Held this back when I wrote it b/c I felt that maybe I was being too harsh. However, as the pattern seems to be a continuing one, here it is: The Microsoft Religion

Ridiculous vulnerability disclosure process with CrowdStrike Falcon Sensor

Israeli spyware company NSO Group CEO steps down

https://t.co/67EbTPToET

RIP Kathleen Booth, who Invented the first assembly language. She was 100 years old, and I have not seen anything in the news about it, unfortunately. With her husband, they formed the smallest computer group in the UK. Respect!

Our Research Lead @Carlos_Perez briefly goes over the new #Sysmon FileBlockExe featured released by #Microsoft in version 14.0. Watch the video now: https://t.co/nD9apoMOAF

Threatpost | iPhone Users Urged to Update to Patch 2 Zero-Days

"THE PERIMETER IS DISAPPEARING: Spencer and team made updates to Metasploit to help security teams keep up with [complex attack workflows], with more modern, streamlined workflows for testing the most common attack vectors." #CyberSecurity #opensource https://t.co/BcHWlmMzKN

The House passed a defense spending bill saying you can't sell software to the DoD that has *any* known CVEs in it. https://t.co/6zO2pPgdwq

We are excited to announce that Microsoft Office will begin publishing Office symbols to continue to improve security and performance for customers and partners. Check out our blog for more details. https://t.co/qcHnUNKr3N

PATCH EXCHANGE NOW: "With this vulnerability, an unauthenticated attacker can perform configuration actions on mailboxes belonging to arbitrary users." #cybersecurity #infosec #proxytoken #vulnerability https://t.co/y1R8BK4l3E

"Zero trust is an architectural approach where inherent trust in the network is removed, the network is assumed hostile and each request is verified based on an access policy." #cybersecurity #infosec #zerotrust #enterprise #iam https://t.co/YfDpN81wbH

BLUF: "Let’s stop asking whether to pay or not to pay [ransoms] and instead ask what we can do to prevent tomorrow’s threats today." #cybersecurity #infosec #ransomware #threatintelligence https://t.co/4wu15dmkNt

"Microsoft warns of a widespread credential phishing campaign that leverages open redirector links in email communications as a vector to trick users into visiting malicious websites while effectively bypassing security software." #cybersecurity #phish https://t.co/NB01xjHRTq

VM: "Most organizations [have the capacity to] keep up with the riskiest vulnerabilities—as long as they know which ones are risky, and preferably ahead of the exploitation event." #cybersecurity #infosec #vulnerability #prediction #predictiveintelligence https://t.co/0YUYDBrA9K

WHOLE NATION Cyber: "President Biden secured promises from major tech companies to spend significant sums improving the nation's cyber resiliency. Microsoft and Google each committed billions to specific cybersecurity investments." #cybersecurity #infosec https://t.co/kV3WMPAdrF

ROTATE KEYS: "Microsoft disabled the Chaos DB #vulnerability two weeks ago. Unfortunately, Microsoft cannot change its customers' primary keys itself; the onus is on #CosmosDB customers to rotate their keys." #cybersecurity #infosec #cloudsecurity https://t.co/VB414IDACa

"Arm China asserts their independence. It is the most publicized instance of a JV in China going rogue, but also the most dangerous one. Over the decades IP has been taken and replicated in China, but this may be the most brazen attempt yet." #mobile #iot https://t.co/obSGlw1eFa

"Officials believe that the breach was in the service of something bigger: China’s artificial intelligence ambitions." #cybersecurity #infosec #hafnium #privacy #ai #artificialintelligence #espionage #surveillance #cyberattack https://t.co/GgtqJUdC3D

#Ransomware events of the past can provide valuable lessons. Explore the steps an organization can take to stay ahead of #cyber threats. https://t.co/FWNaq7NIMC

"The downside: three words introduces greater predictability, which is exactly what hackers want. Add to this issue the fact that many users will gravitate to the names of their children or pets in passwords." #cybersecurity #infosec #passwords