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Microsoft Project Freta boosts cloud malware discoverability
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Updated onOctober 4, 2023
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If you’re a commercial cloud user, Microsoft’s Project Freta may be what you need to optimize thesecurityof your enterprise computing resources and data. The service, which is available for free, lets you perform extensive memory audits ofLinux systemsto capture and stop virtually undetectablemalware.
Project Freta for cloud security at scale
With the cloudsecuritysolution, you can analyze Linux system memory snapshots for advanced malware activity, including OS interference or sensor sabotage.
Apart from that, Microsoftsaysthat Freta will make it economically unviable for threat actors to build undetectablemalware.
Project Freta intends to automate and democratize VM forensics to a point where every user and every enterprise can sweep volatile memory for unknownmalwarewith the push of a button—no setup required. The goal of this democratization effort is to increase the development cost of undiscoverable cloud malware toward its theoretical maximum.
Moreover, while performing memory scans, the system can sniff out rootkits and other advanced threats without alerting themalware. That makes it a lot more difficult for threat actors to build tools capable of breaching Project Freta’s sensors.
Right now, the platform supports up to 4,000 Linux kernels. But that’s just the beginning of it all seeing asWindowssupport is also in the pipeline.
Microsoft project Freta may finally achieve what traditionalantimalwareprotection couldn’t, especially in the cloud. You can access ithere.Documentationfor the project is also available.
Nonetheless, this is not the first time Microsoft is mulling or proposing a non-conventional or paradigm-shifting approach to the fight against cyber attacks. For example, you may have heard about the concept ofhardware-backed security,which Microsoft considers vital to the detection and elimination of kernel-mode and firmware-levelmalware.
We’d love to know what you think about Microsoft Project Freta. Please share your thoughts in the comments section below.
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