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The last 20 years have seen the cyberthreat landscape transform markedly: From an era of cyberattacks with damaging payloads, the cybercrime space has evolved to one where malicious actors have organized themselves into groups, mainly driven by financial gain. Consequently, organizations now contend with a new breed of cybercriminals fiercely competing among themselves to claim a bigger stake in a highly lucrative market. Given present circumstances, malicious actors have organized themselves in ways that show…

Serverless architectures are increasingly popular, as the cloud provider does most of the heavy lifting, allowing developers to focus on building and running their apps. But this popularity has attracted the scrutiny of threat actors. Although serverless environments have a relatively reduced attack surface, with certain responsibilities shifted to the cloud provider (CSP), users must be careful not to introduce extra risk. This could happen if they write insecure code, misconfigure assets or fail to…