Encrypted Attacks Continue to Dog Perimeter Defenses
Attacks using SSL to obfuscate malicious traffic finding fertile ground for growth.
February 14, 2018
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Traditional perimeter defenses are having a hard enough time keeping up with the dynamic nature of cloud and mobile connections with corporate assets. Attackers are further working to diminish the efficacy of defenses like firewalls, IPS devices, and UTM appliances with their own bag of tricks.
One of the top-growing techniques today is the use of SSL encryption to hide malicious traffic in plain sight. SSL attacks aren't new, but according to recent figures they continue on an upward trajectory of prevalence as the bad guys find them extremely useful to get around perimeter protections.
Here's a look at this trend.
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