When threat actors get their hands on legitimate corporate credentials, it makes blocking unauthorized intrusions far more challenging. Yet that’s exactly what’s happening across the globe, thanks to the growing popularity of infostealer malware. The result is to feed the criminal supply chain with stolen data—fuelling follow-on fraud for customers and major financial and reputational damage for breached organizations.

*** This is a Security Bloggers Network syndicated blog from comforte Blog authored by Mirza Salihagic. Read the original post at: https://insights.comforte.com/how-infostealers-are-creating-a-data-breach-epidemic