<ul><li>A report by Bitdefender Labs has revealed that 84% of major security incidents now involve the use of legitimate system tools, a tactic known as 'Living off the Land.'</li><li>The study of 700,000 security incidents found that nearly all major security incidents utilize trusted binaries, tools, and utilities present in enterprise environments.</li><li>Attackers frequently use tools like netsh.exe, powershell.exe, reg.exe, cscript.exe, and rundll32.exe for malicious purposes, exploiting their dual functionality.</li><li>The report emphasizes the challenge for defenders in distinguishing legitimate use from malicious intent within these tools and suggests a shift towards security solutions like Bitdefender's PHASR for neutralizing threats.</li></ul>

Bitdefender report finds 84% of major attacks now involve legitimate tools

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