The European Union has implemented the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) to enhance cybersecurity and operational resilience in the European financial sector. All financial institutions operating within the EU must comply with DORA by January 2025. https://www.dynatrace.com/news/blog/what-is-dora/ #DORAcompliance #cybersecurity #financialsector #softcorpremium

Azure Bastion is a secure and seamless solution for accessing virtual machines, providing protection against cyber threats by closing RDP/SSH ports from the public internet. It simplifies security management by centralizing RDP/SSH access and offers scalability and flexibility for connecting to multiple VMs... https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-networking-blog/unlocking-secure-vm-connectivity-with-azure-bastion/ba-p/4230009 #AzureBastion #SecureAccess #Cybersecurity #softcorpremium

In April Microsoft open sourced the source code for MS-DOS 4.0, making it available on GitHub under the MIT license. https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/opensource/2024/04/25/open-sourcing-ms-dos-4-0/ #MicrosoftOpenSource #MSDOS4.0 #SoftwareHistory #softcorpremium

Microsoft has released a major update for Cascadia Code, their popular font for Windows Command Line. The new version, 2404.23, includes support for Quadrants, Sextants, Octants, Large Type Pieces, more legacy computing symbols, and Nerd Fonts. https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/cascadia-code-2404-23/ #CascadiaCodeUpdate #WindowsTerminalUpdate #NerdFonts #softcorpremium

Microsoft has announced that its Defender for Endpoint and Defender for Identity services are now available with local data residency support in Switzerland. https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-defender-for-endpoint/host-microsoft-defender-data-locally-in-switzerland/ba-p/4136166 #MicrosoftDefender #DataResidencySwitzerland #SecuritySolutions #softcorpremium

Tokens are authentication artifacts that grant access to resources, and there has been a rise in attackers exploiting them to gain unauthorized access to sensitive information. Protect your tokens people! https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-entra-blog/how-to-break-the-token-theft-cyber-attack-chain/ba-p/4062700 #TokenProtection #CybersecurityAdvancements #MicrosoftSecurity #softcorpremium

Azure Cosmos DB has integrated DiskANN technology, enabling high-accuracy and efficient vector search at a massive scale. This enhancement improves efficiency, reduces latency, and offers a cost-effective solution for managing and analyzing large datasets. https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-mechanics-blog/vector-search-using-95-less-compute-diskann-with-azure-cosmos-db/ba-p/4162956 #AzureCosmosDB #DiskANN #AIApplications #softcorpremium

This article provides a guide on how to create and debug Microsoft Sentinel Analytic Rules, Automation Rules, and playbooks. It includes steps on creating a playbook, creating a sample Analytic rule for testing, creating an Automation rule, and debugging the playbook. https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-sentinel-blog/debugging-playbooks/ba-p/4165374 #MicrosoftSentinel #PlaybookCreation #Debugging #softcorpremium

Threat hunting involves understanding available data sources and their coverage to reduce false positives. Vulnerable drivers in Windows operating systems have been a target for exploiting security vulnerabilities since its inception. Hackers are now using a technique called Bring... https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-security-experts-blog/strategies-to-monitor-and-prevent-vulnerable-driver-attacks/ba-p/4103985 #ThreatHunting #WindowsSecurity #VulnerableDriverAttacks #softcorpremium

On March 28, 2024, a backdoor was discovered in XZ Utils, a data compression software used in Linux distributions. The vulnerability has a high CVSS score and affects versions 5.6.0 and 5.6.1 of XZ Utils. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has advised... https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-defender-vulnerability/microsoft-faq-and-guidance-for-xz-utils-backdoor/ba-p/4101961 #Cybersecurity #LinuxSecurity #VulnerabilityManagement #softcorpremium

Dynatrace has introduced advanced data privacy controls that offer enhanced control over how sensitive data is captured and processed. These multi-layered data masking capabilities allow users to exclude, substitute, and hide sensitive data points for comprehensive protection and compliance with regulations such as GDPR,... https://www.dynatrace.com/news/blog/privacy-spotlight-multiple-layers-sensitive-data-masking/ #DataPrivacyControls #DataMaskingToolkit #ComplianceSolutions #softcorpremium

Microsoft Azure has released a new service called AI Prompt Shields, which helps mitigate prompt injections, a type of attack that manipulates the input into an AI model to execute arbitrary commands or alter the intended outcome. Azure AI Prompt Shields detects and mitigates user prompt attacks and document... https://thomasthornton.cloud/2024/05/23/mitigating-prompt-injections-with-azure-ai-prompt-shields-and-terraform-deployment/ #AzureAI #PromptShields #LanguageModelSecurity #softcorpremium

Microsoft Defender for Office 365 has announced the general availability of its automated end-user feedback response feature. This feature allows organizations to automatically respond to user submissions of phishing emails based on the automated investigation's verdict. https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-defender-for-office/automated-end-user-feedback-response-is-now-ga/ba-p/4148055 #MicrosoftDefender #AutomatedResponse #SecurityOperations #softcorpremium

This blog post discusses strategies and methodologies for analyzing logs in Azure subscriptions to enhance threat hunting in cybersecurity. It explores a hypothetical attack scenario involving a breached administrator account and emphasizes the importance of understanding how threat actors maneuver within Azure to... https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-security-experts-blog/hunting-in-azure-subscription/ba-p/4125875 #AzureSecurity #ThreatHunting #LogAnalysis #softcorpremium

GenAI applications, powered by large language models (LLMs), are revolutionizing digital platforms by generating human-like text, code, and media. However, the unique properties of LLMs present new security challenges. LLMs are versatile, probabilistic, and still a black box,... https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/security-compliance-and-identity/navigating-new-application-security-challenges-posed-by-genai/ba-p/4128243 #GenAIsecurity #LLMchallenges #ZeroTrustArchitecture #softcorpremium

Microsoft Security has announced new capabilities to help organizations secure and govern their use of generative AI (GenAI) applications. These capabilities include threat protection for AI workloads, security posture management, and data security and compliance tools. https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/security-compliance-and-identity/secure-your-ai-transformation-with-microsoft-security/ba-p/4126214 #AIsecurity #datasecurity #compliance #softcorpremium

The development of applications powered by generative AI, is on the rise. However, this also brings security and privacy concerns. One major risk is the exploitation of these tools for leaking sensitive data or performing unauthorized actions. To address this, developers must focus... https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/security-compliance-and-identity/best-practices-to-architect-secure-generative-ai-applications/ba-p/4116661 #GenAIsecurity #securedevelopment #privacyconcerns #softcorpremium

Pinecone has launched a new serverless vector database called Pinecone Serverless. Analysts believe that the market for vector-only databases may struggle to compete with mainstream databases that already offer vector embedding and search functionality. Vector databases are used to convert unstructured... https://www.infoworld.com/article/3712320/pinecone-s-new-serverless-database-may-see-few-takers-analysts-say.html#tk.rss_all #PineconeServerless #VectorDatabase #AIdevelopment #softcorpremium

The convergence of artificial intelligence and edge computing is set to transform industries. Model quantization, a technique that improves computation speed and reduces model size, is playing a crucial role in enabling faster and more efficient edge AI solutions. Edge AI brings data processing and models closer to where data is generated,... https://www.infoworld.com/article/3711660/model-quantization-and-the-dawn-of-edge-ai.html#tk.rss_all #EdgeAI #ModelQuantization #AIattheEdge #softcorpremium

The rise of enterprise-ready tools like cloud computing and Kubernetes has led to a paradigm shift in the way developers and operations teams work together. The introduction of generative AI capabilities, such as large language models (LLMs) and copilots, is expected to revolutionize how developers, data scientists, and engineers... https://www.infoworld.com/article/3711920/4-key-devsecops-skills-for-the-generative-ai-era.html#tk.rss_all #AIinnovation #DevSecOps #DataScience #softcorpremium