Was a valid user account, permission, or guest password compromised in a security attack?
Software and application vulnerabilities aren’t the only programs prone to security attacks. Hackers also are making use of personal identification numbers, account permissions, and valid user passwords, all established to restrict access, in their campaigns. Of the 815 business-technology and security pros who participated in InformationWeek’s U.S. Information Security Survey this year, nearly one-fourth experienced security incidents involving valid user accounts or permissions. Fourteen percent say attacks involved guessed passwords.
