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Credit to Author: Rob Lefferts| Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2023 16:00:00 +0000

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 only need to onboard their devices to Defender for Endpoint to start realizing the benefits of attack disruption.

The post Microsoft Defender for Endpoint now stops human-operated attacks on its own appeared first on Microsoft Security Blog.

MalwareBytes Security

October 16, 2023 admin

Explained: Quishing

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We explain what quishing is and provide information about some current quishing campaigns.

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The post Explained: Quishing appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Microsoft Security

October 16, 2023 admin

Automatic disruption of human-operated attacks through containment of compromised user accounts

Credit to Author: Microsoft Threat Intelligence| Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2023 16:00:00 +0000

User containment is a unique and innovative defense mechanism that stops human-operated attacks in their tracks. We’ve added user containment to the automatic attack disruption capability in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint. User containment is automatically triggered by high-fidelity signals and limits attackers’ ability to move laterally within a network regardless of the compromised account’s Active Directory state or privilege level.

The post Automatic disruption of human-operated attacks through containment of compromised user accounts appeared first on Microsoft Security Blog.

Security TrendMicro

October 16, 2023 admin

Beware: Lumma Stealer Distributed via Discord CDN

Credit to Author: Carl Malipot| Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000

This blog discusses how threat actors abuse Discord’s content delivery network (CDN) to host and spread Lumma Stealer, and talks about added capabilities to the information stealing malware.

ComputerWorld Independent

October 13, 2023 admin

Microsoft addresses three zero-days for October’s Patch Tuesday

This month, Microsoft has released 103 updates to Windows, Edge, Microsoft Office, and Exchange Server. This update also includes minor updates to Visual Studio. Three zero-days (CVE-2023-44487, CVE-2023-36563 and CVE-2023-41763) require “Patch Now” updates for both Windows and the Edge browser for this October update cycle.

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ScadaICS Schneider

October 13, 2023 admin

Why we’re obsessed with getting the data center sustainability equation right

Credit to Author: Pankaj Sharma| Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2023 15:54:41 +0000

The potential of artificial intelligence (AI) and its various applications to profoundly change our lives is not entirely understood yet. However, one major impact of the technology is already clear – AI applications are escalating power consumption in data centers at a time when they…

The post Why we’re obsessed with getting the data center sustainability equation right appeared first on Schneider Electric Blog.

Security Wired

October 13, 2023 admin

Rumors of a ‘Global Day of Jihad’ Have Unleashed a Dangerous Wave of Disinformation

Credit to Author: David Gilbert| Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2023 17:11:49 +0000

The rapid spread of violent videos and photos, combined with a toxic stew of mis- and disinformation, now threatens to spill over into real-world violence.

Security Wired

October 13, 2023 admin

US House Republicans Had Their Phones Confiscated to Stop Leaks

Credit to Author: Matt Laslo| Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2023 13:30:38 +0000

In an attempt to wrest control from raucous far-right hardliners amid the fight for a new House speaker, Republican Party leaders are instituting phone bans to keep backroom deals secret.