![]() ![]() ![]() In this case, the attacks aren’t linear, and penetration tests don’t offer a clear view into what the attacker can see and how they can operate in your system. This type of attack is just one more step in attack evolution, and HEAT proves that evolving threats are a step ahead of security defenses. “HEAT attacks work by understanding how organizations are likely to detect threats entering (technology such as URL reputation, sandboxing and HTTP analysis) and adapting the approach to evade detection,” said Mark Gunrip, senior director, cybersecurity strategy at Menlo Security, in an interview. HEAT stands for Highly Evasive Adaptive Threats, which attack through web browsers and use a variety of techniques to avoid detection by the layers of technology in current security stacks. It’s not surprising, then, that browser-based HEAT attacks have become a launching point for ransomware, advanced phishing and zero-day malware. “The HEAT definition is essentially a repackaging of our old friend, the Advanced Persistent Threat or APT.”Īs web browsers become one of the most-used enterprise applications, they’ve become one of the most popular attack vectors for threat actors. The aim is really to gain a better understanding of those initial points of attack that lead to the ‘initial access,’” Barratt said. ![]() “External attack surface management and detection, or previously just attack surface management (ASM), is a concept that has been around for a while. Neither are new terms, Andrew Barratt, vice president at Coalfire, pointed out in an interview. The hottest acronym, by far, was AI, as everyone (literally everyone, including keynote speaker Eric Idle) had something to say about ChatGPT and the skyrocketing popularity of generative AI.īut there were a few other, less familiar, acronyms discussed at RSAC this year: HEAT and EASM. So it wasn’t surprising that there were a lot of acronyms in RSAC 2023’s sessions and keynotes, as well as in the dozens of news items and studies released during the conference. The cybersecurity industry is littered with acronyms. ![]()
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