Public Documents and Attack Reconnaissance | UpGuard Summit February 2021

Public Documents and Attack Reconnaissance | UpGuard Summit February 2021

Feb 23, 2021

The most frequently used types of documents are often the least monitored, and most vulnerable to opening the door to a cyber attack.

Join UpGuard's VP of CyberResearch, Greg Pollock, as he discusses these problems and more. Greg gives us insights into UpGuard's recent into public document vulnerabilities.

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Chapters:
0:00 Start
0:16 Public Document Metadata
1:59 The MITRE ATT&CK framework
2:29 How big is the public document surface area?
4:16 Leaked metadata: victim information
4:48 The author field
7:04 The problem is getting worse over time
7:25 How would this be used to attempt a technical attack?
8:14 The creator field
8:56 Revealing the end-user OS version