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Dismantling a fileless campaign: Microsoft Defender ATP next-gen protection exposes Astaroth attack

July 8, 2019 TH Author AI and machine learning, Antimalware Scan Interface (AMSI), Astaroth, behavior monitoring, Command-line scanning, Cybersecurity, Endpoint security, Execution stage, fileless, fileless malware, heuristics, Initial access stage, living-off-the-land, Microsoft Defender ATP, Security Intelligence, Threat protection, Windows Defender Antivirus, Windows Security, WMIC

Advanced technologies in Microsoft Defender ATP next-generation protection exposed and defeated a widespread fileless campaign that completely “lived off the land” throughout a complex attack chain that run the info-stealing backdoor Astaroth directly in memory
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Microsoft’s Threat & Vulnerability Management now helps thousands of customers to discover, prioritize, and remediate vulnerabilities in real time

July 2, 2019 TH Author Cybersecurity, Endpoint security, Microsoft Defender ATP, Security Intelligence, Threat and Vulnerability Management, Threat protection, TVM, Windows Security

Microsoft’s Threat & Vulnerability Management solution is generally available as of June 30! We have been working closely with customers for more than a year to incorporate their real needs and feedback to better address vulnerability management. Our goal is to empower defenders with the tools they need to better protect against evolving threats, and we believe this solution will help provide that additional visibility and agility they need.
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Inside out: Get to know the advanced technologies at the core of Microsoft Defender ATP next generation protection

June 24, 2019 TH Author AI and machine learning, Antimalware Scan Interface (AMSI), behavior monitoring, behavior-based machine learning, Cybersecurity, Endpoint security, heuristics, machine learning, memory scanning, Microsoft Defender ATP, next-generation protections, Threat protection, Windows Defender Antivirus, Windows Security

While Windows Defender Antivirus makes catching 5 billion threats on devices every month look easy, multiple advanced detection and prevention technologies work under the hood to make this happen. Multiple next-generation protection engines to detect and stop a wide range of threats and attacker techniques at multiple points, providing industry-best detection and blocking capabilities.
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New browser extensions for integrating Microsoft’s hardware-based isolation

May 23, 2019 TH Author browser extension, Cybersecurity, Endpoint security, Google Chrome, hardware-based isolation, Microsoft Defender ATP, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, Phishing, platform security, Threat protection, Windows 10, Windows Defender Application Guard, Windows Security

The hardware-based isolation technology on Windows 10 that allows Microsoft Edge to isolate browser-based attacks is now available as a browser extension for Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox.
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