Hardware-based threat defense against increasingly complex cryptojackers

Credit to Author: Microsoft 365 Defender Threat Intelligence Team| Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2022 17:00:00 +0000

To provide advanced protection against increasingly complex and evasive cryptojackers, Microsoft Defender Antivirus integrates with Intel® Threat Detection Technology (TDT) that applies machine learning to low-level CPU telemetry in detecting cryptojackers, even when the malware is obfuscated and can evade security tools.

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In hot pursuit of ‘cryware’: Defending hot wallets from attacks

Credit to Author: Paul Oliveria| Date: Tue, 17 May 2022 16:00:00 +0000

The rise in cryptocurrency market capitalization paved the way to the emergence of threats Microsoft security researchers are referring to as “cryware”—information stealers focused on gathering and exfiltrating data from non-custodial cryptocurrency wallets.

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