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Mitigating vulnerabilities in endpoint network stacks

May 4, 2020 TH Author Advanced Threat Analytics, Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity deployment, Endpoint security, Information/data protection, Microsoft security intelligence, Network Security

Learn how the Microsoft Security Assurance and Vulnerability Research team secures critical products.
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Microsoft Secure

Security guidance for remote desktop adoption

April 16, 2020 TH Author Azure Security, Endpoint security, Information/data protection, Secure remote work, Securing remote workers series

As the volume of remote workers quickly increased over the past two to three months, IT teams in many companies have been scrambling to figure out how their infrastructures and technologies will be able to handle the increase in remote connections.
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Microsoft Secure

Mobile security—the 60 percent problem

April 7, 2020 TH Author Azure Security, Endpoint security, Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection, Microsoft Intune

What percentage of endpoints in your organization are currently protected?
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Microsoft Secure

Microsoft works with healthcare organizations to protect from popular ransomware during COVID-19 crisis: Here’s what to do

April 1, 2020 TH Author coronavirus-themed threats, covid-19, Cybersecurity, Endpoint security, gateway, Healthcare, human-operated ransomware, Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection, Microsoft security intelligence, ransomware, remote work, REvil, Secure remote work, Securing remote workers series, Security Intelligence, Sodinokibi, Threat protection, virtual private network (VPN), virtual private server (VPS), VPN

Microsoft identified several dozens of hospitals with vulnerable gateway and VPN appliances. We sent these hospitals a first-of-its-kind notification with important info about the vulnerabilities, how attackers can take advantage of them, and a strong recommendation to apply security updates.
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TrendMicro

COVID-19: How Do I Work from Home Securely?

March 31, 2020 TH Author Consumer, covid-19, Endpoint security, Home Network Security, Internet Safety, Mobile Security, Uncategorized, working at home

The coronavirus pandemic—the infection officially designated as COVID-19—is causing upheaval across the globe. Aside from the serious economic and public health implications, one very practical impact of shelter-in-place dictums is to force many companies to support remote working where they can. The most recent data tells us that in 2017, eight million Americans worked from…
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Microsoft Secure

Latest Astaroth living-off-the-land attacks are even more invisible but not less observable

March 23, 2020 TH Author Alternate Data Streams (ADS), Astaroth, behavioral blocking and containment, Cybersecurity, Endpoint security, fileless, info-stealing malware, living-off-the-land, Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection, Microsoft security intelligence, ransomware, Security Intelligence, Threat protection, WMIC

Astaroth is back sporting significant changes. The updated attack chain maintains Astaroth’s complex, multi-component nature and continues its pattern of detection evasion.
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Microsoft Secure

Behavioral blocking and containment: Transforming optics into protection

March 9, 2020 TH Author behavioral blocking and containment, Cybersecurity, endpoint detection and response (EDR), endpoint protection platform (EPP), Endpoint security, Juicy Potato, Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection, Microsoft Defender ATP, Microsoft security intelligence, Microsoft Threat Protection, next generation protection, QRat, Security Intelligence, Threat protection

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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Microsoft Secure

Human-operated ransomware attacks: A preventable disaster

March 5, 2020 TH Author Cybersecurity, Doppelpaymer, Dridex, Endpoint security, hands-on-keyboard, human-operated attacks, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection, Microsoft security intelligence, PARINACOTA, ransomware, ryuk, Secure Score, Security deployment, Threat protection, TrickBot, Wadhrama

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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Microsoft Secure

Unifying security policy across all mobile form-factors with Wandera and Microsoft

February 19, 2020 TH Author Azure Security, Endpoint security, Microsoft Endpoint Manager, Mobile Security

The way we work is evolving. Technology enables more effective employees by helping them to be productive where and when they choose. Businesses also enjoy the productivity benefits of a connected workforce.
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Microsoft Secure

Ghost in the shell: Investigating web shell attacks

February 4, 2020 TH Author china chopper, Cybersecurity, Detection and Response Team (DART), Endpoint security, GALLIUM, incident response, KRYPTON, Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection, Microsoft Detection and Response Team (DART), Microsoft security intelligence, Security management, Threat protection, web shell, ZINC

Web shell attacks allow adversaries to run commands and steal data from an Internet-facing server or use the server as launch pad for further attacks against the affected organization.
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