International Women’s Day: Expanding cybersecurity opportunities in the era of AI

Credit to Author: Vasu Jakkal| Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2024 17:00:00 +0000

March is Women’s History Month so let’s reflect on the progress made in encouraging more women to explore cybersecurity roles and consider the ways AI will support more diversity in the industry.

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Russian Hackers Stole Microsoft Source Code—and the Attack Isn’t Over

Credit to Author: Dhruv Mehrotra, Andrew Couts| Date: Sat, 09 Mar 2024 14:00:00 +0000

Plus: An ex-Google engineer gets arrested for allegedly stealing trade secrets, hackers breach the top US cybersecurity agency, and X’s new feature exposes sensitive user data.

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A Close Up Look at the Consumer Data Broker Radaris

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2024 13:02:48 +0000

If you live in the United States, the data broker Radaris likely knows a great deal about you, and they are happy to sell what they know to anyone. But how much do we know about Radaris? Publicly available data indicates that in addition to running a dizzying array of people-search websites, the co-founders of Radaris operate multiple Russian-language dating services and affiliate programs. It also appears many of their businesses have ties to a California marketing firm that works with a Russian state-run media conglomerate currently sanctioned by the U.S. government.

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Evolving Microsoft Security Development Lifecycle (SDL): How continuous SDL can help you build more secure software

Credit to Author: David Ornstein and Tony Rice| Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2024 17:00:00 +0000

The software developers and systems engineers at Microsoft work with large-scale, complex systems, requiring collaboration among diverse and global teams, all while navigating the demands of rapid technological advancement, and today we’re sharing how they’re tackling security challenges in the white paper: “Building the next generation of the Microsoft Security Development Lifecycle (SDL)”, created by the pioneers of future software development practices.

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Enhancing protection: Updates on Microsoft’s Secure Future Initiative

Credit to Author: Bret Arsenault| Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2024 17:00:00 +0000

A few months into Microsoft’s Secure Future Initiative, read the details on what we’ve accomplished across key engineering advances to deliver the next generation of built-in security for customers.

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​​Secure SaaS applications with Valence Security and Microsoft Security​​

Credit to Author: Yoni Shohet| Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2024 17:00:00 +0000

​The rapid adoption of Software as a Service (SaaS) has revolutionized collaboration and innovation across industries. SaaS offerings now emphasize integration and advanced collaboration, blurring the line between application and platform. Decentralized administration models and minimal security oversight pose risks, leading to complex misconfigurations. Valence and Microsoft Security address these challenges, ensuring SaaS applications adhere to security best practices and improve the security postures of identities configured in each individual SaaS application. ​

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