Credit to Author: Microsoft 365 Defender Threat Intelligence Team| Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2022 17:00:00 +0000
In January 2022, MSTIC ran its inaugural hack month for the open-source Jupyter and Python Security Tools library, MSTICPy. This blog highlights some of the contributions.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Pooja Parab| Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2022 14:00:00 +0000
In times of great change, challenges and opportunities can be found in many directions. Today, we’re announcing new advances to help customers strengthen visibility and control across multiple cloud providers, workloads, devices, and digital identities—all from a centralized management view.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Emma Jones| Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2022 17:00:00 +0000
On January 26, 2022, the White House announced it’s Federal Zero Trust strategy. The security announcement is a key milestone for all those that understand the importance of a Zero Trust model and are working hard to achieve it.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Emma Jones| Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2022 18:00:00 +0000
To help protect the United States from increasingly sophisticated cyber threats, the White House issued Executive Order 14028 on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity, requiring US Federal Government organizations to take action to strengthen national cybersecurity.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Emma Jones| Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2022 17:00:00 +0000
Learn how to create a comprehensive, integrated Zero Trust approach that enables simplified security and compliance across your enterprise.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Microsoft 365 Defender Threat Intelligence Team| Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2022 17:00:00 +0000
Our recent analysis of a phishing attack connected to the blockchain reaffirms the durability of threats like social engineering, as well as the need for security fundamentals to be built into related future systems and frameworks.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Pooja Parab| Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2022 17:00:00 +0000
On February 24, 2022, at the What’s Next in Security from Microsoft digital event, you’ll learn how a comprehensive approach to security will give you the confidence to take appropriate business risks that move your company forward. At this event, Vasu Jakkal, Microsoft Corporate Vice President of Security, Compliance, and Identity, and other security experts will share exciting new innovations that help reduce the risk from the latest threats.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Pooja Parab| Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2022 20:00:00 +0000
Monitoring and gaining insights from over 24 trillion signals daily, Microsoft Security and industry leaders provide expert guidance and insights on cyber threats and trends.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Pooja Parab| Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2022 17:00:00 +0000
Active network reconnaissance is a critical component of the cybersecurity kill chain allowing for network topography and endpoint services to be mapped and used in targeted campaigns. Microsoft Defender for Endpoint can help to detect and disrupt these attacks at the earliest stages, providing our defenders with a powerful tool to gain visibility, take appropriate action and mitigate the risk of endpoint exploitation.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Microsoft 365 Defender Threat Intelligence Team| Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2022 18:00:00 +0000
The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) is sharing information on a threat group named ACTINIUM, which has been operational for almost a decade and has consistently pursued access to organizations in Ukraine or entities related to Ukrainian affairs. MSTIC previously tracked ACTINIUM activity as DEV-0157, and this group is also referred to publicly as Gamaredon.…
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