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SANGFOR TECHNOLOGIES ANNOUNCES PRESENTATION AT DEFCON 2021 IN LAS VEGAS, AUG 7

03/08/2021 04:13 PM

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 3 -- Sangfor Technologies has announced its presentation – Don't Dare to Exploit - An Attack Surface Tour of SharePoint Server – at DEFCON 29 in Las Vegas on Aug 7.

It outlines several previously unknown SharePoint attack surfaces, mitigations to these attack surfaces, and how these mitigations can be bypassed. The exploits will be demonstrated during the 45-minute presentation, according to a statement.

The presentation, by Sangfor BlueOps members Yuhao Weng and Zhiniang Peng, with security researcher Steven Seeley, selected from thousands submitted to DEFCON, will explain the security architecture of Microsoft SharePoint's server and how it differs from other popular Content Management System (CMS) products.

Sangfor BlueOps is Sangfor's highly skilled defensive security testing or blue team, works to improve attack detection and defence strategies for all Sangfor's security solutions.

From an offensive perspective, it will reveal several attack surfaces, mitigations implemented against them, and how those mitigations can be bypassed.

SharePoint is the most well-known CMS used to share and manage content within organisations simplifying team collaboration.

Meanwhile, DEFCON is the largest gathering of hackers worldwide, held annually in Las Vegas, Nevada, and is attended by the world's top security professionals, journalists, researchers, students, law enforcement – and hackers.

Sangfor is a leading global vendor of IT infrastructure and security solutions specialising in Cyber Security and Cloud Computing.

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