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Attackers don’t always deploy malware to stay persistent anymore. They’re abusing legitimate remote support tools to hide in plain sight and maintain silent, long‑term access.

By leveraging trusted software that organizations already allow, threat actors bypass traditional detection, blend into normal IT workflows, and persist without raising alarms. When trusted tools are misused, visibility becomes the difference between containment and compromise.

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How Attackers Use Legitimate Remote Support Tools for Silent Persistence - NetSecurity.com Modern cyber intrusions increasingly avoid custom malware and obvious exploit chains. Instead, attackers are abusing tools that organizations already trust, deploy, and permit by policy. Among the most effective of these are legitimate remote support and remote access tools. Software designed for IT...

Threat actors are no longer relying only on email to breach enterprises.

They’re abusing Microsoft Teams as a high‑trust channel for social engineering and malware delivery.

By impersonating IT staff, vendors, or business partners inside Teams, attackers bypass email security controls and exploit the urgency and familiarity of real‑time chat. Malicious links and files are often delivered through trusted Microsoft infrastructure, making detection harder and user skepticism lower.

As collaboration platforms become central to daily operations, they have quietly become part of the enterprise attack surface.

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How Threat Actors Abuse Microsoft Teams for Social Engineering and Malware Delivery - NetSecurity.com Microsoft Teams has rapidly evolved from a collaboration tool into a core enterprise control plane. It is deeply integrated with identity, file storage, meeting workflows, and automation through Microsoft 365. That integration is precisely what makes Teams attractive to threat actors. Messages carry...

Most intrusions today do not start with exploits or malware. They start with trusted access.

Attackers are abusing common entry paths like VPN access, RDP, cloud identities, remote management tools, and vendor access to blend in, persist quietly, and move fast once inside.

This blog breaks down the initial access entry paths most commonly abused in real intrusions and what CISOs should focus on to reduce risk before disruption begins.

Read more: https://www.netsecurity.com/initial-access-entry-paths-most-commonly-abused-in-recent-intrusions/