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