6 Best Practices To Defend Against Corporate Account Takeover Attacks
CSO Online, Thursday, August 17,2023
When bad actors get control of business or corporate accounts, it can be more dangerous than comprised personal or consumer accounts. Here are some ways to stop them.
While there are similarities between the two, corporate account takeovers (CATO) often have larger implications than breaches affecting individual accounts and can result in significant financial losses, reputational damage, and compromised sensitive business information.
"In the corporate environment, the main focus is preventing attackers from getting your employees' credentials," says Gartner cybersecurity analyst Akif Khan. "And that can consist of a few different attack vectors. There are the more traditional social engineering attack vectors and attack vectors that could include malware being put on your device somehow, which would log your keyboard strokes and look for credentials that were saved on your device."