Introducing Proactive Hardening and Attack Surface Reduction (PHASR) for Linux and macOS

As Linux dominates cloud-native infrastructure and macOS becomes the standard for high-value targets in development and executive leadership, the attack surface is no longer Windows-centric. Modern attack playbooks weaponize Living off the Land (LOTL) binariespre-installed, legitimate system toolsto blend malicious activity with normal operations and bypass standard detection telemetry.

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