The bad actor's best friend: Dormant service accounts
Briefly

Dormant accounts are inactive for at least 90 days, remaining unnoticed, making them a prime target for attackers due to weak passwords and lack of activity monitoring.
Password reuse in dormant accounts is a primary cause of breaches, affecting businesses of all sizes, as seen in the Microsoft breach example, emphasizing the importance of multi-factor authentication.
Attackers exploit dormant accounts' lack of activity to carry out unauthorized actions without immediate detection, highlighting the critical security risk they pose in organizations.
Dormant accounts can go unnoticed, slipping under the radar, providing cybercriminals a window of opportunity for nefarious activities to remain undetected, accentuating the need for proactive monitoring.
Read at Securitymagazine
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