Techniques for detecting and blocking delivery attacks
Detecting and blocking delivery attacks is important in safeguarding systems and data. The delivery phase of the cyber kill chain represents the moment when attackers attempt to deliver weaponized malware to the target system. Effective countermeasures during this phase are crucial to thwarting cyber threats. This section explores various techniques for detecting and blocking delivery attacks, including email filtering and web security solutions. Email filtering solutions and web security measures play pivotal roles in this defense, leveraging content analysis, sender reputation analysis, attachment scanning, URL filtering, web application firewalls (WAFs), and sandboxing to safeguard systems and data.
Email filtering – a frontline defense
Email filtering is a technique used to manage and organize incoming email messages by automatically processing them according to predefined criteria. This process involves scanning...
