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What K–12 schools need to shore up cybersecurity

February 26, 2019 admin 101, Business, Cybersecurity education, Education, K–12, k–12 schools, phishing, phishing attacks, private schools, public schools, ransomware, schools

Credit to Author: Wendy Zamora| Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2019 13:00:00 +0000

We discuss the challenges facing K–12 schools looking to protect students’ data, and which solutions they can adopt in order to build up defenses and increase cybersecurity awareness.

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Tackling phishing with signal-sharing and machine learning

December 20, 2018 admin cybersecurity, Office 365 ATP, PDF attachment, phishing, phishing attacks, Social engineering, Windows Defender ATP, Windows SmartScreen

Credit to Author: Windows Defender Research| Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2018 16:00:11 +0000

Across services in Microsoft Threat Protection, the correlation of security signals enhances the comprehensive and integrated security for identities, endpoints, user data, cloud apps, and infrastructure. Our industry-leading visibility into the entire attack chain translates to enriched protection thats evident in many different attack scenarios, including flashy cyberattacks, massive malware campaigns, and even small-scale, localized

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Machine learning vs. social engineering

July 8, 2018 admin antispam, Artificial Intelligence, cybersecurity, fileless malware, JavaScript, machine learning, macro malware, macros, malware, Next-gen antivirus, non-PE threats, phishing, phishing attacks, Security Intelligence, Security Response, Social engineering, VBScript, 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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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

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Enhancing Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection with detonation-based heuristics and machine learning

May 10, 2018 admin antispam, Artificial Intelligence, cybersecurity, heuristics, machine learning, non-PE threats, Office 365 ATP, phishing, phishing attacks, Social engineering, spam

Credit to Author: Windows Defender ATP| Date: Thu, 10 May 2018 16:00:09 +0000

Email, coupled with reliable social engineering techniques, continues to be one of the primary entry points for credential phishing, targeted attacks, and commodity malware like ransomware and, increasingly in the last few months, cryptocurrency miners. Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) uses a comprehensive and multi-layered solution to protect mailboxes, files, online storage, and applications