MicrosoftSecurity

How Microsoft Purview and Priva support the partner ecosystem

Credit to Author: Christine Barrett| Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2022 16:00:00 +0000

We are excited to announce the general availability of the new Microsoft Graph APIs for Microsoft Purview eDiscovery. With the new Microsoft Purview eDiscovery APIs, partners and customers can leverage automation to streamline common, repetitive workflows that require a lot of manual effort in the product experience.

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ComputerWorldIndependent

Will new EU crypto rules change how ransomware is played?

Credit to Author: Evan Schuman| Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2022 05:55:00 -0700

Cryptocurrency has always been the payment method of choice for bad guys. Get hit with an enterprise ransomware attack and plan to pay? You’ll need crypto. The key reason cyberthieves love cryptocurrency so much is that it is far harder to trace payments. 

That is why a move being attempted by the European Union has so much potential. The EU — in a move that will likely be mimicked by many other regional regulatory forces, including in the United States — is putting in place tracking requirements for all cryptocurrency. 

If it is successful, and the EU has an excellent track record on precisely these kinds of changes, cryptocurrency may quickly fade as the thief’s payment of choice.

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SecuritySophos

Behind the Research: The Making of “OODA: X-Ops Takes on Burgeoning SQL Server Attacks”

Credit to Author: Christopher Budd| Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2022 11:00:25 +0000

Today, we released new Sophos research into a series of Microsoft SQL Server attacks. We also released a new piece outlining our vision of how security operations can and will be enhanced and improved by machine learning and artificial intelligence: “Building the AI-Driven SOC: Sophos’ 5-Year Perspective.” Finally, today we announced the launch of Sophos […]

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