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Microsoft shifts to a new threat actor naming taxonomy

April 18, 2023 TH Author Cybersecurity, Microsoft security intelligence, nation-state actor, private-sector offensive actor (PSOA), threat actor tracking

Microsoft is excited to announce that we are shifting to a new threat actor naming taxonomy aligned to the theme of weather. The complexity, scale, and volume of threats is increasing, driving the need to reimagine not only how Microsoft talks about threats but also how we enable customers to understand those threats quickly and with clarity.
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Nation-state threat actor Mint Sandstorm refines tradecraft to attack high-value targets

April 18, 2023 TH Author Cybersecurity, Microsoft, Microsoft security intelligence, Mint Sandstorm, nation-state actor, Phosphorus, Security

Today, Microsoft is reporting on a distinct subset of Mint Sandstorm (formerly known as PHOSPHORUS), an Iranian threat actor that specializes in hacking into and stealing sensitive information from high-value targets. This subset is technically and operationally mature, capable of developing bespoke tooling and quickly weaponizing recently disclosed vulnerabilities.
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Threat actors strive to cause Tax Day headaches

April 13, 2023 TH Author Cybersecurity, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Microsoft security intelligence, Phishing

With U.S. Tax Day approaching, Microsoft has observed phishing attacks targeting accounting and tax return preparation firms to deliver the Remcos RAT and compromise target networks.
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DEV-0196: QuaDream’s “KingsPawn” malware used to target civil society in Europe, North America, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia

April 11, 2023 TH Author Cybersecurity, Microsoft, Microsoft security intelligence, Mobile, private-sector offensive actor (PSOA), Security

Microsoft analyzes a threat group tracked as DEV-0196, the actor’s iOS malware “KingsPawn”, and their link to an Israel-based private sector offensive actor (PSOA) known as QuaDream, which reportedly sells a suite of exploits, malware, and infrastructure called REIGN, that’s designed to exfiltrate data from mobile devices.
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MERCURY and DEV-1084: Destructive attack on hybrid environment

April 7, 2023 TH Author Cybersecurity, Mercury, Microsoft, Microsoft security intelligence, Security

Microsoft detected a unique operation where threat actors carried out destructive actions in both on-premises and cloud environments.
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DevOps threat matrix

April 6, 2023 TH Author Cybersecurity, Microsoft, Microsoft security intelligence, Security

In this blog, we discuss threats we face in our DevOps environment, introducing our new threat matrix for DevOps. Using this matrix, we show the different techniques an adversary might use to attack an organization from the initial access phase and forward.
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KillNet and affiliate hacktivist groups targeting healthcare with DDoS attacks

March 17, 2023 TH Author Azure Security, Cybersecurity, DDoS, hacktivism, Microsoft security intelligence

KillNet, a group that the US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has called pro-Russia hacktivists, has been launching waves of attacks targeting governments and companies with focus on the healthcare sector. In this blog post, we provide an overview of the DDoS attack landscape against healthcare applications hosted in Azure over three months.
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DEV-1101 enables high-volume AiTM campaigns with open-source phishing kit

March 13, 2023 TH Author adversary-in-the-middle, Cybersecurity, Man in the Middle, Microsoft, Microsoft security intelligence, Phishing, Security

DEV-1101 is an actor tracked by Microsoft responsible for the development, support, and advertising of several AiTM phishing kits, including an open-source kit capable of circumventing MFA through reverse-proxy functionality.
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Protecting Android clipboard content from unintended exposure

March 6, 2023 TH Author Android, Cybersecurity, Microsoft, Microsoft security intelligence, Security

Microsoft discovered that the SHEIN Android application periodically read the contents of the Android device clipboard and, if a particular pattern was present, sent the contents of the clipboard to a remote server.
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New research, tooling, and partnerships for more secure AI and machine learning

March 2, 2023 TH Author AI, Cybersecurity, machine learning, Microsoft security intelligence

At Microsoft, we’ve been working on the challenges and opportunities of AI for years. Today we’re sharing some recent developments so that the community can be better informed and better equipped for a new world of AI exploration.
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