Microsoft named as a Leader in three IDC MarketScapes for Modern Endpoint Security 2024
Microsoft was named a Leader in IDC MarketScape for Worldwide Modern Endpoint Security across Enterprise, Midsize, and Small Businesses.
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Go beyond data protection with Microsoft Purview
Govern, protect, and manage all of your data with Microsoft Purview, comprehensive solutions to help give you better visibility and control.
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Defend against human-operated ransomware attacks with Microsoft Copilot for Security
Human-operated ransomware attacks are on the rise. -
New TTPs observed in Mint Sandstorm campaign targeting high-profile individuals at universities and research orgs
Since November 2023, Microsoft has observed a distinct subset of Mint Sandstorm (PHOSPHORUS) targeting high-profile individuals working on Middle Eastern affairs at universities and research organizations in Belgium, France, Gaza, Israel, the United Kingdom, and the United States. -
Microsoft is named a Leader in the 2023 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint Protection Platforms
Gartner has named Microsoft a Leader in the 2023 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint Protection Platforms. Streamline privacy management with Microsoft Priva
Protect and govern personal information, reduce privacy risks, and manage subject rights requests at scale with Microsoft Priva privacy risk management solutions.
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Financially motivated threat actors misusing App Installer
Since mid-November 2023, Microsoft Threat Intelligence has observed threat actors, including financially motivated actors like Storm-0569, Storm-1113, Sangria Tempest, and Storm-1674, utilizing the ms-appinstaller URI scheme (App Installer) to distribute malware. -
Star Blizzard increases sophistication and evasion in ongoing attacks
Microsoft Threat Intelligence continues to track and disrupt malicious activity attributed to a Russian state-sponsored actor we track as Star Blizzard, who has continuously improved their detection evasion capabilities while remaining focused on email credential theft against targets. -
Forrester names Microsoft Intune a Leader in the 2023 Forrester Wave™ for Unified Endpoint Management
The Forrester Wave™: Unified Endpoint Management, Q4 2023 report recognizes Intune as a leader. -
Diamond Sleet supply chain compromise distributes a modified CyberLink installer
Microsoft has uncovered a supply chain attack by the threat actor Diamond Sleet (ZINC) involving a malicious variant of an application developed by CyberLink Corp. Simplify endpoint management with Microsoft Intune
Microsoft Intune is a cloud-based unified endpoint management platform that empowers IT to manage, assess, and protect apps and devices.
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Social engineering attacks lure Indian users to install Android banking trojans
Microsoft has observed ongoing activity from mobile banking trojan campaigns targeting users in India with social media messages and malicious applications designed to impersonate legitimate organizations and steal users’ information for financial fraud scams. -
Octo Tempest crosses boundaries to facilitate extortion, encryption, and destruction
Microsoft has been tracking activity related to the financially motivated threat actor Octo Tempest, whose evolving campaigns represent a growing concern for many organizations across multiple industries. -
Forrester names Microsoft a Leader in the 2023 Endpoint Security Wave™ report
Microsoft has been named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Endpoint Security, Q4 2023 report. -
Multiple North Korean threat actors exploiting the TeamCity CVE-2023-42793 vulnerability
Since early October 2023, Microsoft has observed North Korean nation-state threat actors Diamond Sleet and Onyx Sleet exploiting the Jet Brains TeamCity CVE-2023-42793 remote-code execution vulnerability.
