Microsoft has obtained ReFirm Labs, the developer of the open-source Binwalk firmware safety-analysis product, for an undisclosed quantity. Microsoft officials introduced the deal on June 2, announcing that the acquisition of ReFirm will "beautify chip-to-cloud protection" abilties that Microsoft offers at the IoT the front.
Fulton, Md.-based totally ReFirm Labs says that its Binwalk open-source era has been used by greater than 50,000 organizations global. (The ReFirm crew brought Binwalk Open supply in 2010 and founded Refirm Labs in 2017.) Its tagline for Binwalk business enterprise is "locate the holes for your device safety beore attackers do."
Microsoft is touting ReFirm as enabling it to better provide firmware analysis and security on intelligent aspect devices, starting from servers to IoT.
"The addition of ReFirm Labs to Microsoft will convey each international-magnificence knowledge in firmware security and the Centrifuge firmware platform to enhance our capability to research and assist protect firmware backed by the electricity and velocity of our cloud," in keeping with Microsoft's blog submit.
Microsoft already offers Azure Defender for IoT and lately received CyberX to assist bolster IoT security. Microsoft officers stated last June that CyberX's technology would offer a supplement to other Microsoft Azure IoT offerings, as well as products like Azure Sentinel in a manner a good way to assist perceive threats that could span converged IT and operational technology (OT) networks.