https://hackademics.com No-BS cybersecurity news, research, and analysis. From APTs to zero-days, we dissect the threats that matter. en-us Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:04:00 GMT https://hackademics.com/2026/02/cloud-security-configuration-for-serverless-applications/ https://hackademics.com/2026/02/cloud-security-configuration-for-serverless-applications/ Wed, 25 Feb 2026 23:56:30 GMT Serverless computing has become the default architecture for modern applications, but the illusion of "no servers to manage" often hides a minefield of security misconfigurations. Whether you're deploying AWS Lambda or Google Cloud Functions, the wrong IAM policy, misconfigured VPC, or unencrypted s https://hackademics.com/2026/02/threat-model-outdated-2026/ https://hackademics.com/2026/02/threat-model-outdated-2026/ Tue, 24 Feb 2026 05:31:37 GMT The threat model you built last year is already wrong. Not because you did a bad job — because the attack surface moved while you were documenting it. Most organizations are still threat modeling like it's 2019. https://hackademics.com/2026/02/the-dark-side-of-ai-powered-spyware-how-predator-can-hijack-your-ios-device/ https://hackademics.com/2026/02/the-dark-side-of-ai-powered-spyware-how-predator-can-hijack-your-ios-device/ Tue, 24 Feb 2026 05:31:37 GMT Intellexa's Predator spyware can now stream your camera and mic while privacy indicators sit dark and useless. The technique is both elegant and terrifying — and it reveals fundamental gaps in mobile OS security models. https://hackademics.com/2026/02/the-state-of-open-source-malware-analysis-tools/ https://hackademics.com/2026/02/the-state-of-open-source-malware-analysis-tools/ Tue, 24 Feb 2026 04:17:24 GMT The gap between what open-source malware analysis tools promise and what modern malware actually does has never been wider. Threat actors are shipping samples with VM detection, sleep timers, encrypted payloads, and anti-Frida tricks while the community is still arguing about which Python version br https://hackademics.com/2026/02/cloud-security-configuration-showdown-azure-vs-google-cloud-for-containerized-ap/ https://hackademics.com/2026/02/cloud-security-configuration-showdown-azure-vs-google-cloud-for-containerized-ap/ Mon, 23 Feb 2026 04:21:37 GMT Both Azure Kubernetes Service and Google Kubernetes Engine will let you deploy insecure containers at scale—they just give you different tools to shoot yourself in the foot. The real question isn't which platform is "more secure" (neither is, by default), but which one makes it harder for your DevOp https://hackademics.com/2026/02/cloud-security-configuration-showdown-azure-vs-google-cloud-for-enterprise-devop/ https://hackademics.com/2026/02/cloud-security-configuration-showdown-azure-vs-google-cloud-for-enterprise-devop/ Mon, 23 Feb 2026 04:21:37 GMT Azure and Google Cloud will both let you deploy insecure infrastructure at enterprise scale—they just give you different ways to screw it up. The question isn't which cloud is "more secure" (spoiler: neither is, out of the box), but which platform's security model aligns with how your DevOps team ac https://hackademics.com/2026/02/cloud-security-configuration-showdown-aws-vs-azure-for-devops-teams/ https://hackademics.com/2026/02/cloud-security-configuration-showdown-aws-vs-azure-for-devops-teams/ Mon, 23 Feb 2026 04:21:37 GMT Both AWS and Azure will let you deploy insecure infrastructure at scale—they just make you fail in different ways. The real question isn't which cloud is "more secure" (neither is, by default), but which security model is harder for your team to screw up when you're shipping code at 2 AM. https://hackademics.com/2026/02/cloud-security-configuration-comparison-aws-vs-azure/ https://hackademics.com/2026/02/cloud-security-configuration-comparison-aws-vs-azure/ Mon, 23 Feb 2026 04:21:36 GMT Both AWS and Azure will happily let you deploy insecure infrastructure at scale—they just make you screw it up in different ways. If you think choosing between them is about feature parity or pricing, you're missing the point: it's about which security model aligns with how your team actually operat https://hackademics.com/2026/02/cloud-security-posture-analysis-with-openscap/ https://hackademics.com/2026/02/cloud-security-posture-analysis-with-openscap/ Sun, 22 Feb 2026 04:36:28 GMT Your compliance checklist says you're securing cloud workloads, but OpenSCAP was built for physical servers in 2009. That doesn't mean it's useless for cloud environments—just that you need to understand what it actually checks, what it misses, and why your "100% compliant" scan results might be lyi https://hackademics.com/2026/02/cloud-security-governance-a-framework-for-devops-teams/ https://hackademics.com/2026/02/cloud-security-governance-a-framework-for-devops-teams/ Sun, 22 Feb 2026 04:36:27 GMT Your DevOps team ships fast, which is great until someone deploys an S3 bucket with public write access and you're mining Bitcoin for someone in Eastern Europe. Governance isn't about slowing down—it's about making sure speed doesn't turn into a security incident with your name on it. https://hackademics.com/2026/02/cloud-security-configuration-best-practices-for-devops-teams/ https://hackademics.com/2026/02/cloud-security-configuration-best-practices-for-devops-teams/ Sun, 22 Feb 2026 04:36:27 GMT Your cloud infrastructure is probably misconfigured right now. I've reviewed enough breach postmortems to know that attackers don't need zero-days when you've left an S3 bucket public, over-privileged an IAM role, or forgotten to enable CloudTrail. Let's fix that before someone else finds it.