The theft and use of stolen passwords is one of the oldest attacks in the book, yet it remains highly effective. With stolen credentials, an adversary can bypass the entire attack lifecycle by impersonating a valid user, move uninterrupted throughout the organization's network, and shift to the abuse of credentials from within.
PAN-OS 8.0 neutralizes credential theft by providing prevention capabilities across the attack lifecycle to stop the theft and subsequent abuse of stolen credentials.
The platform identifies and prevents attempts to steal credentials by stopping the submission of valid corporate credentials to illegitimate websites, and neutralizes an attacker’s ability to use stolen credentials for lateral movement and network compromise by enforcing authentication policies at the network layer.