How Attackers Can Own a Business Without Touching the Endpoint

How Attackers Can Own a Business Without Touching the Endpoint

April 19, 2024 at 07:48AM

Attackers are increasingly targeting cloud apps and identities without requiring access to traditional networks. With the shift to SaaS adoption, interconnectedness and complexity of digital identities are vulnerable. Security controls for cloud identities are limited, leading to a rise in attacks. Techniques like AiTM phishing, IM phishing, SAMLjacking, Oktajacking, and shadow workflows pose significant security risks. Interested in learning more about preventing these identity attacks in the cloud? Check out Push Security for further information.

Based on the meeting notes, the key takeaways include:

– Attackers are increasingly targeting cloud apps and identities through networkless attack techniques.
– The SaaS revolution has significantly impacted the IT structure of organizations, resulting in the use of numerous SaaS applications across different business functions.
– The complexity of digital identities, including various authentication mechanisms and credential storage methods, presents challenges for organizations to manage and secure them effectively.
– Cloud identities have become the new attack surface for threat actors, with a focus on exploiting vulnerabilities in cloud services and compromising user accounts.
– The emergence of attack techniques targeting cloud identities requires a shift in the industry response and defensive strategies, particularly in relation to preventing and detecting identity-based attacks in the cloud.

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