What does Elastic mean by attackers abusing trusted software?
Elastic reports confirmed intrusions in which threat actors used signed remote-management products, AI applications and first-party clients to perform malicious actions. The software may be legitimate even when the user, command or outcome is not.
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When Attackers Use Approved Software, a Green Signer Is Not a Clean Bill of HealthElastic’s November threat report describes trusted tools used in intrusions; defenders need behavior and identity context, not signer-only allowlists.
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