49 results found for "credential monitoring"
- Mind the Gap in Your Verification Analysis
While the $177 million settlement and the offer of complimentary credit monitoring may signal closure Breach data is a point in time, static indicator of what a user’s credentials were on a site. While breach data informs risk assessment systems during credential verification, it cannot stand alone That’s why at myNetWatchman, we built our credential screening service to collect and combine breach With a dataset exceeding 38 billion credential pairs, growing by 15 million new entries daily, and available
- Holiday Fraud Is Just the Beginning: How Criminals Use Peak Season to Build Sleeper Accounts for Year-Round Abuse
(username and password) 45.8M compromised credentials 16M compromised email accounts 3.7M payment/gift Instead, criminals test credentials, confirm access, and store that account for later use. Detect compromised credentials before takeovers turn into losses Account takeovers are a common trigger actions by identifying whether: Login credentials have appeared in known data breaches Passwords are recognize this shift focus less on reacting to fraud spikes and more on exposing risky identities early, monitoring
- How Bad Actors Take Over Email Accounts
Over the past 30 days, live data monitoring shows a daily average of 7.5 million illegitimate login attempts Billions of credential pairs have been compromised in data breaches. with the data breach where the credential pair was compromised. a user account with the same credential pair. Credential stuffing attacks against email accounts take a more targeted approach.
- Big Mac, Fries, and 64 million Records To Go Please
…they tried common credentials, including "123456" for both username and password, and it worked. This habit is the fuel for devastating attacks like credential stuffing , where credential pairs obtained In fact, employees using company credentials outside of work were tracked in 40% of data breaches. credentials, making it paramount for preventing account takeover. , focusing on credential pairs to significantly reduce false positives and unnecessary friction.
- Understanding the RockYou2024 Data Dump: Implications and Realities
These are not credential pairs - credential pairs (username and password together) are more valuable Real-world use We monitor live criminal traffic, as it happens. In the week after RockYou2024 was released, we saw 370 million credential pairs used in illegitimate logins, credential stuffing attacks, and ATO attempts. 56% of those used passwords in the RockYou2024 stuffing attacks which rely on compromised credential pairs.
- Stolen Miles, Shattered Dreams: How Account Takeover Wreaks Havoc
His credentials – his user ID, password, and email – had been compromised. airlines, hotels and rental companies don't focus on account takeover or even check for compromised credentials Our credential screening service could have prevented this nightmare by alerting the airline to the compromised credentials before Steve’s account was hijacked. Our proactive monitoring would have identified the threat in real-time, triggering immediate action to
- The Three Factors of Authentication: A Fraudster's Playground
Fraudsters develop phishing scams to fool users into handing over credentials thinking they are interacting They log into accounts with stolen credentials and make their activity look just like the account owner Author For more than 20 years, Georgia-based myNetWatchman has been examining attack traffic and monitoring customers access to the earliest detection and highest remediation of compromised logins and account credentials Earliest detection on the darknet of the testing, use, or sale of compromised credentials is the most
- Pig Butchering Scams: A CISO’s Guide to Mitigating a Sophisticated Cyber Threat
CISO Challenge : Detecting these initial vectors requires monitoring unusual communication patterns across CISO Challenge : Monitoring for micro-transactions or unusual crypto wallet activity can signal early The credit union’s lack of real-time monitoring delayed detection, leading to regulatory scrutiny. Customer Education Gaps : Even sophisticated customers fall for well-crafted scams, requiring proactive monitoring Advanced monitoring is our best defense.
- MFA Isn’t a Fortress: Why Compromised Emails Undermine Account Security
So before we talk about logins, we need to talk about detecting compromised credentials and detecting Each of these methods preys on one key weakness, the trust we place in user credentials . It’s the trust layer that ensures the credentials you’re authenticating actually belong to a legitimate During Password Reset : Prevent attackers from resetting credentials on hijacked accounts. Real security starts with trustworthy credentials .
- PrincipleLogic finds mNW's Active Directory Audit revealing and enlightening
at PrincipleLogic, recently added myNetWatchman’s Active Directory Audit tool from our Compromised Credential security professionals review employee accounts on Active Directory to identify any that have compromised credentials Fast and easy to use, the tool helps companies speed up the detection of compromised credentials to prevent
- From Inbox to Outbreak: The BEC and FTF Epidemic
First, implement routine credential screening to ensure your employees and consumers aren't compromised Read more about our solutions for Email Reputation , ATO Threat Monitoring , and AD Credential Audit
- From Trusted to Threat: The Hidden Risks of Verified Accounts
Why Continuous Monitoring Is Essential for Account Protection Business leaders and fraud managers invest If their credentials are compromised elsewhere, that same combination can be used to breach their account Credential reuse is rampant: People recycle the same email-and-password combo across sites, so a breach











