Last week I kicked off a series of blogs with a discussion of how an effective IPS solution can fight obfuscation techniques by malware. This week, we’ll look at how JavaScript poses a danger when combined with PDF files. One of the easiest and most powerful ways to customize PDF files is by using JavaScript. Read more…
Tags: encoding, evasion, JavaScript, Obfuscation, PDF
Before the advent of intrusion detection systems (IDS) and intrusion prevention systems (IPS), firewalls served as the primary technology to help organizations block unwanted traffic. With application-layer protocols lacking detection, attackers were able to disguise malicious traffic and remotely exploit applications. To stop these kinds of attacks, the security industry created IPS/IDS technologies to detect Read more…
Tags: Deep parsing, encoding, evasion, IDS, intrusion detection, intrusion prevention, IPS, Obfuscation
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