eSecurity Planet

JULY 21, 2023

Living off the land (LOTL) attacks use legitimate programs that already exist on a computer, rather than installing malware from an external source onto a system. Jump ahead to: How Living off the Land Attacks Work How Do LOTL Attackers Access Your Machine? How Do LOTL Attackers Access Your Machine?

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 4, 2022

A big reason why APIs haven’t gotten the attention they deserve may be that, from a security standpoint, they fall into a category of hacking tactics known as Living off the Land, or LotL. The core functionality of an API is to serve as a conduit for moving data to-and-fro in our digitally transformed world.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 11, 2021

By patiently slipping past the best cybersecurity systems money can buy and evading detection for 16 months, the perpetrators of the SolarWinds hack reminded us just how much heavy lifting still needs to get done to make digital commerce as secure as it needs to be. Related: DHS launches 60-day cybersecurity sprints. Advanced cloaking.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Lateral movement is a series of techniques used by threat actors to gain progressively greater access to IT systems and data once they infiltrate a network. The goal of threat actors is to eventually gain access to sensitive data or endpoints.

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