6 Luglio 2023
The five-day job: A BlackByte ransomware intrusion case study

As ransomware attacks continue to grow in number and sophistication, threat actors can quickly impact business operations if organizations are not well prepared. In a recent investigation by Microsoft Incident Response (previously known as Microsoft Detection and Response Team – DART) of an intrusion, we found that the[…]

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6 Luglio 2023
The five-day job: A BlackByte ransomware intrusion case study

As ransomware attacks continue to grow in number and sophistication, threat actors can quickly impact business operations if organizations are not well prepared. In a recent investigation by Microsoft Incident Response (previously known as Microsoft Detection and Response Team – DART) of an intrusion, we found that the[…]

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6 Luglio 2023
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is ranked number one in market share in the IDC Worldwide Corporate Endpoint Security Market Shares report, 2022

Microsoft security researchers tracked a 130.4 percent increase in organizations that have encountered ransomware over the last year. Endpoints are an important attack vector and ensuring that organizations have modern endpoint security as part of a broader extended detection and response strategy, is top of mind for chief[…]

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6 Luglio 2023
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is ranked number one in market share in the IDC Worldwide Corporate Endpoint Security Market Shares report, 2022

Microsoft security researchers tracked a 130.4 percent increase in organizations that have encountered ransomware over the last year. Endpoints are an important attack vector and ensuring that organizations have modern endpoint security as part of a broader extended detection and response strategy, is top of mind for chief[…]

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5 Luglio 2023
11 best practices for securing data in cloud services

In today’s digital age, cloud computing has become an essential part of businesses, enabling them to store and access their data from anywhere. However, with convenience comes the risk of data breaches and cyberattacks. Therefore, it is crucial to implement best practices to secure data in cloud services.[…]

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29 Giugno 2023
Patch me if you can: Cyberattack Series

Many organizations utilize third-party apps for identity security solutions to automate and unburden overtaxed IT admins from tedious tasks that employees can perform via self-service without IT assistance. But in September 2021, our researchers observed threat actors exploiting one such third-party app at several US-based entities. The vulnerability[…]

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28 Giugno 2023
How automation is evolving SecOps—and the real cost of cybercrime

This post is coauthored by Rob May, Founder and Managing Director, ramsac The security community is continuously changing, growing, and learning from each other to better position the world against cyberthreats. In the latest post of our Community Voices blog series, Microsoft Security Senior Product Marketing Manager Brooke Lynn Weenig talks with ramsac Founder and Managing Director Rob May, who gave[…]

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27 Giugno 2023
Microsoft at NICE Conference: Resetting expectations and enabling diversity in the cybersecurity workforce

Closing the cybersecurity talent gap is not something we can achieve alone; it requires a collective effort from the entire industry and focus on enabling cybersecurity awareness and education for all. This realization hit home for us during our recent participation in the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education[…]

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26 Giugno 2023
Why endpoint management is key to securing an AI-powered future

The chief information security officer (CISO) agenda has a new set of priorities. Hybrid work and the resultant architecture updates, so prevalent at the beginning of the pandemic, are no longer top of mind. Instead, the thinking is focused on tackling ever more sophisticated threats and integrating Zero[…]

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22 Giugno 2023
IoT devices and Linux-based systems targeted by OpenSSH trojan campaign

Cryptojacking, the illicit use of computing resources to mine cryptocurrency, has become increasingly prevalent in recent years, with attackers building a cybercriminal economy around attack tools, infrastructure, and services to generate revenue from targeting a wide range of vulnerable systems, including Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Microsoft researchers[…]

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