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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.
Cybersecurity researchers have found a way to exploit a recently disclosed critical flaw in PaperCut servers in a manner that bypasses all current detections
Threat actors are actively exploiting an unpatched five-year-old flaw impacting TBK digital video recording (DVR) devices, according to an advisory issued by Fortinet FortiGuard Labs
Hackers are actively exploiting an unpatched 2018 authentication bypass vulnerability in exposed TBK DVR (digital video recording) devices. [...]