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Security researcher Dustin Duran on how to think like an attacker
06/15/2023Threat intelligence expert Dustin Duran explains how his team adopts a threat actor mindset to better understand their adversaries and help keep customer organizations and security centers safe.
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Insights from Iranian threat actor expert Simeon Kakpovi
05/18/2023
Senior threat intelligence analyst Simeon Kakpovi talks about training the next generation of cyber defenders and overcoming the sheer tenacity of Iranian threat actors.
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Threat Intelligence, Head of IoT/OT Security Research David Atch
12/14/2022
In our latest expert profile, we spoke with David Atch, the Head of IoT/OT Security Research at Microsoft, to talk about the growing security risks of IoT and OT connectivity.
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Discover how cybercriminals use tactics like social engineering to perpetrate attacks
11/04/2022
Matt Lundy of the Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) describes how the experts of the Identity and Platform Enforcement team help keep customers safe from threats like ransomware, business email compromise, and homoglyph domains.
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Threat intelligence expert Emily Hacker
08/02/2022
Threat Intelligence Analyst Emily Hacker discusses how her team stays on top of the changing ransomware as a service landscape and the measures they take to help catch pre-ransomware actors.
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Behind the scenes with cybercrime and counter ransomware expert Nick Carr
06/22/2022
Nick Carr, Cybercrime Intelligence Team Lead at the Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center, discusses ransomware trends, explains what Microsoft is doing to protect customers from ransomware, and describes what organizations can do if they’ve been affected by it.
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Expert Profile: Steve Ginty Behind the scenes with Microsoft’s threat intelligence expert
05/12/2022
Steve Ginty, director of cyber intelligence at Microsoft, talks about the importance of knowing your external attack surface, provides tips on effective security readiness, and identifies the most important step you can take to protect yourself against threat actors online.
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Expert analysis from inside the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC)
05/06/2022
Spend a moment behind the scenes with the MSRC’s Russ McRee, who shares his thoughts on the state of modern security.
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Christopher Glyer: Principal Threat Intelligence Lead, MSTIC
02/09/2022
As Principal Threat Intelligence Lead with a focus on ransomware at the Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC), Christopher Glyer is part of the team that investigates how the most advanced threat actors access and exploit systems.
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Cyber Signals 4: Shifting tactics fuel surge in Business Email Compromise
Business email compromise (BEC) is on the rise now that cybercriminals can obscure the source of their attacks to be even more nefarious. Learn about cyber-crime as a service (CaaS) and how to help protect your organization.
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61% increase in phishing attacks. Know your modern attack surface.
To manage an increasingly complex attack surface, organizations must develop a comprehensive, resilient security posture. We walk through six key attack surface areas, highlight their unique challenges, and show how the right threat intelligence can help tilt the playing field in favor of defenders.
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