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Credit to Author: Debbie Seres| Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2018 17:00:23 +0000

This series outlines the most fundamental steps you can take with your investment in Microsoft 365 security solutions. We will provide advice on activities such as setting up identity management through active directory, malware protection, and more. In this post, we explain how to enable single sign-on (SSO) in Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) to manage authentication across devices, cloud apps, and on-premises apps, and then how to set up Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) to authenticate user sign-ins through a mobile app, phone call, or SMS.

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Microsoft Security

December 17, 2018 admin

Microsoft AI competition explores the next evolution of predictive technologies in security

Credit to Author: Windows Defender Research| Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2018 19:00:54 +0000

Predictive technologies are already effective at detecting and blocking malware at first sight. A new malware prediction competition on Kaggle will challenge the data science community to push these technologies even furtherto stop malware before it is even seen. The Microsoft-sponsored competition calls for participants to predict if a device is likely to encounter malware

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Security TrendMicro

December 17, 2018 admin

This Week in Security News: Security Predictions and Malware Attacks

Credit to Author: Jon Clay (Global Threat Communications)| Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2018 18:20:36 +0000

Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, learn about the span of categories for Trend Micro’s 2019 Security Predictions. Also, learn about a new exploit kit that targets home or small office routers which attacks…

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Security Wired

December 12, 2018 admin

If China Hacked Marriott, 2014 Marked a Full-on Assault

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 18:10:00 +0000

It increasingly appears that China was behind the Marriott hack, making 2014 a landmark year in cyberattacks against the US.

Microsoft Security

December 12, 2018 admin

The evolution of Microsoft Threat Protection, December update

Credit to Author: Debraj Ghosh| Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 17:00:00 +0000

December was another month of significant development for Microsoft Threat Protection capabilities. As a quick recap, Microsoft Threat Protection is an integrated solution securing the modern workplace across identities, endpoints, user data, cloud apps, and infrastructure. Last month, we shared updates on capabilities for securing identities, endpoints, user data, and cloud apps. This month, we

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MalwareBytes Security

December 11, 2018 admin

Data scraping treasure trove found in the wild

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2018 16:56:54 +0000

3 large databases containing scraped content landed in front of security researchers. How bad is it?

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Tags: business data scraping email LinkedIn scrapers spam

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Microsoft Security

December 11, 2018 admin

Voice of the Customer: The Walsh Group found that Azure Active Directory gives them a competitive edge

Credit to Author: Sue Bohn| Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2018 17:00:02 +0000

The Voice of the Customer blog series is designed to help you by sharing stories from real customers who are solving their identity and security challenges using Azure AD.

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MalwareBytes Security

December 11, 2018 admin

Flurry of new Mac malware drops in December

Credit to Author: Thomas Reed| Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2018 16:00:00 +0000

Multiple new pieces of Mac malware have appeared in December, all distributed through different means, but all opening backdoors on infected computers.

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Tags: backdoors mac malware macros microsoft word Social Engineering word

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