Dynamic Presentation Platform
Dynamic Presentation Platforms are software applications or online services that enable users to create and deliver presentations with multimedia elements and interactive features. These platforms go beyond traditional slide shows by offering capabilities such as:
Real-time collaboration: Multiple users can work on the same presentation simultaneously.
Embedded media: Integration of videos, audio, animations, and interactive content.
Cloud storage: Presentations are stored and accessed online.
Audience interaction: Features like polls, quizzes, and Q&A sessions.
Customization: Users can heavily modify their presentations' visual appearance and functionality.
However, these platforms also introduce several cybersecurity concerns:
Account Compromise: Attackers can gain unauthorized access to user accounts, potentially stealing sensitive presentation content, disrupting presentations, or spreading misinformation.
Data Breaches: Platforms store user data and presentation content, making them targets for data breaches. A breach can expose confidential information shared in presentations, such as financial data, business strategies, or personal details.
Malware Distribution: Attackers can inject malicious code or links into presentations, infecting viewers' devices who download or interact with the content.
Phishing Attacks: Attackers can use the platform to create convincing phishing presentations that mimic legitimate communications to trick users into revealing credentials or sensitive information.
Session Hijacking: Attackers can intercept user sessions to gain unauthorized control over presentations or user accounts.
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS): Vulnerabilities in the platform can allow attackers to inject malicious scripts into presentations, which can then steal user data or perform other malicious actions.
Insecure Sharing: If presentations are shared with inadequate security settings, they can be accessed by unauthorized individuals.
Privacy Violations: Platforms might collect and store user data in ways that violate privacy regulations.
ThreatNG provides a robust and detailed solution for addressing the cybersecurity concerns associated with Dynamic Presentation Platforms through its external discovery, assessment, reporting, continuous monitoring, investigation modules, and intelligence repositories.
External Discovery: ThreatNG performs purely external, unauthenticated discovery without needing connectors. This is vital for Dynamic Presentation Platforms as it allows ThreatNG to identify publicly exposed instances of these platforms or related assets that might be inadvertently accessible or misconfigured. For example, ThreatNG could discover an organization's internal sales presentation hosted on a public presentation platform without proper access controls, or an exposed cloud storage bucket where presentation drafts are stored.
External Assessment: ThreatNG offers various assessment ratings that directly apply to the risks of Dynamic Presentation Platforms:
Web Application Hijack Susceptibility: ThreatNG analyzes the external attack surface and digital risk intelligence, including Domain Intelligence, to identify potential entry points for attackers. For Dynamic Presentation Platforms, this could involve assessing the susceptibility of the platform's login pages or administrative interfaces to hijacking attempts, such as through exposed administrative panels or vulnerable authentication mechanisms.
Subdomain Takeover Susceptibility: ThreatNG evaluates this using external attack surface and digital risk intelligence that incorporates Domain Intelligence. This intelligence includes comprehensively analyzing the website's subdomains, DNS records, and SSL certificate statuses. If an organization uses a custom subdomain for its dynamic presentations (e.g., presentations.yourcompany.com), ThreatNG could identify if a de-provisioned subdomain is vulnerable to takeover, allowing attackers to host malicious or phishing presentations under a trusted brand.
BEC & Phishing Susceptibility: This score is derived from Sentiment and Financials Findings, Domain Intelligence (DNS Intelligence capabilities like Domain Name Permutations and Web3 Domains, and Email Intelligence that provides email security presence and format prediction), and Dark Web Presence (Compromised Credentials). This is vital for Dynamic Presentation Platforms as compromised employee credentials can lead to account hijacking, data breaches, or the distribution of phishing content through seemingly legitimate presentations. ThreatNG could identify if an employee's email domain is associated with a presentation platform account is susceptible to spoofing, or if their credentials for the platform have appeared on the dark web.
Brand Damage Susceptibility: This is derived from attack surface intelligence, digital risk intelligence, ESG Violations, Sentiment and Financials (Lawsuits, SEC filings, SEC Form 8-Ks, and Negative News), and Domain Intelligence (Domain Name Permutations and Web3 Domains that are available and taken). If a Dynamic Presentation Platform is compromised, leading to the exposure of confidential business strategies or the distribution of malware, ThreatNG would flag the potential for brand damage by monitoring for negative news or legal filings related to such incidents.
Data Leak Susceptibility: This is derived from external attack surface and digital risk intelligence based on Cloud and SaaS Exposure, Dark Web Presence (Compromised Credentials), Domain Intelligence (DNS Intelligence capabilities which include Domain Name Permutations and Web3 Domains that are available and taken; and Email Intelligence that provides email security presence and format prediction), and Sentiment and Financials (Lawsuits and SEC Form 8-Ks). ThreatNG can identify if sensitive presentation content, such as financial data or personal details, has leaked to the dark web or insecure cloud storage used by the platform, helping to assess the overall data leak risk.
Cyber Risk Exposure: This considers parameters ThreatNG’s Domain Intelligence module covers, including certificates, subdomain headers, vulnerabilities, and sensitive ports, to determine cyber risk exposure. For Dynamic Presentation Platforms, ThreatNG would identify misconfigured SSL certificates on the platform's domain, exposed sensitive ports on presentation servers, or known vulnerabilities in the platform's underlying software. Code Secret Exposure is factored into the score as it discovers code repositories and their exposure level and investigates the contents for the presence of sensitive data.
Code Secret Exposure: ThreatNG discovers code repositories and investigates their contents for sensitive data. If an organization's Dynamic Presentation Platform uses custom integrations or configurations, including API keys, access tokens, or other sensitive credentials stored in exposed code repositories, ThreatNG would identify these exposures.
Cloud and SaaS Exposure: ThreatNG evaluates cloud services and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions. Additionally, the score considers the organization's compromised credentials on the dark web, which increases the risk of successful attacks. Suppose an organization uses a cloud-based Dynamic Presentation Platform (e.g., Prezi, Microsoft PowerPoint Online) or integrates it with various SaaS solutions. In that case, ThreatNG assesses its exposure level, including misconfigurations or exposed storage buckets associated with the platform.
Supply Chain & Third-Party Exposure: This is derived from Domain Intelligence (Enumeration of Vendor Technologies from DNS and Subdomains), Technology Stack, and Cloud and SaaS Exposure. This is crucial for Dynamic Presentation Platforms as they often rely on third-party cloud providers, content delivery networks, or embedded media services. ThreatNG could reveal if a third-party vendor the platform uses has known vulnerabilities or if services within the platform's supply chain have security weaknesses.
Breach & Ransomware Susceptibility: This is derived from external attack surface and digital risk intelligence, which includes domain intelligence (exposed sensitive ports, exposed private IPs, and known vulnerabilities), dark web presence (compromised credentials and ransomware events and gang activity), and sentiment and financials (SEC Form 8-Ks). ThreatNG can assess if a Dynamic Presentation Platform's infrastructure has exposed sensitive ports or private IPs, or if there's evidence of compromised credentials or ransomware activity targeting the organization, increasing its susceptibility to breaches and ransomware attacks.
Reporting: ThreatNG provides various reports, including Executive, Technical, Prioritized (High, Medium, Low, and Informational), Security Ratings, Inventory, Ransomware Susceptibility, and U.S. SEC Filings. For Dynamic Presentation Platforms, these reports would provide:
Prioritized reports: Highlighting critical vulnerabilities in platform configurations (e.g., insecure sharing settings) or exposed sensitive presentation content, allowing teams to focus on the most critical risks.
Security Ratings reports: Offering an overall security posture score for the organization's use of Dynamic Presentation Platforms.
Inventory reports: Listing all discovered Dynamic Presentation Platform instances and related assets.
Continuous Monitoring: ThreatNG constantly monitors the external attack surface, digital risk, and security ratings for all organizations. This is vital for Dynamic Presentation Platforms because configurations can change, new vulnerabilities can emerge, or accidental content exposures can occur at any time. ThreatNG would continuously scan for newly exposed presentations, misconfigured sharing settings, or changes in DNS records pointing to sensitive presentation environments.
Investigation Modules: ThreatNG's investigation modules provide detailed insights:
Domain Intelligence:
Domain Overview: Includes Digital Presence Word Cloud, Microsoft Entra Identification and Domain Enumeration, Bug Bounty Programs, and related SwaggerHub instances, which include API documentation and specifications. This helps understand publicly accessible API documentation, which might expose APIs to manage content on Dynamic Presentation Platforms.
DNS Intelligence: Analyzes Domain Record Analysis (IP Identification, Vendors and Technology Identification), Domain Name Permutations (Taken and Available), and Web3 Domains (Taken and Available). This would help identify if a Dynamic Presentation Platform uses unusual or suspicious domains for hosting content, or if misconfigured DNS records could lead to subdomain takeovers.
Email Intelligence: Provides Security Presence (DMARC, SPF, and DKIM records) Format Predictions, and Harvested Emails. This is useful for identifying potential phishing vectors targeting employees with administrative access to Dynamic Presentation Platforms.
WHOIS Intelligence: Provides WHOIS Analysis and Other Domains Owned. This can help link domains used for dynamic presentations to an organization.
Subdomain Intelligence: Examines HTTP Responses, Header Analysis (Security Headers and Deprecated Headers), Server Headers (Technologies), Cloud Hosting (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform), Website Builders, E-commerce Platforms, Content Management Systems, and various other technologies. It also identifies Ports (IoT / OT, Industrial Control Systems, Databases, Remote Access Services), and Known Vulnerabilities. For example, ThreatNG could identify a Dynamic Presentation Platform (events.company.com) subdomain that has insecure server headers, is hosted on a vulnerable cloud service, or exposes sensitive ports. It can also identify admin pages or development environments related to platform management within these subdomains.
IP Intelligence: Identifies IPs, Shared IPs, ASNs, Country Locations, and Private IPs. This helps map the network infrastructure of Dynamic Presentation Platforms and identify any exposed private IPs.
Certificate Intelligence: Analyzes TLS Certificates (Status, Issuers, Active, Certs without Subdomains, Subdomains without Certificates), and Associated Organizations (Domains, Certificates, and Emails). This helps ensure that presentations are delivered over secure connections with valid certificates.
Social Media: Monitors Posts from the organization, breaking out content copy, hashtags, links, and tags. This can help detect mentions of content tampering or security incidents related to Dynamic Presentation Platforms on social media.
Sensitive Code Exposure:
Code Repository Exposure: Discovers public code repositories uncovering digital risks that include various Access Credentials (API Keys, Access Tokens, Generic Credentials), Cloud Credentials, Security Credentials (Cryptographic Keys), other Secrets, various Configuration Files (Application, System, Network), Database Exposures (Files and Credentials), Application Data Exposures (Remote Access, Encryption Keys, Encrypted Data, Java Keystores, Code Repository Data), Activity Records (Command History, Logs, Network Traffic), Communication Platform Configurations, Development Environment Configurations, Security Testing Tools, Cloud Service Configurations, Remote Access Credentials, System Utilities, Personal Data, and User Activity. If an organization's custom Dynamic Presentation Platform configurations, embedded scripts, or API integrations are exposed in public code repositories, ThreatNG would detect these. For instance, it could find an exposed API key for embedding interactive elements in a public GitHub repository.
Search Engine Exploitation:
Website Control Files: Discovers the presence of robots.txt and security.txt files, identifying secure directories, user directories, email directories, and API directories. ThreatNG would identify if robots.txt inadvertently exposes sensitive directories on a Dynamic Presentation Platform, or if security.txt contains crucial security contact information.
Search Engine Attack Surface: Helps users investigate an organization’s susceptibility to exposing various information via search engines, including Errors, General Advisories, IoT Entities, Persistent Exploitation, Potential Sensitive Information, Privileged Folders, Public Passwords, Susceptible Files, Susceptible Servers, User Data, and Web Servers. ThreatNG could reveal if search engines have indexed sensitive presentations or configuration details related to Dynamic Presentation Platforms, making them publicly discoverable.
Cloud and SaaS Exposure: Identifies Sanctioned Cloud Services, Unsanctioned Cloud Services, Cloud Service Impersonations, and Open Exposed Cloud Buckets of AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform. It also identifies various SaaS implementations associated with the organization. This is crucial for organizations using cloud-hosted Dynamic Presentation Platforms or integrating them with various SaaS tools (e.g., Zoom for presentations). ThreatNG could detect an unsanctioned cloud storage bucket where presentation recordings are stored without proper security, or an exposed Monday.com instance linked to presentation project management.
Online Sharing Exposure: Identifies Organizational Entity Presence within online Code-Sharing Platforms like Pastebin, GitHub Gist, Scribd, Slideshare, Prezi, and GitHub Code. ThreatNG would find instances where sensitive presentation outlines, embedded code snippets, or configuration details have been shared publicly on these sites.
Sentiment and Financials: ThreatNG monitors Organizational-Related Lawsuits, Layoff Chatter, and SEC Filings of Publicly Traded US Companies, especially their Risk and Oversight Disclosures, SEC Form 8-Ks, and ESG Violations. If a data breach or incident on a Dynamic Presentation Platform leads to legal action or negative financial impacts, ThreatNG would identify these signals.
Archived Web Pages: Identifies various archived files and directories archived on the organization’s online presence, including APIs, Document Files, Emails, Login Pages, and User Names. This can reveal historical exposures of sensitive presentations or credentials related to Dynamic Presentation Platforms on web pages.
Dark Web Presence: Monitors Organizational mentions of Related or Defined People, Places, or Things, Associated Ransomware Events, and Associated Compromised Credentials. This is critical for detecting if employee credentials with Dynamic Presentation Platform access or information about platform vulnerabilities have been compromised and are being traded on the dark web.
Technology Stack: Identifies various technologies being used by the organization, including Web Servers, Databases, and Security solutions. This helps understand the underlying infrastructure supporting Dynamic Presentation Platforms and identify potential vulnerabilities in those technologies.
Intelligence Repositories (DarCache): ThreatNG's intelligence repositories provide continuously updated threat intelligence:
Dark Web (DarCache Dark Web): Provides insight into general dark web activity related to the organization.
Compromised Credentials (DarCache Rupture): Continuously tracks Compromised Credentials. This is highly relevant as stolen administrator or user credentials are a primary vector for attacks on Dynamic Presentation Platforms. ThreatNG would alert if credentials for accessing platform accounts are compromised.
Ransomware Groups and Activities (DarCache Ransomware): Tracks Over 70 Ransomware Gangs. This helps assess the risk of ransomware attacks impacting systems that create or host dynamic presentations.
Vulnerabilities (DarCache Vulnerability): Provides a holistic and proactive approach to managing external risks and vulnerabilities by understanding their real-world exploitability, the likelihood of exploitation, and the potential impact. This includes:
NVD (DarCache NVD): Offers detailed information on vulnerabilities, including Attack Complexity, Attack Interaction, Attack Vector, Impact scores (Availability, Confidentiality, Integrity), CVSS Score and Severity. ThreatNG would identify known vulnerabilities in the Dynamic Presentation Platform software itself, or in associated components, and assess their severity.
EPSS (DarCache EPSS): Data offers a probabilistic estimate of the likelihood of a vulnerability being exploited shortly. This helps prioritize remediation efforts for vulnerabilities in Dynamic Presentation Platforms that are not just severe but also likely to be weaponized.
KEV (DarCache KEV): Focuses on Vulnerabilities that are actively exploited in the wild with critical context for prioritizing remediation efforts on vulnerabilities that pose an immediate and proven threat. ThreatNG would flag if attackers know and actively use a zero-day exploit targeting a Dynamic Presentation Platform.
Verified Proof-of-Concept (PoC) Exploits (DarCache eXploit): Provides Direct links to Proof-of-Concept (PoC) exploits on platforms like GitHub, referenced by CVE. It is highly valuable for security teams to understand how a vulnerability in their Dynamic Presentation Platform can be exploited, assess its impact, and develop effective mitigation strategies.
ESG Violations (DarCache ESG): Tracks Competition, Consumer, Employment, Environment, Financial, Government Contracting, Healthcare, and Safety-related offenses.
Bug Bounty Programs (DarCach Bug Bounty): Indicates In-Scope and Out-of-Scope items. This could help identify whether a bug bounty program is in place for an organization's Dynamic Presentation Platform, indicating a proactive security stance.
Mobile Apps (DarCache Mobile): Indicates if Access Credentials, Security Credentials, and Platform Specific Identifiers are present within Mobile Apps.
Complementary Solutions:
Identity and Access Management (IAM) Solutions (e.g., Okta, Azure Active Directory): ThreatNG's ability to identify Compromised Credentials through DarCache Rupture and its assessment of BEC & Phishing Susceptibility directly complements an IAM solution. Suppose ThreatNG identifies an employee's compromised dark web credentials associated with a Dynamic Presentation Platform. In that case, it can trigger an alert within the IAM system to force a password reset and initiate multi-factor authentication (MFA) challenges, preventing unauthorized access to sensitive presentations. For example, if ThreatNG detects an employee's login credentials for a presentation platform have been exposed, it could notify the IAM solution to revoke existing sessions and require re-authentication with MFA.
Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASBs): ThreatNG's Cloud and SaaS Exposure module identifies unsanctioned cloud services and open exposed cloud buckets that Dynamic Presentation Platforms could use. A CASB can then use this information to enforce security policies, detect shadow IT, and monitor user activity within cloud-based presentation platforms. For instance, if ThreatNG identifies an unsanctioned presentation platform in use, a CASB can enforce policies to restrict data uploads to that platform or block access to it.
Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Solutions: ThreatNG's ability to identify Sensitive Code Exposure and Online Sharing Exposure can work with DLP solutions. ThreatNG identifies if sensitive data has been exposed externally through Dynamic Presentation Platforms, while DLP solutions can prevent that data from leaving the organization's controlled environment in the first place. For example, ThreatNG might detect an organization's confidential financial presentation being shared publicly without authorization; a DLP solution could have prevented this sensitive content from being uploaded or shared outside the corporate network.
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) Systems: ThreatNG's continuous monitoring capabilities and various assessment ratings can feed valuable security intelligence into a SIEM. The SIEM can ingest alerts from ThreatNG regarding new presentation exposures, subdomain takeover susceptibility, or detected malware distribution through presentations, allowing security teams to correlate these external threats with internal logs and events, providing a holistic view of the security posture. For example, suppose ThreatNG identifies a presentation containing a malicious link being distributed. This information can be sent to the SIEM, which can cross-reference it with network traffic logs to identify affected users and devices.
