"Security teams are still catching malware. The problem is what they're not catching. More attacks today don't arrive as files. They don't drop binaries. They don't trigger classic alerts. Instead, they run quietly through tools that already exist inside the environment - scripts, remote access, browsers, and developer workflows. That shift is creating a blind spot. Join us for a deep-dive technical session with the Zscaler Internet Access team."
""Living off the Land" Attacks: These use trusted system tools like PowerShell, WMI, or remote desktop. File-based detection often sees nothing wrong because, technically, nothing new was installed. Fileless & "Last Mile" Reassembly Attacks: Obfuscated HTML and JavaScript can execute malicious logic without ever delivering a clear payload to the endpoint. Legacy tools struggle here because there is no file to scan."
Attacks increasingly avoid file delivery and installation, executing instead via existing system tools, scripts, remote access, browsers, and developer workflows. Trusted utilities like PowerShell, WMI, and remote desktop enable living-off-the-land techniques that evade file-based detection. Obfuscated HTML and JavaScript can run malicious logic without producing a clear endpoint payload, and CI/CD pipelines plus third-party repositories can introduce risky code over encrypted channels. Cloud-native inspection, behavioral analysis, and zero-trust design can surface these hidden attack paths earlier. SOC teams and security architects need visibility and behavior-focused controls to close real gaps without slowing the business.
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