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Credit to Author: Todd VanderArk| Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2020 17:00:23 +0000
Digital transformation is a daunting task. In this series, I explore how change is possible when addressing the components of people, process, and technology that make up the organization.
The post Changing the monolith—Part 1: Building alliances for a secure culture appeared first on Microsoft Security.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Eric Avena| Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2019 18:00:24 +0000
Microsoft Defender ATP data scientists and threat hunters collaborate to use a data science-driven approach to detecting RDP brute force attacks to protect customers against real-world threats.
The post Data science for cybersecurity: A probabilistic time series model for detecting RDP inbound brute force attacks appeared first on Microsoft Security.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Eric Avena| Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2019 17:30:26 +0000
Many of today’s threats evolve to incorporate as many living-off-the-land techniques as possible into the attack chain. The PowerShell-based downloader Trojan known as sLoad, however, puts all its bets on BITS. Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) is a component of the Windows operating system that provides an ability to transfer files in an asynchronous and…
The post Multi-stage downloader Trojan sLoad abuses BITS almost exclusively for malicious activities 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: 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: Nathalie Marcotte| Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2019 14:58:46 +0000
Cybersecurity is currently facing a tricky paradox. The number of attacks, and attempted attacks, is rapidly growing but as it stands, companies are struggling to adapt the right approaches in… Read more »
The post Cybersecurity Defense Requires a Strong Offense appeared first on Schneider Electric Blog.
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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