Brief #116: Microsoft Exchange RCE, Google Salesforce Breach, AI SOC Market

Happy Sunday! 

The North Korean cryptocurrency heist story this week really shows how social engineering remains one of our biggest blind spots. Even sophisticated organizations are falling for fake freelance job offers that lead to multi-million dollar losses.

In this week's brief:

• Microsoft disclosed a high-severity Exchange vulnerability that lets attackers silently escalate privileges in hybrid cloud setups
• The AI SOC market is exploding with predictions that AI will handle 60% of SOC tasks by 2028 - but are we ready for that shift?
• A SOC manager is struggling to transition back to technical work, highlighting a common career dilemma many of us face

Let's dive in.