Compromised Credentials and Breaches: How It Affects Your Business

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Small businesses have been a lucrative target for cybercriminals. And for obvious reasons such as lack of Security resources, Financial resources, etc.

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The above-mentioned reasons make small businesses susceptible to various cybercrimes like phishing and social engineering attacks, among others.

Through these attacks, the threat actors steal your organization’s credentials. Once they obtain these credentials, the threat actor can launch various attacks to steal your information.