential stuffing attack

By Saad Rajpoot
Spotify has suffered its second credential stuffing attack in three months.
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