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Credit to Author: Todd VanderArk| Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2019 00:00:56 +0000
Joy Chik, Microsoft CVP, Identity, explains how passwordless works and provides steps to begin preparing your organization to eliminate passwords.
The post Go passwordless to strengthen security and reduce costs appeared first on Microsoft Security.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Eric Avena| Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2019 17:00:56 +0000
In 2019, we saw phishing attacks reach new levels of creativity and sophistication. Read about the most notable phishing techniques we spotted in the past year.
The post The quiet evolution of phishing appeared first on Microsoft Security.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Todd VanderArk| Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2019 17:00:03 +0000
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.
The post Improve cyber supply chain risk management with Microsoft Azure appeared first on Microsoft Security.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Todd VanderArk| Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2019 17:00:21 +0000
Gartner has named Microsoft Security a Leader in five Magic Quadrants, which demonstrates balanced progress and effort in all execution and vision categories.
The post Microsoft Security—a Leader in 5 Gartner Magic Quadrants appeared first on Microsoft Security.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Todd VanderArk| Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2019 17:00:15 +0000
Spear phishing campaigns can be highly effective—but they aren’t foolproof. If you understand how they work, you can put measures in place to reduce their power.
The post Spear phishing campaigns—they’re sharper than you think appeared first on Microsoft Security.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Eric Avena| Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2019 18:09:21 +0000
In Gartner’s annual Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Information Archiving (EIA), Microsoft was named a Leader again.
The post Gartner Names Microsoft a Leader in the 2019 Enterprise Information Archiving (EIA) Magic Quadrant appeared first on Microsoft Security.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Eric Avena| Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2019 17:00:56 +0000
We discovered the polymoprhic threat Dexphot in October 2018. In the months that followed, we closely tracked the threat as attackers upgraded the malware, targeted new processes, and worked around defensive measures. One year’s worth of intelligence helped us gain insight not only into the goals and motivations of Dexphot’s authors, but of cybercriminals in general.
The post Insights from one year of tracking a polymorphic threat appeared first on Microsoft Security.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Eric Avena| Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2019 19:00:33 +0000
We are happy to release to the public The Windows 10 random number generation infrastructure white paper, which provides details about the Windows 10 pseudo-random number generator (PRNG) infrastructure, and lists the primary RNG APIs. The whitepaper also explains how the entropy system works, what the entropy sources are, and how initial seeding works.
The post Going in-depth on the Windows 10 random number generation infrastructure appeared first on Microsoft Security.
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