Learn about the Microsoft Security Response Center, which investigates vulnerabilities and releases security updates to help protect customers from cyberthreats.
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Starting in December 2024, leading up to some of the busiest travel days, Microsoft Threat Intelligence identified a phishing campaign that impersonates online travel agency Booking.com and targets organizations in the hospitality industry. The campaign uses a social engineering technique called ClickFix to deliver multiple credential-stealing malware in order to conduct financial fraud and theft. […]
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Microsoft Threat Intelligence has uncovered a new variant of XCSSET, a sophisticated modular macOS malware that infects Xcode projects, in the wild. Its first known variant since 2022, this latest XCSSET malware features enhanced obfuscation methods, updated persistence mechanisms, and new infection strategies. These enhanced features help this malware family steal and exfiltrate files and system and user information, such as digital wallet data and notes, among others.
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This Women’s History Month serves as a crucial moment for us to lead and continue to pave the way for a more inclusive future. I am truly honored to support my amazing women colleagues who continue to excel in their careers. Their diverse perspectives and talents are invaluable, driving innovation and progress across various industries. I am proud to be a part of Microsoft Security, which is focused on building and nurturing an inclusive cybersecurity workforce and curating careers, tools, and resources that work for everyone. We recognize that this is what promotes business growth, strengthens global defenses, and enhances AI safety.
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Microsoft detected a large-scale malvertising campaign in early December 2024 that impacted nearly one million devices globally. The attack originated from illegal streaming websites embedded with malvertising redirectors and ultimately redirected users to GitHub to deliver initial access payloads as the start of a modular and multi-stage attack chain.
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Silk Typhoon is a Chinese state actor focused on espionage campaigns targeting a wide range of industries in the US and throughout the world. In recent months, Silk Typhoon has shifted to performing IT supply chain attacks to gain access to targets. In this blog, we provide an overview of the threat actor along with insight into their recent activity as well as their longstanding tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), including a persistent interest in the exploitation of zero-day vulnerabilities in various public-facing appliances and moving from on-premises to cloud environments.
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Discover how Microsoft secures AI models on Azure AI Foundry, ensuring robust security and trustworthy deployments for your AI systems.
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The rise in sophisticated cyberthreats demands a fundamental shift in our approach. Organizations must rethink remote assistance security through the lens of Zero Trust, using the three key principles of Verify Explicitly, Use Least Privilege, and Assume Breach as a guide and ensuring that every session, user, and device is verified, compliant, and monitored before access is granted.
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Connect with Microsoft at Legalweek 2025 to learn how to embrace AI while protecting your organization’s data with Microsoft Purview.
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We are excited to announce that Gartner has named Microsoft a Leader in the 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Cyber Physical Systems Protection Platforms. Gartner defines Cyber-physical systems (CPS) as “engineered systems that orchestrate sensing, computation, control, networking and analytics” that connect the digital and physical worlds. They span industrial control systems (ICS), OT devices, Internet of Things (IoT) devices, and more.
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