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Living-Off-the-Land (LOTL) Attacks: Exploiting What’s Already There

Living-Off-the-Land (LOTL) Attacks: Exploiting What’s Already There

LOTL (Living-Off-the-Land) attacks are a cybersecurity threat where attackers use legitimate system tools to execute malicious operations without deploying external malware. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have flagged a rising trend in LOTL attacks. Traditional security tools often fail to detect LOTL attacks since they are fileless and blend in with normal system activity. Behavioral analytics and real-time correlation are vital for detecting such attacks.

Source: securityboulevard.com –

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