Endpoint is the latest battleground

With the latest cybersecurity attacks and breaches, it has become evident that the endpoint has become the latest battleground. Desktops and mobile devices face increasingly complex and numerous attacks by malicious software (malware) authors attempting to gain an entry point into the network to exfiltrate data or, through ransomware, for financial benefit. Attackers are not only attacking vulnerabilities in endpoints but are exploiting features within well-known applications. Recent research from SensePost has shown that exploiting features within common Microsoft Office applications have a close to 100% success rate.