Detecting LOTS Attacks Concealed within Trusted Tools: Join Our Complimentary Expert Webinar

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Most cyberattacks today initiate silently, often leveraging tools and platforms that businesses already trust. This tactic is referred to as “Living Off Trusted Sites” (LOTS), a strategy increasingly favored by modern attackers. Rather than forcibly breaching systems, attackers prefer to blend in with legitimate traffic.

Malicious actors utilize well-known platforms such as Google, Microsoft, Dropbox, and Slack as tools for their operations. They embed harmful code within routine communications, making it exceedingly challenging for traditional security measures to detect their presence.

Alarmingly, many security teams remain unaware of these covert activities until significant damage is inflicted.

Understanding the Invisibility of These Attacks

LOTS tactics often lack visible indicators of suspicious behavior. There are typically no malware signatures to trigger warnings, nor any unusual IP addresses to investigate. The traffic appears legitimate—until it morphs into something malicious.

Attackers are exploiting:

  • Common business applications such as Teams, Zoom, and GitHub
  • Shortened or vanity URLs to mislead users
  • Widely trusted cloud services to harbor harmful payloads

In essence, adversaries manipulate established trust to facilitate their operations.

Insights from Our Upcoming Webinar

Join our expert threat hunters for a critical webinar detailing “Threat Hunting Insights from the World’s Largest Security Cloud“, which will shed light on how stealthy LOTS attacks can be identified and neutralized in real time. Gain actionable techniques to combat threats concealed within familiar platforms.

Participants will learn about:

  • 🔍 The latest LOTS attack methodologies observed in real-world scenarios
  • 🛠️ How threat hunters successfully detect covert attackers masquerading in ordinary traffic
  • 🚨 Current misuse of trusted tools by malicious actors
  • 🔐 Effective strategies to enhance LOTS detection and mitigate risk
  • 🔭 Emerging trends anticipated to shape the evolution of stealth-based attacks

This session is targeted at security professionals charged with defending their organizations—be it security leaders aiming to outpace evolving threats, threat hunters refining their detection capabilities, or members of IT and SOC teams inundated with false positives and elusive attacks. Companies utilizing SaaS solutions, cloud environments, or collaborative tools are prime targets, as LOTS tactics are specifically designed to evade detection.

Today’s attackers are not merely trying to breach defenses—they’re blending in. By integrating their malicious activities within trusted tools and platforms, they can often evade traditional security measures while operating unnoticed. This webinar provides an exceptional opportunity to access real-world detection strategies and experiences from experts analyzing vast volumes of security signals daily within one of the largest inline security frameworks.

Reserve your spot to acquire exclusive insights, proven methodologies, and advanced strategies that could significantly enhance your team’s efficiency and thwart potential attacks prior to their execution.