Credential Harvesting

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Definition 1

Credential Harvesting designates a class of attacks whose objective is to collect identity attributes and credentials with the objective of compromising the linked identities.

Credential Harvesting may be subdivided into

Example data targets:

• Email address

• Login ID

• Password

• Session Token (especially in Web Cookies)

Example actors:

• Human attacker

• Worm (ex: Nimba)

Example methods:

• In-memory data (especially plaintext passwords)

• Files

• Phishing website

• Web scraping

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See Also

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  Bradley, 2019 (Bibliography)
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  Credential Harvesting (Dictionary)
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  Nemeth et al., 2011 (Bibliography)