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Cloud environments power modern business, but they also attract sophisticated malware. Attackers target cloud storage, virtual machines, and APIs to hide malicious code and steal sensitive data. This guide explains cloud malware analysis in clear terms. It covers key techniques and real examples to help security teams spot and stop these threats.

Consider a common scenario: Your organization has allocated millions toward firewalls, endpoint protection, and advanced threat detection systems. Your security operations team maintains continuous monitoring through sophisticated dashboards. Yet, despite these comprehensive defenses, an attacker can gain unauthorized access using nothing more than compromised credentials and a hijacked service account. This is where identity and access management metrics play a key role.

GitGuardian expands NHI Governance with integrations across cloud IAM, secrets managers, and SaaS platforms for complete machine identity control.

In today’s AI rush, I’ve seen even the most disciplined organizations find it almost impossible to apply the hard-won lessons of DevOps and DevSecOps onto AI adoption. These organizations often feel forced to choose between moving fast and staying in control. As a result, they develop a “wait and see” approach to AI usage and implementation, and it’s creating a new, more dangerous form of technical debt. I call it the AI Blind Spot Debt.

Compliance with data sovereignty regulations in New Zealand can be complex to navigate, especially for organisations operating hybrid or cloud deployments. Managed service providers (MSPs) and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in New Zealand that want to take advantage of the benefits of the cloud must make sure they’re in compliance with regulations.

One of the most insidious security risks isn't a sophisticated attack, it's the endpoint that stops reporting. A sensor that appears enrolled but hasn't sent telemetry in hours or days represents a critical blind spot. Whether due to network issues, system shutdown, agent crash, or intentional tampering, these silent sensors deserve immediate attention.

Kubernetes applications often rely on Persistent Volume Claims (PVCs) to store critical data, from databases to user uploads. Losing this data due to cluster failures or accidents can be catastrophic for DevOps teams. In this post, we’ll walk through how to safeguard your Kubernetes PVCs using CloudCasa, a backup-as-a-service platform.

An engineer gets a notification at 2 a.m. because something in production is broken. They need database access right away. For many teams, that access is already sitting there. Standing permissions granted for a past need that no longer exists. Credential abuse is still the most common way for a breach to start. It accounts for roughly 22% of initial attack paths, which is actually ahead of vulnerability exploitation at 20%. In many cases, attackers are not breaking in or exploiting a flaw.

Let’s get right to it: Razorthorn Security helps organisations achieve and maintain PCI DSS compliance through expert consultancy, gap analysis and preparation for formal assessment and has been recognised by Gartner as a market leader in PCI DSS QSA services. If you’re handling payment card data, you’ll need qualified support to navigate the 500+ controls that PCI DSS demands.

On February 2, 2026, the Notepad++ open source project disclosed new details about a supply chain compromise that impacted its update delivery infrastructure between June and December 2025. The attack was attributed to state-sponsored threat actors with links to China. In this campaign, the threat actors had gained access to a third-party hosting provider used by Notepad++ to distribute updates.