Teaming up in the war on tech support scams
Beyond customer education, the scale and complexity of tech support scams require cooperation and broad partnerships across the industry.
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Introducing Windows Defender System Guard runtime attestation
At Microsoft, we want users to be in control of their devices, including knowing the security health of these devices. -
Hunting down Dofoil with Windows Defender ATP
Dofoil is a sophisticated threat that attempted to install coin miner malware on hundreds of thousands of computers in March, 2018. -
Poisoned peer-to-peer app kicked off Dofoil coin miner outbreak
On March 7, we reported that a massive Dofoil campaign attempted to install malicious cryptocurrency miners on hundreds of thousands of computers. -
Invisible resource thieves: The increasing threat of cryptocurrency miners
The surge in Bitcoin prices has driven widescale interest in cryptocurrencies. -
Behavior monitoring combined with machine learning spoils a massive Dofoil coin mining campaign
Update: Further analysis of this campaign points to a poisoned update for a peer-to-peer (P2P) application. -
How artificial intelligence stopped an Emotet outbreak
At 12:46 a.m. local time on February 3, a Windows 7 Pro customer in North Carolina became the first would-be victim of a new malware attack campaign for Trojan:Win32/Emotet. -
Protecting customers from being intimidated into making an unnecessary purchase
There has been an increase in free versions of programs that purport to scan computers for various errors, and then use alarming, coercive messages to scare customers into buying a premium version of the same program. -
Now you see me: Exposing fileless malware
Attackers are determined to circumvent security defenses using increasingly sophisticated techniques. -
Detonating a bad rabbit: Windows Defender Antivirus and layered machine learning defenses
Windows Defender Antivirus uses a layered approach to protection: tiers of advanced automation and machine learning models evaluate files in order to reach a verdict on suspected malware. -
New tech support scam launches communication or phone call app
(Note: Our Tech support scams FAQ page has the latest info on this type of threat, including scammer tactics, fake error messages, and the latest scammer hotlines. -
Detecting reflective DLL loading with Windows Defender ATP
Today’s attacks put emphasis on leaving little, if any, forensic evidence to maintain stealth and achieve persistence.
