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sLoad launches version 2.0, Starslord

January 21, 2020 TH Author BITS, Cybersecurity, Endpoint security, Microsoft security intelligence, sload, Starslord

sLoad has launched version 2.0. With the new version, sLoad, which is a PowerShell-based Trojan downloader notable for its almost exclusive use of the Windows BITS service for malicious activities, has added an anti-analysis trick and the ability to track the stage of infection for every affected machine.
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CISO series: Lessons learned from the Microsoft SOC—Part 3b: A day in the life

December 23, 2019 TH Author CISO series, Ciso series page, Endpoint security, incident response, Lessons learned, Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection, Microsoft Defender ATP

In this next post in our series, we provide insight into a day in the life of our SOC analysts investigating common front door attacks.
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Mobile threat defense and intelligence are a core part of cyber defense

December 19, 2019 TH Author Endpoint security, Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection, Microsoft Defender ATP, Microsoft Intelligent Security Association (MISA), Mobile Security

To safeguard company assets, organizations need to augment their global cyber defense strategy with mobile threat intelligence.
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Data science for cybersecurity: A probabilistic time series model for detecting RDP inbound brute force attacks

December 18, 2019 TH Author AI and machine learning, Automation, brute force attack, Cybersecurity, data science, Endpoint security, Event ID 4625, Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection, Microsoft security intelligence, Microsoft Threat Experts, probablistic time series model, Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), Security Intelligence, Threat protection, Windows Security

Microsoft Defender ATP data scientists and threat hunters collaborate to use a data science-driven approach to detecting RDP brute force attacks to protect customers against real-world threats.
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Multi-stage downloader Trojan sLoad abuses BITS almost exclusively for malicious activities

December 12, 2019 TH Author alternative protocol, BITS, Cybersecurity, Endpoint security, living-off-the-land, Microsoft security intelligence, sload

Many of today’s threats evolve to incorporate as many living-off-the-land techniques as possible into the attack chain. The PowerShell-based downloader Trojan known as sLoad, however, puts all its bets on BITS. Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) is a component of the Windows operating system that provides an ability to transfer files in an asynchronous and…
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Improve cyber supply chain risk management with Microsoft Azure

December 9, 2019 TH Author Azure Security, Endpoint security, Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection, Microsoft Defender ATP, Zero Trust

To keep government agencies secure in the cloud, we must keep pace and stay ahead of cyber attackers by defending the cyber supply chain with Microsoft Azure.
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Microsoft works with researchers to detect and protect against new RDP exploits

November 7, 2019 TH Author bluekeep, CVE-2019-0708, Cybersecurity, Endpoint security, Exploit, Microsoft security intelligence, Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), Security Intelligence, Security Response

The new exploit attacks show that BlueKeep will be a threat as long as systems remain unpatched, credential hygiene is not achieved, and overall security posture is not kept in check.
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Further enhancing security from Microsoft, not just for Microsoft

November 4, 2019 TH Author Azure Security, Endpoint security, Microsoft Cloud App Security, Microsoft Intelligent Security Association (MISA), Zero Trust

Today, at the Microsoft Ignite Conference in Orlando, Florida, I’m thrilled to share the significant progress we’re making on delivering endpoint security from Microsoft, not just for Microsoft.
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Guarding against supply chain attacks—Part 1: The big picture

October 16, 2019 TH Author Cybersecurity Policy, Data governance, Endpoint security

Paying attention to every link in your supply chain is vital to protect your assets from supply chain attacks.
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