How infostealers have changed the cybersecurity landscape

Many of the recent wave of high-profile cyberattacks can be traced back to the theft of a single set of credentials which have allowed the attacker to access and move within a corporate network. A new report from Flashpoint looks at the rise of large-scale information-stealing malware campaigns and how ‘infostealer’ malware has been a key enabler, responsible for the theft of over 1.8 billion corporate and personal email accounts, passwords, cookies, and other sensitive data. The challenge for security teams is that defending against infostealers needs more than just knowing a breach occurred. It requires visibility into the illicit… [Continue Reading]