Security news aggregator

Latest coverage for Bypass

Stay updated on the latest bypass techniques threatening information security. Discover defenses and trends in system vulnerabilities with our insights.

15 headlines in this view

Refine the feed

Search across headline titles and summaries.

Tag briefing

Background for this topic.

Bypass describes attacker methods that circumvent specific security controls, such as authentication checks, input validation, or detection systems, without directly exploiting the underlying vulnerability. These techniques often leverage design flaws, misconfigurations, or protocol weaknesses to evade protections like firewalls, multi-factor authentication, or antivirus scanning.

Bypassing controls can enable unauthorized access, data exfiltration, or persistent presence while avoiding alerts, complicating detection and response. Effective defense requires layered security measures, rigorous configuration management, and continuous validation of control effectiveness to identify and close bypass paths before attackers exploit them.

Volume over time

Weekly headline count for the current query.

Showing 15 most recent headlines Filtered view

An OAuth supply chain compromise at Vercel exposed how trusted third party apps and platform environment variables can bypass traditional defenses and amplify blast radius. This article examines the attack chain, underlying design tradeoffs, and what it reveals about modern PaaS and software supply chain risk.

Not every cloud breach starts with malware or a zero-day. In this incident, attackers discovered an exposed Spring Boot Actuator endpoint, harvested credentials from leaked configuration data, then used the OAuth2 Resource Owner Password Credentials (ROPC) flow to authenticate without MFA.

Trend Micro Research, News and Perspectives 10 months, 1 week ago

EvilAI Operators Use AI-Generated Code and Fake Apps for Far-Reaching Attacks

Combining AI-generated code and social engineering, EvilAI operators are executing a rapidly expanding campaign, disguising their malware as legitimate applications to bypass security, steal credentials, and persistently compromise organizations worldwide.

In addition to our Water Hydra APT zero day analysis, the Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) observed a DarkGate campaign which we discovered in mid-January 2024 where DarkGate operators exploited CVE-2024-21412.

Trend Micro Research, News and Perspectives 2 years, 6 months ago

CVE-2023-36025 Exploited for Defense Evasion in Phemedrone Stealer Campaign

This blog delves into the Phemedrone Stealer campaign's exploitation of CVE-2023-36025, the Windows Defender SmartScreen Bypass vulnerability, for its defense evasion and investigates the malware's payload.

Trend Micro Research, News and Perspectives 3 years, 3 months ago

Pack it Secretly: Earth Preta’s Updated Stealthy Strategies

After months of investigation, we found that several undisclosed malware and interesting tools used for exfiltration purposes were being used by Earth Preta. We also observed that the threat actors were actively changing their tools, tactics, and procedures (TTPs) to bypass security solutions. In this blog entry, we will introduce and analyze the other tools and malware used by the threat actor.

Trend Micro Research, News and Perspectives 3 years, 6 months ago

Diving into an Old Exploit Chain and Discovering 3 new SIP-Bypass Vulnerabilities

More than two years ago, a researcher, A2nkF demonstrated the exploit chain from root privilege escalation to SIP-Bypass up to arbitrary kernel extension loading. In this blog entry, we will discuss how we discovered 3 more vulnerabilities from the old exploit chain.