Microsoft Defender for Endpoint now stops human-operated attacks on its own

Defenders need every edge they can get in the fight against ransomware. Today, we’re pleased to announce that Microsoft Defender for Endpoint customers will now be able automatically to disrupt human-operated attacks like ransomware early in the kill chain without needing to deploy any other capabilities. Now, organizations[…]

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Expanded Microsoft Security Experts offerings provide comprehensive protection

Since we first introduced Microsoft Security Experts in May 2022, we’ve worked hard to expand our new security services category. In the past 16 months, we’ve launched new services, expanded our capabilities, and introduced new ways to buy. Our customers face an unprecedented number of security threats that[…]

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See new AI for Microsoft Power Platform at our tenth launch event

AI is here, and it’s ready to support work. On complex challenges like analyzing troves of data, speeding up time-consuming tasks, or helping customers help themselves—the newest AI sets up organizations for operational excellence by allowing employees to quickly create solutions for complicated problems on their own. That’s[…]

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Defending new vectors: Threat actors attempt SQL Server to cloud lateral movement

Microsoft security researchers recently identified a campaign where attackers attempted to move laterally to a cloud environment through a SQL Server instance. This attack technique demonstrates an approach we’ve seen in other cloud services such as VMs and Kubernetes cluster, but not in SQL Server. The attackers initially[…]

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The AI revolution: Supercharging low-code with the Power Platform community

Welcome to the second Microsoft Power Platform Conference! Since the first conference, there has been a seismic shift in how we build low-code solutions. With Power Platform Copilot, we are now in the era of AI-assisted low-code development. As such, this year’s conference is focused on helping the[…]

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Celebrate 20 years of Cybersecurity Awareness Month with Microsoft and let’s secure our world together

This year marks the twentieth anniversary of Cybersecurity Awareness Month, when we partner with the National Cybersecurity Alliance, the United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and organizations around the world to amplify the importance of cybersecurity best practices and how to be cybersmart. Initially, this moment[…]

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Join the new Microsoft Security experience at Microsoft Ignite 2023

During the past few years, we’ve managed a lot of change and disruption in our security work, in our lives, and in society at large. This year we’re excited to welcome back security leaders, aspiring leaders, and IT professionals—in person—to Microsoft Ignite from November 14 to 17, 2023,[…]

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New security features in Windows 11 protect users and empower IT

While attacks are getting more sophisticated, so are our defenses. With recent innovations like secured-core PCs that are 60 percent more resilient to malware than non-secured-core PCs,1 and the Microsoft Pluton Security Processor that adds more protection by isolating sensitive data like credentials and encryption keys, Windows 11[…]

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Microsoft 365 Defender demonstrates 100 percent protection coverage in the 2023 MITRE Engenuity ATT&CK® Evaluations: Enterprise 

For the fifth consecutive year, Microsoft 365 Defender demonstrated industry-leading extended detection and response (XDR) capabilities in the independent MITRE Engenuity ATT&CK® Evaluations: Enterprise. The attack used during the test highlights the importance of a unified XDR platform and showcases Microsoft 365 Defender as a leading solution, enabled[…]

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