Billions of Credentials Currently Up for Grabs on Hacker Forums

guest · Jul 8, 2020

15 Billion Credentials Currently Up for Grabs on Hacker Forums
Unprecedented amounts of data for accessing bank accounts and streaming services are being flogged on the dark web
July 8, 2020
https://threatpost.com/15-billion-credentials-currently-up-for-grabs-on-hacker-forums/157247/

Fifteen billion usernames and passwords for a range of internet services are currently for sale on underground forums – shedding light on the sheer scope of compromised credentials that are fueling account takeovers on the internet.

A report released Wednesday — “From Exposure to Takeover” by the Digital Shadows Photon Research Team — found that 100,000 separate data breaches over a two-year period have yielded a 300 percent increase in stolen credentials, leaving a veritable bonanza of account details on dark-web hacker forums up for grabs.

Threat actors gain access to these credentials in a number of ways—among them phishing, credential-stealing malware and credit-card skimmers–and it’s never been easier for them to lift this type of sensitive data from user accounts, said Rick Holland, CISO and vice president of strategy at Digital Shadows, in a press statement.
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“The sheer number of credentials available is staggering and in just over the past 1.5 years, we’ve identified and alerted our customers to some 27 million credentials –which could directly affect them,” Holland said.

The credentials being flogged online vary in access and price, according to the report. They include usernames and passwords for everything from bank or financial accounts–which comprised 25 percent of the credentials analyzed–to video- and music-streaming services, to antivirus programs.
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