KnowBe4 - Account Takeover Attacks Increase as Cybercriminals Fine-Tune Their Brand Impersonation, Social Engineering, and Phishing Skills


The latest Spear Phishing Report from Barracuda highlights how cybercriminals are systematically improving their game… and are becoming more successful for it.

The capturing of user credentials online used to takeover accounts is a key starting point for cybercriminals. In some cases, credentials provide access to online email, files, and collaboration where the initial access serves as the foothold to target executives and other key employees, or used to simply steal valuable access to data, bank accounts, and more.



from KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training Blog https://blog.knowbe4.com/account-takeover-attacks-increase-as-cybercriminals-fine-tune-their-brand-impersonation-social-engineering-and-phishing-skills

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