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Prevent threats with Microsoft Defender

The Microsoft Defender family offers comprehensive threat prevention, detection, and response capabilities for everyone—from individuals looking to protect their family to the world’s largest enterprises.

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December 18, 2019

13 min read

Data science for cybersecurity: A probabilistic time series model for detecting RDP inbound brute force attacks

Microsoft Defender ATP data scientists and threat hunters collaborate to use a data science-driven approach to detecting RDP brute force attacks to protect customers against real-world threats.
December 17, 2019

1 min read

Norsk Hydro responds to ransomware attack with transparency

Aluminum supplier Norsk Hydro was attacked by LockerGoga, a form of ransomware.
December 12, 2019

8 min read

Multi-stage downloader Trojan sLoad abuses BITS almost exclusively for malicious activities

Many of today’s threats evolve to incorporate as many living-off-the-land techniques as possible into the attack chain.
December 12, 2019

9 min read

GALLIUM: Targeting global telecom

Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) is raising awareness of the ongoing activity by a group we call GALLIUM, targeting telecommunication providers.
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December 11, 2019

6 min read

The quiet evolution of phishing

In 2019, we saw phishing attacks reach new levels of creativity and sophistication.
December 9, 2019

6 min read

Improve cyber supply chain risk management with Microsoft Azure

To keep government agencies secure in the cloud, we must keep pace and stay ahead of cyber attackers by defending the cyber supply chain with Microsoft Azure.
November 26, 2019

10 min read

Insights from one year of tracking a polymorphic threat

We discovered the polymoprhic threat Dexphot in October 2018.
November 7, 2019

4 min read

Microsoft works with researchers to detect and protect against new RDP exploits

The new exploit attacks show that BlueKeep will be a threat as long as systems remain unpatched, credential hygiene is not achieved, and overall security posture is not kept in check.
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October 16, 2019

5 min read

Top 6 email security best practices to protect against phishing attacks and business email compromise

What should IT and security teams be looking for in an email security solution to protect all their users, from frontline workers to the C-suite? Here are 6 tips to ensure your organization has a strong email security posture.
October 16, 2019

5 min read

Guarding against supply chain attacks—Part 1: The big picture

Paying attention to every link in your supply chain is vital to protect your assets from supply chain attacks.
October 8, 2019

8 min read

In hot pursuit of elusive threats: AI-driven behavior-based blocking stops attacks in their tracks

Two new machine learning protection features within the behavioral blocking and containment capabilities in Microsoft Defender ATP specialize in detecting threats by analyzing behavior, adding new layers of protection after an attack has started running.
September 30, 2019

1 min read

TLS version enforcement capabilities now available per certificate binding on Windows Server 2019

Microsoft is pleased to announce a powerful new feature in Windows to make your transition to a TLS 1.