"Malware Attacks Exploiting Machine Identities Double"

New research by threat analysts at Venafi reveals that the number of commodity malware campaigns exploiting machine identities doubled between 2018 and 2019. Applications and devices use machine identities that are made from cryptographic keys and digital certificates. These identities support application and device authentication for secure communication. According to researchers, attackers' utilization of machine identities has grown eightfold in the last ten years. The number of attacks increased at a significant rate within the last five years. One researcher emphasized the shift in the exploitation of machine identities for large-scale cybercriminal operations to the misuse of these identities in off-the-shelf-malware. This article continues to discuss the use and the increased exploitation of machine identities in malware attacks and how organizations can defend themselves against such attacks.

Infosecurity Magazine reports "Malware Attacks Exploiting Machine Identities Double"