EventTracker blog: What is privilege escalation

A common hacking method is to steal information by first gaining lower-level access to your network. Once inside, the hacker will escalate their access rights until they find minimally protected administrative accounts, where the attacker can steal data. This is called privilege escalation, and it happens often.

You can read my post here on the EvenTracker blog on what you can do to protect yourself.

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