An email account takeover is a type of account takeover attack in which a cybercriminal gains unauthorized access to a user’s email account. Cybercriminals can gain access by stealing your email’s login credentials or finding them on the dark web. When a cybercriminal has gained access to your email account, they can lock you out of your account, monitor your activity, access your sensitive information, take over other accounts and impersonate you.
As we conclude a record-breaking year of growth at Keeper Security, I believe it’s important to take time to reflect on our achievements and appreciate the people who helped make 2023 a special year. Keeper experienced a transformative period of growth, innovation and strategic expansion that helped solidify our position as a leading force in cybersecurity.
This month we have a number of new feature enhancements and product updates to share with you, including Dark Mode for Android, thoughtful setting enhancements across the Keeper vault and browser extension, as well as improvements to our AWS CLI credential process with Keeper’s Secrets Manager (KSM). Continue reading to learn more.
You can run a penetration test by following the five stages: preparation, reconnaissance, penetration, reporting and remediation. Penetration tests are important to help protect an organization from security breaches and data leaks. Cybercriminals are always looking for vulnerabilities within an organization’s system to steal their sensitive data. Penetration testing helps organizations identify security vulnerabilities to help prevent security breaches.
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Organizations can protect their enterprise database from privilege abuse by implementing the Principle of Least Privilege (PoLP), following a zero-trust security approach and investing in a Privileged Access Management (PAM) solution. Continue reading to learn what privilege abuse is, the risks of privilege abuse in an organization and how to prevent it.
The North American Electric Reliability Corporation’s Critical Infrastructure Protection (NERC CIP) standards are a comprehensive set of requirements that ensure the security and reliability of the North American power grid. These standards address both the physical security and cybersecurity of the bulk electric system, mandating measures to protect critical assets from potential threats.
Ransomware as a Service (RaaS) is a business model in which cybercriminals develop and sell ransomware to buyers known as affiliates who use it to execute ransomware attacks. Ransomware is a type of malware that prevents users from accessing their data or devices by encrypting them and locking users out until a ransom is paid. Typically, cybercriminals need to know some coding to develop and execute ransomware attacks.