Credential stuffing tools help hackers break into accounts

With thousands of stolen account details available for sale on the web, cyber criminals are turning to new methods using them efficiently to try to break into accounts. According to a new report by risk analysis specialist Digital Shadows, 'credential stuffing' tools are the latest technique being used to automate attempts at account takeover. Credential stuffing -- not as you might think the latest alternative to sage and onion -- is a type of brute force attack where large sets of credentials can be automatically inserted into login pages until a match with an existing account is found. The most… [Continue Reading]