Unencrypted Credentials Detection
This page provides information on the Unencrypted Credentials Detection in Netify's Network Intelligence Engine. To learn more about our full suite of intelligence drivers, see our intelligence capabilities page.
Risk Overview
The real-time detection of clear-text credentials is essential for uncovering insecure applications and internal systems that lack modern TLS encryption, enabling administrators to address critical security gaps before malicious actors can exploit them.
Indicator Drivers
Clear Text Credentials Driver
The Clear Text Credentials indicator driver actively monitors the network for unencrypted protocols - such as HTTP, IMAP, Telnet, and SIP - that transmit sensitive login information in plaintext.
Clear Text Credentials
- Tag
- credentials_cleartext
- Score
- Critical Risk - 95
- Version
- 1.2.0