Trust Has Become the New Attack Surface

Cybersecurity’s identity crisis: why trust can no longer begin and end at login

The image most organizations still have of a cyberattack is fundamentally outdated.We tend to picture hackers battering down digital walls by exploiting software vulnerabilities or launching convoluted ransomware campaigns. Yet some of the most damaging breaches today involve something far less dramatic. An attacker enters through the front door using valid credentials, passes authentication checks, and proceeds through the environment as if the…

Trust Has Become the New Attack Surface

Attackers aren’t breaking in; they’re being invited, and the invitations are being written by the business, says Richard Frost, Head of Technology Solutions and Consulting at Armata Cyber Security. The easiest way to install malware on a business network is to persuade someone inside the business to do it. Attackers don’t always need to bypass the firewall or exploit a zero-day vulnerability. Sometimes, all it takes is a convincing email and a m…

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The image most organizations still have of a cyberattack is fundamentally outdated. We tend to picture hackers battering down digital walls by exploiting software vulnerabilities or launching convoluted ransomware campaigns. Yet some of the most damaging breaches today involve something far less dramatic. An attacker enters through the front door using valid credentials, passes authentication […] Thank you for subscribing to our RSS feed! The po…