How to protect your online streaming accounts from cybercriminals? - Help Net Security

How to protect your online streaming accounts from cybercriminals? - Help Net Security

Have you secured your streaming services’ accounts? Are you sure someone else, unbeknown to you, isn’t using them as well?


As people around the world are being asked to remain in their homes due to the coronavirus pandemic, many are turning to streaming services such as Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, Spotify, and Apple Music for entertainment, Proofpoint cybersecurity strategist Adenike Cosgrove notes.


He also posits that, despite cybercriminals having been compromising users’ streaming services’ accounts for ages, they will now likely increase their efforts.


How do criminals usually steal streaming credentials


Streaming credentials are usually stolen via malware (information-stealing Trojans) or fake login/phishing pages:



Criminals are also trying out credentials leaked after data breaches. If the user has reused them for their streaming accounts, their compromise is, effectively, just a m ..

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