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Forrester names Microsoft a Leader in 2019 Endpoint Security Suites Wave

October 1, 2019 admin cybersecurity, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection, Microsoft Defender ATP, Microsoft security intelligence, the forrester wave endpoint security suites, Windows Security

Credit to Author: Eric Avena| Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2019 17:30:05 +0000

Microsoft is positioned as a leader in The Forrester Wave™: Endpoint Security Suites, Q3 2019, receiving among the second highest scores in both the strategy and market presence categories.

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Automated incident response in Office 365 ATP now generally available

September 9, 2019 admin Microsoft Cloud App Security, Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection, Microsoft Defender ATP, Office 365 Security, phishing, Threat protection

Credit to Author: Todd VanderArk| Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2019 16:00:37 +0000

Powerful automation capabilities help improve the effectiveness and efficiency of investigating and responding to Office 365 alerts.

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Deep learning rises: New methods for detecting malicious PowerShell

September 3, 2019 admin AI and machine learning, cybersecurity, deep learning, Endpoint security, machine learning, Microsoft Defender ATP, Microsoft security intelligence, Powershell, Security Intelligence, Threat protection

Credit to Author: Eric Avena| Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2019 16:00:03 +0000

We adopted a deep learning technique that was initially developed for natural language processing and applied to expand Microsoft Defender ATP’s coverage of detecting malicious PowerShell scripts, which continue to be a critical attack vector.

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Gartner names Microsoft a Leader in 2019 Endpoint Protection Platforms Magic Quadrant

August 23, 2019 admin cybersecurity, endpoint protection platform (EPP), gartner, Magic Quadrant (MQ), Microsoft Defender ATP, Microsoft security intelligence, Windows Security

Credit to Author: Eric Avena| Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2019 16:00:40 +0000

Gartner named Microsoft a Leader in the 2019 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms positioned highest in execution

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Dismantling a fileless campaign: Microsoft Defender ATP’s Antivirus exposes Astaroth attack

July 30, 2019 admin AI and machine learning, Antimalware Scan Interface (AMSI), Astaroth, behavior monitoring, Command-line scanning, cybersecurity, Endpoint security, Execution stage, fileless, fileless malware, heuristics, Initial access stage, living-off-the-land, Microsoft Defender ATP, Microsoft security intelligence, Security Intelligence, Threat protection, Windows Defender Antivirus, Windows Security, WMIC

Credit to Author: Eric Avena| Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2019 16:00:51 +0000

Advanced technologies in Microsoft Defender ATP’s Antivirus exposed and defeated a widespread fileless campaign that completely “lived off the land” throughout a complex attack chain that run the info-stealing backdoor Astaroth directly in memory

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The evolution of Microsoft Threat Protection—July update

July 29, 2019 admin Evolution of Microsoft Threat Protection, Evolution of Microsoft Threat Protection page, Microsoft Cloud App Security, Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection, Microsoft Defender ATP, Office 365 Security

Credit to Author: Todd VanderArk| Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 16:00:50 +0000

Learn about the latest enhancements to Microsoft Threat Protection, the premier solution for securing the modern workplace across identities, endpoints, user data, apps, and infrastructure.

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New machine learning model sifts through the good to unearth the bad in evasive malware

July 25, 2019 admin AI and machine learning, Antivirus, automation, cybersecurity, detection evasion, Endpoint security, LockerGoga, machine learning, Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection, Microsoft Defender ATP, Microsoft security intelligence, monotonic models, next generation protection, Windows Defender Antivirus

Credit to Author: Eric Avena| Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2019 16:30:55 +0000

Most machine learning models are trained on a mix of malicious and clean features. Attackers routinely try to throw these models off balance by stuffing clean features into malware. Monotonic models are resistant against adversarial attacks because they are trained differently: they only look for malicious features. The magic is this: Attackers can’t evade a monotonic model by adding clean features. To evade a monotonic model, an attacker would have to remove malicious features.

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