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Modernize your Security Operations Center with Microsoft Sentinel

Microsoft Sentinel is a cloud-native SIEM solution powered by AI and automation that delivers intelligent security analytics across your entire enterprise.

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June 17, 2020 4 min read

UEFI scanner brings Microsoft Defender ATP protection to a new level

The UEFI scanner is a new component of the built-in antivirus solution on Windows 10 and gives Microsoft Defender ATP the ability to scan inside of the firmware filesystem and perform security assessment.
June 16, 2020 7 min read

Exploiting a crisis: How cybercriminals behaved during the outbreak

Cybercriminals adapted their tactics to match what was going on in the world, and what we saw in the threat environment was parallel to the uptick in COVID-19 headlines and the desire for more information.
June 11, 2020 7 min read

Blue teams helping red teams: A tale of a process crash, PowerShell, and the MITRE ATT&CK evaluation

Inspired by MITRE’s transparency in publishing the payloads and tools used in the attack simulation, we’ll describe the mystery that is Step 19 and tell a story about how blue teams, once in a while, can share important learnings for red teams.
June 10, 2020 8 min read

Inside Microsoft 365 Defender: Attack modeling for finding and stopping lateral movement

Microsoft Threat Protection uses a data-driven approach for identifying lateral movement, combining industry-leading optics, expertise, and data science to deliver automated discovery of some of the most critical threats today.
Tailored AI insights from Microsoft Security Copilot

Empower your defenders to detect hidden patterns, harden defenses, and respond to incidents faster with generative AI.

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May 8, 2020 4 min read

Microsoft researchers work with Intel Labs to explore new deep learning approaches for malware classification

Researchers from Microsoft Threat Protection Intelligence Team and Intel Labs collaborated to study the application of deep transfer learning technique from computer vision to static malware classification.
April 28, 2020 13 min read

Ransomware groups continue to target healthcare, critical services; here’s how to reduce risk

Multiple ransomware groups that have been accumulating access and maintaining persistence on target networks for several months activated dozens of ransomware deployments in the first two weeks of April 2020.
April 2, 2020 1 min read

Full Operational Shutdown—another cybercrime case from the Microsoft Detection and Response Team

Today, we’re glad to share DART Case Report 002—Full Operational Shutdown.
April 1, 2020 5 min read

Microsoft works with healthcare organizations to protect from popular ransomware during COVID-19 crisis: Here’s what to do

Microsoft identified several dozens of hospitals with vulnerable gateway and VPN appliances.
Go beyond data protection with Microsoft Purview

Govern, protect, and manage all of your data with Microsoft Purview, comprehensive solutions to help give you better visibility and control.

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March 23, 2020 6 min read

Latest Astaroth living-off-the-land attacks are even more invisible but not less observable

Astaroth is back sporting significant changes. The updated attack chain maintains Astaroth’s complex, multi-component nature and continues its pattern of detection evasion.
March 17, 2020 8 min read

Secured-core PCs: A brief showcase of chip-to-cloud security against kernel attacks

Secured-core PCs combine virtualization, operating system, and hardware and firmware protection.
March 9, 2020 6 min read

Behavioral blocking and containment: Transforming optics into protection

Behavioral blocking and containment capabilities leverage multiple Microsoft Defender ATP components and features to immediately stop attacks before they can progress.
March 5, 2020 19 min read

Human-operated ransomware attacks: A preventable disaster

In human-operated ransomware attacks, adversaries exhibit extensive knowledge of systems administration and common network security misconfigurations, perform thorough reconnaissance, and adapt to what they discover in a compromised network.