Microsoft Security Team, Author at Microsoft Security Blog

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News
May 5, 2021
8 min read

Stopping Carbanak+FIN7: How Microsoft led in the MITRE Engenuity® ATT&CK® Evaluation

In MITRE Engenuity’s recent Carbanak+FIN7 ATT&CK Evaluation, Microsoft demonstrated that we can stop advanced, real-world attacks by threat actor groups with our industry-leading security capabilities.

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Industry trends
April 21, 2021
8 min read

MITRE Engenuity ATT&CK® Evaluation proves Microsoft Defender for Endpoint stops advanced attacks across platforms

For the third year in a row, Microsoft successfully demonstrated industry-leading defense capabilities in the independent MITRE ATT&CK evaluation.

News
April 15, 2021
3 min read

CyberMDX and Microsoft: Protecting life-saving medical devices

While hospitals continue to battle the COVID-19 pandemic, many are battling other “viruses” behind the scenes.

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News
April 13, 2021
4 min read

Secure unmanaged devices with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint now

New Microsoft Defender for Endpoint capabilities let organizations discover and secure unmanaged workstations, mobile devices, servers, and network devices.

Research
March 30, 2021
7 min read

New Security Signals study shows firmware attacks on the rise; here’s how Microsoft is working to help eliminate this entire class of threats

The March 2021 Security Signals report showed that more than 80% of enterprises have experienced at least one firmware attack in the past two years, but only 29% of security budgets are allocated to protect firmware.

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News
March 26, 2021
2 min read

Securing our approach to domain fronting within Azure

Changes Microsoft is making in Azure to address challenges with domain fronting.

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News
March 12, 2021
2 min read

Protecting on-premises Exchange Servers against recent attacks

For the past few weeks, Microsoft and others in the security industry have seen an increase in attacks against on-premises Exchange servers.

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News
March 4, 2021
6 min read

A better cloud access security broker: Securing your SaaS cloud apps and services with Microsoft Cloud App Security

Learn how Microsoft Cloud App Security helps manage your SaaS apps and services, protecting against cyber threats, data leaks, and lack of compliance.

News
March 2, 2021
4 min read

Microsoft unifies SIEM and XDR to help stop advanced attacks

Learn how Microsoft is taking the next step in unifying experiences and delivering enhanced tools and intelligence to stop advanced attacks.

Research
February 25, 2021
6 min read

Microsoft open sources CodeQL queries used to hunt for Solorigate activity

We are sharing the CodeQL queries that we used to analyze our source code at scale and rule out the presence of the code-level indicators of compromise (IoCs) and coding patterns associated with Solorigate so that other organizations may perform a similar analysis.

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News
February 22, 2021
7 min read

Securing Azure datacenters with continuous IoT/OT monitoring

Learn how Microsoft ensures operational resilience for Azure datacenters with Azure Defender for IOT and Azure Sentinel

News
February 18, 2021
4 min read

Forrester Consulting TEI Study: Azure Security Center delivers 219 percent ROI over 3 years and a payback of less than 6 months

This blog shares the results of Total Economic Impact Study, creating a framework for organizations to evaluate the financial impact of Azure Security Center.

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