"Credential-Stuffing Threat Intensifies Amid Password Reuse"

The reuse of passwords by employees pose a bigger security threat than expected as hackers are increasingly performing acts of credential-stuffing. The act of credential-stuffing includes the use of automated systems to perform brute-force logins into a website using stolen credentials from another site. This article further discusses the dangerous impacts the reuse of passwords could pose on businesses, other ways in which hackers are using stolen information, tools used by hackers to perform credential-stuffing attacks, and suggested strategies for protecting against such attacks. 

Dark Reading reports "Credential-Stuffing Threat Intensifies Amid Password Reuse" 

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