Markus Jakobsson, chief scientist at cybersecurity firm Agari, talks about account takeover attacks at RSA Conference 2018. He discusses the rise of account takeover incidents as attackers double down on low-cost, high-impact strategies for perpetrating fraud. Account takeover attacks, he says, have been increasing in recent years as attackers target victims’ social networks and use them to get what they want. He also discusses how easy social engineering schemes can be used to “hacking” a victim’s social network and use it against them.”]
Source: https://www.databreachtoday.com/how-account-takeovers-subvert-victims-social-networks-a-10857