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Credit to Author: Microsoft Security Threat Intelligence – Editor| Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2023 16:00:00 +0000

In the last year, geopolitical tension has led to an uptick of reported cybercrime events fueled by hacktivist groups. The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) published an advisory to warn organizations about these attacks and teamed with the FBI on a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) response strategy guide. KillNet, a group that the US…

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DEV-1101 enables high-volume AiTM campaigns with open-source phishing kit

March 13, 2023 admin adversary-in-the-middle, cybersecurity, Man In The Middle, microsoft, Microsoft security intelligence, phishing, Security

Credit to Author: Microsoft Security Threat Intelligence| Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2023 16:00:00 +0000

DEV-1101 is an actor tracked by Microsoft responsible for the development, support, and advertising of several AiTM phishing kits, including an open-source kit capable of circumventing MFA through reverse-proxy functionality.

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Protecting Android clipboard content from unintended exposure

March 6, 2023 admin Android, cybersecurity, microsoft, Microsoft security intelligence, Security

Credit to Author: Microsoft Security Threat Intelligence| Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2023 17:00:00 +0000

Microsoft discovered that the SHEIN Android application periodically read the contents of the Android device clipboard and, if a particular pattern was present, sent the contents of the clipboard to a remote server.

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New research, tooling, and partnerships for more secure AI and machine learning

March 2, 2023 admin AI, cybersecurity, machine learning, Microsoft security intelligence

Credit to Author: Microsoft Security Threat Intelligence – Editor| Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2023 16:00:00 +0000

At Microsoft, we’ve been working on the challenges and opportunities of AI for years. Today we’re sharing some recent developments so that the community can be better informed and better equipped for a new world of AI exploration.

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2022 in review: DDoS attack trends and insights

February 21, 2023 admin Azure, cybersecurity, ddos, microsoft, Microsoft security intelligence, Security

Credit to Author: Microsoft Security Threat Intelligence| Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2023 18:00:00 +0000

With DDoS attacks becoming more frequent, sophisticated, and inexpensive to launch, it’s important for organizations of all sizes to be proactive and stay protected. In this blog, we detail trends and insights into DDoS attacks we observed and mitigated throughout 2022.

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Introducing kernel sanitizers on Microsoft platforms

January 26, 2023 admin cybersecurity, foundational security, kernel sanitizers, Microsoft security intelligence

Credit to Author: Microsoft Security Threat Intelligence – Editor| Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2023 17:00:00 +0000

We share technical details of our work on the AddressSanitizer (ASAN) and how it contributes to durably improving software quality and security at Microsoft.

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Unraveling the techniques of Mac ransomware

January 5, 2023 admin cybersecurity, MacOS, Microsoft security intelligence, ransomware

Credit to Author: Microsoft Security Threat Intelligence – Editor| Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2023 17:00:00 +0000

Understanding how Mac ransomware works is critical in protecting today’s hybrid environments. We analyzed several known Mac ransomware families and highlighted these families’ techniques, which defenders can study further to prevent attacks.

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Microsoft research uncovers new Zerobot capabilities

December 21, 2022 admin cybersecurity, IoT, Microsoft security intelligence, zerobot

Credit to Author: Paul Oliveria| Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2022 20:00:00 +0000

The Microsoft Defender for IoT research team details information on the recent distribution of a Go-based botnet, known as Zerobot, that spreads primarily through IoT and web-application vulnerabilities.

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