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Machine learning vs. social engineering

June 7, 2018 admin Artificial Intelligence, cybersecurity, machine learning, Next-gen antivirus, non-PE threats, phishing, phishing attacks, Security Intelligence, Security Response, Social engineering, windows, Windows 10, Windows 10 S, Windows Defender Antivirus, Windows Defender ATP, Windows Defender AV

Credit to Author: Windows Defender ATP| Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2018 13:00:56 +0000

Machine learning is a key driver in the constant evolution of security technologies at Microsoft. Machine learning allows Microsoft 365 to scale next-gen protection capabilities and enhance cloud-based, real-time blocking of new and unknown threats. Just in the last few months, machine learning has helped us to protect hundreds of thousands of customers against ransomware,

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How artificial intelligence stopped an Emotet outbreak

February 14, 2018 admin Artificial Intelligence, banking trojans, cybersecurity, emotet, machine learning, malware, Security Intelligence, Security Response, windows, Windows 10, Windows 10 S, Windows Defender Antivirus, Windows Defender AV

Credit to Author: Windows Defender ATP| Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2018 14:43:26 +0000

At 12:46 a.m. local time on February 3, a Windows 7 Pro customer in North Carolina became the first would-be victim of a new malware attack campaign for Trojan:Win32/Emotet. In the next 30 minutes, the campaign tried to attack over a thousand potential victims, all of whom were instantly and automatically protected by Windows Defender

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A worthy upgrade: Next-gen security on Windows 10 proves resilient against ransomware outbreaks in 2017

January 16, 2018 admin bad rabbit, cloud protection service, cybersecurity, EternalBlue, EternalRomance, Exploits, Hypervisor Code Integrity (HVCI), machine learning, malware research, Microsoft Edge, Microsoft Intelligent Security Graph (ISG), Petya, ransomware, research, Security Intelligence, Security Response, WannaCry, Windows 10, Windows Defender Antivirus, Windows Defender ATP, Windows Defender AV

Credit to Author: Windows Defender ATP| Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2018 14:00:31 +0000

Adopting reliable attack methods and techniques borrowed from more evolved threat types, ransomware attained new levels of reach and damage in 2017. The following trends characterize the ransomware narrative in the past year: Three global outbreaks showed the force of ransomware in making real-world impact, affecting corporate networks and bringing down critical services like hospitals,

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Microsoft teams up with law enforcement and other partners to disrupt Gamarue (Andromeda)

January 16, 2018 admin Andromeda, anti-virus software, antimalware, Antivirus, antivirus software, Bot, Botnet, botnet takedown, cybersecurity, Digital Crimes Unit, Gamarue, malware research, research, Security Intelligence, Security Response, Windows 10, Windows Defender Antivirus, Windows Defender ATP, Windows Defender AV

Credit to Author: Windows Defender ATP| Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2017 23:06:44 +0000

Today, with help from Microsoft security researchers, law enforcement agencies around the globe, in cooperation with Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit (DCU), announced the disruption of Gamarue, a widely distributed malware that has been used in networks of infected computers collectively called the Andromeda botnet. The disruption is the culmination of a journey that started in

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Windows Defender ATP machine learning and AMSI: Unearthing script-based attacks that ‘live off the land’

January 16, 2018 admin Antimalware Scan Interface (AMSI), Antivirus, antivirus software, Cloud Computing, cybersecurity, Fall Creators Update, fileless malware, in-memory attacks, Intelligent Security Graph, machine learning, Next-gen antivirus, Powershell, script-based attacks, Security Intelligence, Security Response, Windows 10, Windows Defender Antivirus, Windows Defender ATP, Windows Defender AV, Windows Defender Exploit Guard

Credit to Author: Windows Defender ATP| Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2017 14:00:07 +0000

Scripts are becoming the weapon of choice of sophisticated activity groups responsible for targeted attacks as well as malware authors who indiscriminately deploy commodity threats. Scripting engines such as JavaScript, VBScript, and PowerShell offer tremendous benefits to attackers. They run through legitimate processes and are perfect tools for living off the landstaying away from the