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Credit to Author: Vasu Jakkal and Alym Rayani| Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2023 15:30:00 +0000

Microsoft Inspire is an incredible opportunity to share all the ways AI can support security efforts with our partner ecosystem. Register to hear strategies to prepare your organization for AI with comprehensive security and security posture.

The post Microsoft Inspire: Partner resources to prepare for the future of security with AI appeared first on Microsoft Security Blog.

Credit to Author: Microsoft Threat Intelligence| Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2023 17:00:00 +0000

Analysis of the techniques used by the threat actor tracked as Storm-0558 for obtaining unauthorized access to email data, tools, and unique infrastructure characteristics. 

The post Analysis of Storm-0558 techniques for unauthorized email access appeared first on Microsoft Security Blog.

Credit to Author: Microsoft Threat Intelligence| Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2023 17:30:00 +0000

Microsoft has identified a phishing campaign conducted by the threat actor tracked as Storm-0978 targeting defense and government entities in Europe and North America. The campaign involved the abuse of CVE-2023-36884, which included a zero-day remote code execution vulnerability exploited via Microsoft Word documents.

The post Storm-0978 attacks reveal financial and espionage motives appeared first on Microsoft Security Blog.

Credit to Author: Joy Chik| Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2023 16:00:00 +0000

Microsoft Entra is unifying identity and network access with a new Security Service Edge (SSE) solution and more identity innovations.

The post Microsoft Entra expands into Security Service Edge and Azure AD becomes Microsoft Entra ID appeared first on Microsoft Security Blog.

Credit to Author: Microsoft Security Experts| Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2023 16:00:00 +0000

Microsoft is excited to announce the general availability of Microsoft Defender Experts for XDR, a first-party MXDR offering that gives security teams air cover with end-to-end protection and expertise.

The post Meet unprecedented security challenges by leveraging MXDR services appeared first on Microsoft Security Blog.

Credit to Author: Microsoft Incident Response| Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2023 17:00:00 +0000

In a recent investigation by Microsoft Incident Response of a BlackByte 2.0 ransomware attack, we found that the threat actor progressed through the full attack chain, from initial access to impact, in less than five days, causing significant business disruption for the victim organization.

The post The five-day job: A BlackByte ransomware intrusion case study appeared first on Microsoft Security Blog.

Credit to Author: Rob Lefferts| Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2023 16:00:00 +0000

Today, we are proud to share that Microsoft is ranked number one in market share in the IDC Worldwide Corporate Endpoint Security Market Shares report, 2022. More customers choose and trust Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and Microsoft Defender for Business to defend their multiplatform devices than any other vendor.

The post Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is ranked number one in market share in the IDC Worldwide Corporate Endpoint Security Market Shares report, 2022 appeared first on Microsoft Security Blog.

Credit to Author: Pramiti Bhatnagar and Abbas Kudrati| Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2023 16:00:00 +0000

This blog explores the importance and best practices for securing data in the cloud. It discusses concepts such as authentication, zero trust, and encryption, among others.

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