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Rethinking cyber scenarios—learning (and training) as you defend

Credit to Author: Elizabeth Wolk| Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2020 17:00:55 +0000

Gamified cybersecurity learning is an increasingly important must-have in your SecOps program, from understanding basic concepts all the way into advanced attacker and defense scenarios. Microsoft and Circadence are working together to democratize and scale cyber readiness globally.

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Data science for cybersecurity: A probabilistic time series model for detecting RDP inbound brute force attacks

Credit 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.

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Multi-stage downloader Trojan sLoad abuses BITS almost exclusively for malicious activities

Credit 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…

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