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Credit to Author: Todd VanderArk| Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2019 17:00:21 +0000
Gartner has named Microsoft Security a Leader in five Magic Quadrants, which demonstrates balanced progress and effort in all execution and vision categories.
The post Microsoft Security—a Leader in 5 Gartner Magic Quadrants appeared first on Microsoft Security.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Todd VanderArk| Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2019 17:00:37 +0000
Today, at the Microsoft Ignite Conference in Orlando, Florida, I’m thrilled to share the significant progress we’re making on delivering endpoint security from Microsoft, not just for Microsoft.
The post Further enhancing security from Microsoft, not just for Microsoft appeared first on Microsoft Security.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Todd VanderArk| Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2019 16:00:50 +0000
Microsoft Chief Cybersecurity Strategist, Jonathan Trull, outlines four principles any organization can use to improve the effectiveness of its SOC.
The post Microsoft’s 4 principles for an effective security operations center appeared first on Microsoft Security.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Todd VanderArk| Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2019 16:00:54 +0000
Paying attention to every link in your supply chain is vital to protect your assets from supply chain attacks.
The post Guarding against supply chain attacks—Part 1: The big picture appeared first on Microsoft Security.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Todd VanderArk| Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2019 16:00:50 +0000
Microsoft Chief Cybersecurity Strategist, Jonathan Trull, outlines four principles any organization can use to improve the effectiveness of its SOC.
The post Microsoft’s 4 principals for an effective security operations center appeared first on Microsoft Security.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Eric Avena| Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2019 15:00:11 +0000
Two new machine learning protection features within the behavioral blocking and containment capabilities in Microsoft Defender ATP specialize in detecting threats by analyzing behavior, adding new layers of protection after an attack has started running.
The post In hot pursuit of elusive threats: AI-driven behavior-based blocking stops attacks in their tracks appeared first on Microsoft Security.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Eric Avena| Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2019 17:34:41 +0000
We’ve discussed the challenges that fileless threats pose in security, and how Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection (Microsoft Defender ATP) employs advanced strategies to defeat these sophisticated threats. Part of the slyness of fileless malware is their use of living-off-the-land techniques, which refer to the abuse of legitimate tools, also called living-off-the-land binaries (LOLBins), that…
The post Bring your own LOLBin: Multi-stage, fileless Nodersok campaign delivers rare Node.js-based malware appeared first on Microsoft Security.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Eric Avena| Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2019 16:00:03 +0000
We adopted a deep learning technique that was initially developed for natural language processing and applied to expand Microsoft Defender ATP’s coverage of detecting malicious PowerShell scripts, which continue to be a critical attack vector.
The post Deep learning rises: New methods for detecting malicious PowerShell appeared first on Microsoft Security.
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