In the rapidly evolving landscape of cybersecurity, infostealer malware has emerged as a significant and growing threat to businesses worldwide. Recent incidents, such as the discovery of a publicly exposed database containing over 184 million unique logins and passwords, underscore the severity and scale of this problem. This article provides a comprehensive overview of infostealer malware, its impact, and actionable recommendations to mitigate this threat.
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The importance of multi-factor authentication to secure your accounts
Microsoft engineers recently presented research at the RSA security conference indicating that 99.9% of compromised accounts aren’t using multi-factor authentication (MFA). This statistic alone illustrates the enormous potential for MFA to mitigate account breaches when passwords are either guessed or exfiltrated.
Wireless Key Reinstallation Attacks (Krack)
It has recently come to our attention that there is an extremely severe wireless attack crippling the security of wireless networks. The nature of the attach is such that it allows attackers to decrypt wireless traffic as well as inject malicious content in to certain protocols. This vulnerability opens up wireless networks to a series of dangerous situations, whereas an outside intruder can spy or infect computers, as well as gain access to the network to launch more sophisticated attacks.