In the ever-evolving landscape of cybersecurity, managing false positives in threat intelligence remains a persistent and formidable challenge for security teams. Security teams often find themselves inundated with alerts, many of which turn out to be false alarms, resulting in decreased efficiency and increased potential for overlooking genuine threats. To address this issue, Push Security has introduced a groundbreaking feature designed to provide verified stolen credentials detection. This innovative solution promises to enhance the efficiency and accuracy of identifying and mitigating identity threats, allowing security teams to focus on real, actionable threats without getting bogged down by irrelevant data.
False positives in threat intelligence have long been a source of frustration for cybersecurity professionals. These false positives can arise from numerous sources, including recycled combolists, infostealer threat intelligence from inactive personal devices, and alerts triggered by credentials that are no longer in use. The sheer volume of these inaccurate alerts can lead to critical threats being overlooked or, in some cases, entire threat feeds being disabled. This scenario poses a significant risk to organizational security, as teams may inadvertently ignore genuine threats due to the overwhelming noise created by false positives. Push Security’s new feature aims to tackle this challenge head-on by filtering out false positives, ensuring that security teams receive only actionable alerts based on verified stolen credentials.
The Challenge of False Positives in Threat Intelligence
Security teams are frequently confronted with an overwhelming volume of alerts generated by various threat intelligence sources, which often include a high number of false positives. These alerts arise from a multitude of issues, such as recycled combolists, infostealer threat intelligence derived from inactive personal devices, and alerts related to credentials that are no longer in use. The constant barrage of these inaccurate alerts can overwhelm security professionals, leading to critical threats being missed or entire feeds being disabled. This can undermine organizational security and make it difficult for security teams to effectively focus on genuine threats.
Push Security’s new feature directly addresses this pervasive problem by leveraging advanced threat intelligence on stolen credentials and comparing them with active credentials within customer environments. This sophisticated approach ensures that false positives are filtered out, and only actionable alerts are delivered to security teams. By providing accurate and timely information, Push Security’s solution allows security professionals to prioritize their efforts, reducing the likelihood of critical threats being overlooked and enhancing overall security outcomes.
Push Security’s Innovative Approach to Verified Stolen Credentials Detection
Push Security’s innovative method for detecting verified stolen credentials involves a unique process designed to enhance security measures while minimizing the risk of false positives. The system creates fingerprints of potentially stolen passwords by salting, hashing, and truncating them. These fingerprints are then sent to a browser agent for comparison, ensuring that no actual password material leaves the secure browser context. By focusing on creating these fingerprints, Push Security significantly curtails the transmission of sensitive password data, adding an additional layer of security to the entire process.
This approach ensures that security teams are only alerted to actionable threats, reducing the noise created by false positives. The combination of salting, hashing, and truncating passwords to create fingerprints allows for a thorough comparison without compromising the integrity of the passwords themselves. Push Security’s verified stolen credentials detection capability provides a higher level of accuracy and confidence for security teams, enabling them to swiftly and effectively respond to real threats while minimizing the time and effort spent on false alarms. By delivering only verified threats, Push Security helps organizations maintain robust security measures in the face of ever-increasing credential-based cyberattacks.
The Rising Threat of Credential-based Cyberattacks
The prevalence of credential-based cyberattacks has seen a significant increase in recent years, underscoring the need for robust detection and mitigation strategies. According to IBM, there has been a 71% year-over-year increase in cyberattacks utilizing stolen or compromised credentials. Recorded Future has reported a 135% increase in harvested credentials and a 166% spike in those bundled with cookies. Additionally, Mandiant’s M-Trends reports have highlighted stolen credentials as a top initial intrusion method, while Cisco Talos has identified the use of valid accounts as the second-most common attack technique. These alarming statistics emphasize the critical importance of effective detection and handling of stolen credentials.
In response to this growing threat, Push Security’s new feature offers a comprehensive solution designed to ensure that security teams can focus on verified threats. By providing accurate and timely alerts, Push Security’s verified stolen credentials detection capability strengthens the ability of organizations to prevent significant impacts from credential-based attacks. The feature effectively filters out false positives, allowing security professionals to prioritize genuine threats and respond promptly. This enhanced focus on verified threats not only improves the overall efficiency of security operations but also increases the chances of preventing severe breaches and maintaining the integrity of organizational assets.
Enhancing Security Team Efficiency with Verified Alerts
One of the primary advantages of Push Security’s verified stolen credentials detection feature is its ability to significantly reduce the volume of false positives, enabling security teams to concentrate on true positives. A recent study conducted by Push Security found that less than 1% of threat intelligence data on stolen credentials was actionable, meaning over 99% constituted false positives. Specifically, out of 5,763 stolen username and password combinations analyzed, only 0.5% were valid within customer environments. This staggering figure highlights the critical role of accurate verification in reducing unnecessary alerts and enhancing security team efficiency.
By filtering out recycled credential lists and data from inactive accounts, Push Security ensures that security teams receive only accurate and actionable intelligence. This capability allows for quicker and more confident responses to verified threats, ultimately enhancing the overall effectiveness of security operations. With fewer false positives to contend with, security professionals can allocate their resources more efficiently, focusing on genuine threats and improving their ability to prevent significant impacts from credential-based attacks. Push Security’s innovative approach to verified stolen credentials detection provides a much-needed solution for streamlining threat intelligence and improving the accuracy of alerts, benefiting organizations and security teams alike.
Seamless Integration and Cost-effective Solution
In the fast-changing world of cybersecurity, dealing with false positives in threat intelligence is a constant and tough challenge for security teams. These teams often face an overwhelming number of alerts, many of which are false alarms, leading to reduced efficiency and a higher chance of missing real threats. To combat this, Push Security has launched a groundbreaking feature for verified stolen credentials detection. This new solution aims to improve the accuracy and efficiency in identifying and addressing identity threats, allowing security teams to focus on real, actionable threats rather than irrelevant data.
False positives in threat intelligence have long frustrated cybersecurity pros. These misleading alerts can come from various sources, such as old combolists, infostealer data from inactive devices, and alerts for credentials that are no longer used. The sheer number of inaccurate alerts can cause critical threats to be missed or even lead to entire threat feeds being disabled. This poses a serious risk to organizational security, as real threats may be ignored amidst the noise. Push Security’s new feature seeks to eliminate this issue by filtering out false positives, ensuring security teams receive only actionable alerts based on confirmed stolen credentials.
