Compromising login credentials is the goal of many modern cyber-attacks. If successful, they can result in the worst types of data breaches, especially when high-level accounts are breached. One of the oldest and most common methods for guessing a... Read More
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Active Directory honeypot accounts: How to keep attackers sweet
Monitoring and detecting account compromise is one of the most challenging tasks for IT admins and SecOps professionals. Once a legitimate account has been compromised, it can be difficult to detect an attacker’s activities until it’s too late and... Read More
Kerberoasting attacks: How to keep your Active Directory safe
A domain administrator account is the holy grail of privileged accounts in a Microsoft Active Directory environment. If an attacker can get their hands on a Domain Administrator account in the domain, they’ll have access to basically everything. Kerberoasting... Read More
Active Directory password hardening: How it’s done
Weak passwords are a problem waiting to happen – Verizon estimates that 80% of hacking-related breaches come from weak or stolen passwords. They’re the most common way for people to access their accounts and applications, making them an obvious... Read More
MFA prompt bombing: How it works and how to stop it
User credentials are golden prizes for attackers. Weak or breached credentials provide an easy target for attackers looking to log in to a network instead of breaking in. Most businesses have caught on to the fact that multi-factor authentication... Read More
Six ways to apply the principle of least privilege to your Active Directory
The principle of least privilege is simple but important: it states that users only have the minimum access necessary to perform their job. For organizations using Active Directory (over 90% of the Fortune 100), this means the minimum necessary... Read More
Business email compromise: Practical ways to reduce your risk
Everyone uses email – you’d struggle to find a business that doesn’t. Unfortunately, for a form of digital communication we’ve been using since the 80s, it’s still very easy for cybercriminals to attack. As a result, email is the... Read More
[New Research] Best Password Practices to Defend Against Modern Cracking Attacks
Today, the Specops research team is publishing new data on how long it takes modern attackers to brute force guess user passwords with the help of newer hardware. This data with the latest addition of over 15 million compromised... Read More
What IT Teams should do about security concerns around the new Google Authenticator sync feature
Recent news of security concerns around a new feature in Google Authenticator may have IT teams wondering if they need to adjust any reliance on the app for authentication within their networks or apps their organizations use. Launched in... Read More
Long Live the Secure Password! Royal themes discovered within compromised password lists
With King Charles III’s coronation this weekend we’ve analyzed our Breached Password Protection list and discovered a royal connection. Around 350 million people are expected to watch May 6th’s historic coronation in the UK so we’re checking to see... Read More