Overview#

Credential Leaked Databases are databases of created from Credential Leakage that have been created based from attacks representing billions of stolen credentials and is available on the Dark Web

Credential Leaked Databases provide attackers a ready key for easy access other Organizational Entity which already being done all over the globe. The threat of breach from this specific attack vector isn’t going away anytime soon. In fact, Credential Leaked Databases now represents an ever-growing threat.

Credentials within a Credential Leaked Databases is a Compromised Credential

In 2016, Rob Joyce, then head of the National Security Agency's (NSA), since renamed Office of Tailored Access Operations (TAO) said " that Zero-Day vulnerabilities are overrated and credential stealing is how he gets into networks".

More Information#

There might be more information for this subject on one of the following:

• Credential Leakage
• Credential Leaked Databases
• Credential stuffing
• Password Authentication
• Password Dictionary
• Password Quality
• Password Reuse
• Password Validator
• Smishing
• Web Authentication API