One of my "pastimes," if you will, is to check out the features of various security tools. I had been curious about Microsoft's Defender for IoT's just-released Firmware Analysis feature. Essentially, I wanted to test its capabilities because, as we all know, adversaries are continuously upping their game making tools like this increasingly important when it comes to maintaining an organization's security.

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Serverless architecture has increased in recent years, and is anticipated to grow by nearly 25% over the next decade, According to one source, the serverless architecture market was worth over $9 billion in 2022, with its compound annual growth rate projected to increase. The market could be worth over $90 billion by 2032. This indicates the immense amount of potential that this industry carries, influenced by the increasing adoption of DevOps by organizations.

Security researchers have identified that a widespread LinkedIn malicious hacking campaign has seen many users locked out of their accounts worldwide. Some users who have had their access to their LinkedIn accounts blocked by the cybercriminals changing their passwords have been pressured into paying a ransom, according to a report from Cyberint, and threatened with permanent account deletion.

The Sysdig Threat Research Team (TRT) recently discovered a new, financially motivated operation, dubbed LABRAT. This operation set itself apart from others due to the attacker’s emphasis on stealth and defense evasion in their attacks. It is common to see attackers utilize scripts as their malware because they are simpler to create. However, this attacker chose to use undetected compiled binaries, written in Go and.NET, which allowed the attacker to hide more effectively.

AWS Security provides organisations with the tools and resources they need to protect their applications, services and data in the cloud. It can help businesses identify areas of vulnerability, detect malicious activity, monitor traffic patterns for suspicious activity and prevent unauthorised access. It includes features like encryption, authentication, risk assessment and compliance monitoring.

Cyber resilience is an essential part of protecting both your business and personal data from cyber-attacks. Cyber resilience is achieved by staying informed about the latest security threats, implementing preventative measures to reduce your risk of attack, and having a plan in place to respond swiftly and effectively if you are affected.

The security of your organization’s data and systems is at the top. As a leading provider of operating systems and applications, Microsoft understands the criticality of safeguarding its customers’ sensitive information. With products like Windows, Windows Server, Microsoft 365 apps for enterprise, and Microsoft Edge, they strive to offer secure solutions that inspire confidence.

This post covers updates that could impact your development workflow. An imminent change is set to occur within the Microsoft ecosystem, explicitly involving the Microsoft author-signing certificate for NuGet packages. Scheduled for deployment as early as August 14th, 2023, this impending alteration warrants your attention to ensure the seamless continuation of your packaging and installation processes.

When it comes to analyzing your attack surface, you’re probably assessing vulnerabilities, monitoring your firewall, tracking email security, and managing your identity and access management. But there is one part of the attack surface that often gets overlooked, and for that reason threat actors are targeting it with increased frequency, causing it to jump to the top of the initial access methods list: the human element.