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Behavioral blocking and containment: Transforming optics into protection

Credit to Author: Eric Avena| Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2020 16:30:20 +0000

Behavioral blocking and containment capabilities leverage multiple Microsoft Defender ATP components and features to immediately stop attacks before they can progress. We have expanded these capabilities to get even broader visibility into malicious behavior by using a rapid protection loop engine that leverages endpoint and detection response (EDR) sensors.

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Human-operated ransomware attacks: A preventable disaster

Credit to Author: Eric Avena| Date: Thu, 05 Mar 2020 17:00:31 +0000

In human-operated ransomware attacks, adversaries exhibit extensive knowledge of systems administration and common network security misconfigurations, perform thorough reconnaissance, and adapt to what they discover in a compromised network.

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Threat hunting in Azure Advanced Threat Protection (ATP)

Credit to Author: Todd VanderArk| Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2020 17:00:53 +0000

DART was called into an engagement where the adversary had a foothold within the on-premises network, which had been gained through compromising cloud credentials. Luckily, this customer had deployed Azure ATP prior to the incident and it had already normalized authentication and identity transactions within the customer network.

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