May 2019 – Page 9 – Computer Security Articles

Credit to Author: Todd VanderArk| Date: Tue, 21 May 2019 16:00:43 +0000

The “Top 10 actions to secure your environment” series outlines fundamental steps you can take with your investment in Microsoft 365 security solutions. In “Step 9. Protect your OS,” you’ll learn how to configure Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection to prevent, detect, investigate, and respond to advanced threats.

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May 24, 2019 admin

Ovum recommends Microsoft security to safeguard your hybrid and multi cloud environments

Credit to Author: Elizabeth Wolk| Date: Thu, 16 May 2019 16:00:15 +0000

Read why Ovum believes Microsoft 365 and Azure can protect enterprises who use multiple cloud providers.

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Microsoft Security

May 24, 2019 admin

Announcing the all new Attack Surface Analyzer 2.0

Credit to Author: Todd VanderArk| Date: Wed, 15 May 2019 16:00:18 +0000

Attack Surface Analyzer 2.0 can help you identify security risks introduced when installing software on Windows, Linux, or macOS by analyzing changes to the file system, registry, network ports, system certificates, and more.

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May 24, 2019 admin

Decentralized identity and the path to digital privacy

Credit to Author: Todd VanderArk| Date: Wed, 15 May 2019 13:00:30 +0000

Security is the central challenge of the digital age. Our digital lives have moved into the cloud. People now use multiple devices to connect to multiple applications through many different networks. Just about everything is connected to the internet, where threats remain constant and evolving. In this distributed, heterogeneous environment, however, there’s still only one “you.” That’s why decentralized identity is the best path to security.

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Microsoft Security

May 24, 2019 admin

Executing on the vision of Microsoft Threat Protection

Credit to Author: Todd VanderArk| Date: Tue, 14 May 2019 16:00:48 +0000

Learn about how we’re already executing on the vision of Microsoft Threat Protection—the premier solution for securing the modern workplace across identities, endpoints, user data, apps, and infrastructure.

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Microsoft Security

May 24, 2019 admin

Detecting credential theft through memory access modelling with Microsoft Defender ATP

Credit to Author: Eric Avena| Date: Thu, 09 May 2019 17:29:45 +0000

Microsoft Defender ATP instruments memory-related function calls such as VirtualAlloc and VirtualProtect to catch in-memory attack techniques like reflective DLL loading. The same signals can also be used to generically detect malicious credential dumping activities performed by a wide range of different individual tools.

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May 24, 2019 admin

Safeguard your most sensitive data with Microsoft 365

Credit to Author: Todd VanderArk| Date: Thu, 09 May 2019 16:00:03 +0000

Protect your most privileged data and comply with GDPR. Read our latest e-book, “Safeguard your most sensitive data,” to find out how.

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Independent Krebs

May 24, 2019 admin

First American Financial Corp. Leaked Hundreds of Millions of Title Insurance Records

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 24 May 2019 20:47:11 +0000

The Web site for Fortune 500 real estate title insurance giant First American Financial Corp. [NYSE:FAF] leaked hundreds of millions of documents related to mortgage deals going back to 2003, until notified this week by KrebsOnSecurity. The digitized records — including bank account numbers and statements, mortgage and tax records, Social Security numbers, wire transaction receipts, and drivers license images — were available without authentication to anyone with a Web browser.