Cheating on Quantum Computing Benchmarks

Peter Gutmann and Stephan Neuhaus have a new paper--I think it's new, even though it has a March 2025 date--that makes the argument that we shouldn't trust any of the quantum factorization benchmarks, because everyone has been cooking the books: Similarly, quantum factorisation is performed using...

Unveiling RIFT: Enhancing Rust malware analysis through pattern matching

Today, Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center is excited to announce the release of RIFT , a tool designed to assist malware analysts automate the identification of attacker-written code within Rust binaries. Known for its efficiency, type safety, and robust memory safety, Rust has increasingly...

Building security that lasts: Microsoft’s journey towards durability at scale ​​

In this blog you will hear directly from Microsoft’s Deputy Chief Information Security Officer CISO for Azure and operating systems, Mark Russinovich, about how Microsoft operationalized security durability at scale. This blog is part of an ongoing series where our Deputy CISOs share their though...

Five Uncomfortable Truths About LLMs in Production

Many tech professionals see integrating large language models LLMs as a simple process -just connect an API and let it run. At Wallarm, our experience has proved otherwise. Through rigorous testing and iteration, our engineering team uncovered several critical insights about deploying LLMs secure...

Your First Spring AI 1.0 Application

Your First Spring AI 1.0 Application by Dr. Mark Pollack, Christian Tsolov, and Josh Long Hi, Spring fans! Spring AI is live on the Spring Initializr and everywhere fine bytes might be had. Ask your doctor if AI is right for you! It's an amazing time to be a Java and Spring developer. There's nev...