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Cyber Signals: Sporting events and venues draw cyberthreats at increasing rates

Credit to Author: Vasu Jakkal| Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2023 10:00:00 +0000

Today we released the fifth edition of Cyber Signals spotlighting threats to large sporting events, based on our learnings and telemetry from delivering cybersecurity support to critical infrastructure facilities during the State of Qatar’s hosting of the FIFA World Cup 2022™.

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Midnight Blizzard conducts targeted social engineering over Microsoft Teams

Credit to Author: Microsoft Threat Intelligence| Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2023 19:00:00 +0000

Microsoft Threat Intelligence has identified highly targeted social engineering attacks using credential theft phishing lures sent as Microsoft Teams chats by the threat actor that Microsoft tracks as Midnight Blizzard (previously tracked as NOBELIUM).

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Microsoft Defender for Office 365 gets highest rating in SE Labs Enterprise Email Security Services test for Q1 2023

Credit to Author: Sehrish Khan| Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2023 16:00:00 +0000

In Q1 2023 Q1, Microsoft was once again part of an evaluation of email security platforms conducted by SE Labs. We are thrilled to announce that Microsoft Defender for Office 365 has once again received an AAA Protection Award, the highest possible that a vendor can achieve in this test.

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Cryptojacking: Understanding and defending against cloud compute resource abuse

Credit to Author: Microsoft Threat Intelligence| Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2023 17:00:00 +0000

Cloud cryptojacking, a type of cyberattack that uses computing power to mine cryptocurrency, could result in financial loss to targeted organizations due to the compute fees that can be incurred from the abuse.

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New Microsoft identity and data security capabilities to accelerate CMMC compliance for the Defense Industrial Base

Credit to Author: Steve Faehl| Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2023 17:00:58 +0000

Microsoft introduces new capabilities in Microsoft Entra ID and Microsoft Purview that support CMMC compliance while also helping Defense Industrial Base organizations accelerate their Zero Trust journeys.

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