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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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Improve security and simplify operations with Windows Defender Antivirus + Morphisec

August 27, 2019 admin Endpoint security, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Intelligent Security Association (MISA), Threat protection, Windows Security

Credit to Author: Todd VanderArk| Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2019 16:00:04 +0000

Learn how Towne Properties uses Windows Defender Antivirus and Morphisec to protect against advanced memory-based attacks while simplifying operations.

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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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From unstructured data to actionable intelligence: Using machine learning for threat intelligence

August 8, 2019 admin AI and machine learning, automation, cybersecurity, Endpoint security, indicators of compromise (IoC), machine learning, Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection, Microsoft security intelligence, Security Intelligence, Threat Intelligence, TTPs, Windows Security

Credit to Author: Eric Avena| Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2019 16:30:12 +0000

Machine learning and natural language processing can automate the processing of unstructured text for insightful, actionable threat intelligence.

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A case study in industry collaboration: Poisoned RDP vulnerability disclosure and response

August 7, 2019 admin CVE-2019-0887, cybersecurity, Endpoint security, Event Tracing for Windows (ETW), exploit, Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection, Microsoft security intelligence, Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), Security Response, Vulnerability, Windows Security

Credit to Author: Eric Avena| Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2019 23:50:25 +0000

Through a cross-company, cross-continent collaboration, we discovered a vulnerability, secured customers, and developed fix, all while learning important lessons that we can share with the industry.

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How Windows Defender Antivirus integrates hardware-based system integrity for informed, extensive endpoint protection

July 31, 2019 admin assertion engine, cybersecurity, hardware-based isolation, kernel-mode attacks, Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection, Microsoft security intelligence, next generation protection, Privilege Escalation, runtime attestation, Security Intelligence, Threat protection, token swap, token theft, Windows Defender Antivirus, Windows Security

Credit to Author: Eric Avena| Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2019 16:30:35 +0000

The deep integration of Windows Defender Antivirus with hardware-based isolation capabilities allows the detection of artifacts of attacks that tamper with kernel-mode agents at the hypervisor level.

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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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Microsoft Intelligent Security Association welcomes members of the Microsoft Virus Initiative

July 12, 2019 admin Security Intelligence, Threat protection, Windows Security

Credit to Author: Todd VanderArk| Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2019 21:00:51 +0000

Antimalware products play a key role in collaboration to reduce security complexity and deliver better protection to customers.

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