How credential stuffing works (and how to stop it)

In December 2022, Norton users were put on high alert after threat actors compromised the security application with a credential-stuffing attack. Norton’s security team locked down about 925,000 accounts after detecting a suspicious flurry of login attempts from Norton Password Manager users. After the investigation, news broke that the cyber criminals successfully cracked the codes […]

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