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MSRT April release features Bedep detection

January 23, 2017 admin Angler Exploit Kit, Axpergle, backdoor, Bedep, Bedep geodistribution, Dofoil, Macro-based malware, maps, Microsoft Active Protection Service, Microsoft Edge, Microsoft Edge SmartScreen protection, MSRT, smartscreen, Trojan, Ursnif, Win32/Dofoil, Win32/Fareit, Windows Defender, Windows Defender blogs for home users and small businesses, Zemot

As part of our ongoing effort to provide better malware protection, the Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) release this April will include detections for: Win32/Bedep – Trojan family Win32/Upatre – Trojan family Ransom:MSIL/Samas – Ransomware family In this blog, we’ll focus on the Bedep family of trojans. The bothersome Bedep Win32/Bedep was first…

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No mas, Samas: What’s in this ransomware’s modus operandi?

January 23, 2017 admin antimalware, Credential Guard for Windows 10 Enterprise, cybersecurity, Device Guard for Windows 10 Enterprise, Disable macro, Disable macro in Office, enterprise software security, Java-based vulnerabilities, JBOSS, Lateral account movement security, Macro-based malware, microsoft, Microsoft Passport, New ransomware, Outdated JBOSS, Ransom:MSIL/Samas, ransomware, Ransomware modus operandi, Redhat, Samas ransomware, Samas ransomware geographical distribution, Samas ransomware geoloc_, Samas ransomware infection chain, Secure your code integrity, Securing Lateral Account Movement, Windows 10, Windows Defender, Windows Defender blogs for home users and small businesses, Windows Defender for Windows 10, Windows Hello

We’ve seen how ransomware managed to become a threat category that sends consumers and enterprise reeling when it hits them. It has become a high-commodity malware that is used as payload to spam email, macro malware, and exploit kit campaigns. It also digs onto victims’ pockets in exchange for recovering files from their encrypted form. …

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Microsoft assists law enforcement to help disrupt Dorkbot botnets

January 23, 2017 admin Antimalware research for IT pros and enthusiasts, Botnet, botnet disruption, Dorkbot, Dorkbot disruption, Europol-Microsoft partners to disrupt Dorkbot, microsoft, Microsoft CME, Microsoft Coordinated Malware Eradication, Microsoft DCU, Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit, Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool, MSRT, Windows 10, Windows Defender, Windows Defender for Windows 10

Law enforcement agencies from around the globe, aided by Microsoft security researchers, have today announced the disruption of one of the most widely distributed malware families – Win32/Dorkbot. This malware family has infected more than one million PCs in over 190 countries. Dorkbot spreads through USB flash drives, instant messaging programs, and social networks. It…

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Does prevalence matter? A different approach to traditional antimalware test scoring

January 23, 2017 admin Antimalware research for IT pros and enthusiasts, antimalware test result, does prevalence matter, microsoft, Microsoft antimalware test scoring, prevalence, Windows 10, Windows Defender

Most well-known antimalware tests today focus on broad-spectrum malware. In other words, tests include malware that is somewhat indiscriminate (isn’t necessarily targeted), at least somewhat prevalent and sometimes very prevalent. Typically, tests are not focused on specialized threats that are highly targeted, and most avoid including programs that walk the line between good and evil,…

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Shields up on potentially unwanted applications in your enterprise

January 23, 2017 admin Antimalware research for IT pros and enthusiasts, FEP, Forefront Endpoint Protection. Windows Defender, Objective Criteria, potentially unwanted application, PUA, PUA protection, SCEP, System Center Endpoint Protection, Unwanted software, unwanted software protection, Windows 10, Windows Defender

Has your enterprise environment been bogged down by a sneaky browser-modifier which tricked you into installing adware from a seemingly harmless software bundle? Then you might have already experienced what a potentially unwanted application (PUA) can do. The good news is, the new opt-in feature for enterprise users in Windows can spot and stop PUA…