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We’re back again with a monthly-ish blog reflecting on major goings on in the security world. I am writing the first draft on the rarest of holidays, leap day1! February gets extended by a day every four years, and if we had to guess Ivanti wishes this month would end.

The attacks are ongoing as of this writing. Here are a few screenshots of data and some insight. I’ll make sure to keep it brief since you have seen this news in various outlets.

The reality of cybersecurity is simple – breaches will occur – and reactivity will always be the losing strategy. Having a cyber resilience framework shifts the focus from preventing attacks to ensuring readiness, mitigating impact, and driving a swift return to operations. With the average data breach costing millions – like it or not – cyber resilience is no longer optional. But how do we translate ‘cyber resilience’ into actionable steps? It starts with a framework.

In the dynamic landscape of cloud-native cybersecurity, image scanning has become essential to ensuring the safety and integrity of cloud workloads and digital assets. Historically, image scanners focus on finding vulnerabilities (CVEs) that may be the cause of exploits in Kubernetes workloads. However, there’s a significant gap that often goes unnoticed. This gap is the lack of comprehensive scanning for malware, viruses, crypto miners, and other malicious threats.

New Linux malware campaign targets misconfigured servers, ransomware actors diversify their exfiltration tools, and Cado reveals its top cloud threat findings report for 2H23.

After a year of cyber attacks making headlines worldwide, many organizations, such as MGM Resorts, Clorox, and T-Mobile, have taken a reputational hit similar to SolarWinds. Sysdig’s 2024 Cloud-Native Security and Usage Report provided some informative key takeaways that CISOs can hone in on to improve their security posture. As a CISO, you do not want to catch your organization on that list; mitigating reputational risk is a part of your job.

Salt Labs researchers identified generative AI ecosystems as a new interesting attack vector. vulnerabilities found during this research on ChatGPT ecosystem could have granted access to accounts of users, including GitHub repositories, including 0-click attacks.

We have been fantasising about artificial intelligence for a long time. This obsession materialises in some cultural masterpieces, with movies or books such as 2001: A Space Odyssey, Metropolis, Blade Runner, The Matrix, I, Robot, Westworld, and more. Most raise deep philosophical questions about human nature, but also explore the potential behaviours and ethics of artificial intelligence, usually through a rather pessimistic lens.

The release of the February 2024 White House Technical Report, Back to the Building Blocks: A Path Towards Secure Measurable Software, brings about a timely shift in prioritizing software security. Software is ubiquitous, so it’s becoming increasingly crucial to address the expanding attack surface, navigate complex regulatory environments, and mitigate the risks posed by sophisticated software supply chain attacks.