“Smart homes”, “Smart devices” and even “Smart cities”: these now familiar expressions illustrate how deeply embedded the Internet of Things (IoT) is in our daily lives. At the heart of these technologies, the MQTT protocol plays a subtle yet essential role.…
Over the past decade, cloud infrastructure such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), has been increasingly used to host critical infrastructure, manage sensitive data, and ensure global scalability. The shift to hybrid and cloud-native architecture has deeply transformed how infrastructure is…
The UK insurance and reinsurance industry is navigating a period of rapid transformation, marked by regulatory reform, accelerating cyber threats, and shifting macroeconomic conditions. With a combined market valuation of £74.6 billion and forecasted earnings growth of 18% annually, the…
AI at the service of cybersecurity: a concrete step forward Every year since 2020, Wavestone has identified Swiss cybersecurity startups in its eponymous radar. While AI has established itself as a cross-disciplinary subject in all fields, the 2025 Radar…
What if your most sensitive data became accessible in an instant? The growing excitement about the advent of quantum computers is justified for a subject that is no longer science fiction but involves a new kind of threat. Indeed, according…
For the last few weeks, I have been developing a full custom Command and Control (C2). This C2 uses several Windows DLL for network communication and specially the WINHTTP.DLL one to handle HTTP requests used for the HTTP and HTTPS…
Enterprise demand for detection probes has been rising in recent years, particularly in the industrial sector. This can be for many reasons: regulatory or contractual constraints, need for incident detection capabilities on the industrial network, desire for greater visibility on…
Ever since the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, many companies began developing and releasing their own Large Language Models (LLMs). So much so that we are currently in a phase that many experts describe as an “AI Race”. Not…
1. Overview In an information system, applications are not equal. Some of them can be used as an entry point in the information system, others are used as compromise accelerators, and some are saved for post-exploitation. These applications are called…
Among the technologies that seemed like science fiction only a few decades ago and are now an integral part of the digital ecosystem, Facial Recognition (FR) holds a prominent place. Indeed, this tool is increasingly present in our daily lives:…
