A Glimpse Into the 'Search Your Target' Market for Stolen Credentials

BleepingComputer, citing research from Flare, describes an emerging underground service model where attackers pay third parties to search massive stolen-credential databases for specific companies, domains, or accounts rather than sifting through bulk dumps themselves. This “search your target” model lowers the skill bar for targeted credential-stuffing and account-takeover attacks. Defenders should treat dark-web credential monitoring for their own domains as a baseline control.