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F5 Labs

What Is Credential Stuffing?

2020-10-12 · Read original ↗

ATT&CK techniques detected

11 predictions
T1110.004Credential Stuffing
95%
“what is credential stuffing? what is credential stuffing? credential stuffing1 occurs when a cybercriminal obtains a large number of stolen or leaked login credentials — username and password pairs — for one website and tests them on the login pages of other websites. the attacke…”
T1110.004Credential Stuffing
81%
“attempts against a list of known stolen credentials and block any requests that match. other things to look for include : 17 - high traffic volume with low login success rates. a typical website has a login success rate of 60 to 85 percent, so a low success rate of 10 to 15 perce…”
T1110.004Credential Stuffing
76%
“their networks, or a third party notifies them of possible fraud. the irony of credential stuffing is that organizations that have not suffered a direct data breach often become indirect victims when their users ’ accounts are compromised due to someone else ’ s data breach. this…”
T1110.004Credential Stuffing
73%
“attackers spend 18 to 24 months monetizing the credentials themselves, 13 they can still make “ aftermarket ” money selling validated credentials to other cybercriminals, who use them on other websites for similar fraudulent activities. “ old ” credentials might sell for less tha…”
T1110.004Credential Stuffing
65%
“stuffing has a low cost of entry and high returns. massive data breaches are great news for cybercriminals, because credential stuffing is a numbers game — and a profitable one. a small - time cybercriminal can test 100, 000 credentials for an investment of less than $ 200. 10 an…”
T1110.004Credential Stuffing
62%
“its discovery or public disclosure is 15 months. 12 this gives attackers plenty of time to abuse stolen credentials. you might guess that some of those credentials would no longer be valid, but since users often recycle passwords, many of them become valid again. in addition, man…”
T1556.006Multi-Factor Authentication
61%
“) on a list ( and you surely will ), change your password on the breached account and others that use the same credentials. - delete unused, unnecessary accounts. it might take a bit of work to find old accounts you ’ ve forgotten about, but it ’ s worth the effort to reduce the …”
T1110.004Credential Stuffing
44%
“to remember so many unique passwords, it ’ s not surprising that 65 percent of people admit to reusing passwords for many or all accounts. 4 the problem is, once attackers obtain legitimate credentials from one website, it ’ s virtually guaranteed that some will work when attacke…”
T1589.001Credentials
41%
“attackers spend 18 to 24 months monetizing the credentials themselves, 13 they can still make “ aftermarket ” money selling validated credentials to other cybercriminals, who use them on other websites for similar fraudulent activities. “ old ” credentials might sell for less tha…”
T1589.001Credentials
38%
“attack is set up, it ’ s ready to launch. the attacker ’ s objective is to uncover all successful login requests. as the tool runs through the supplied credentials, the attacker is notified of valid ones. technically, the attack itself is complete when the attacker receives these…”
T1110.004Credential Stuffing
36%
“however, credential stuffing attacks, like phishing and downloaded malware, rely on humans as the weak link. that ’ s one reason they ’ re so prevalent and persistent. but there are steps individuals and enterprises can take to protect themselves. for users : - use unique passwor…”

Summary

Why credential stuffing attacks persists, how they work, and how to prevent them.