No Exploit Needed: How Attackers Walk Through the Front Door via Identity-Based Attacks

Identity-based attacks remain a dominant initial access vector in breaches today. Attackers obtain valid credentials through credential stuffing from prior breach databases, password spraying against exposed services, or phishing campaigns — and use them to walk through the front door.

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No Exploit Needed: How Attackers Walk Through the Front Door via Identity-Based Attacks

Stolen credentials remain top breach vector as AI speeds phishing and testing, increasing ransomware and persistence risk.

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