How Cyber Sleuths Cracked an ATM Shimmer Gang

In 2015, police departments worldwide started finding ATMs compromised with advanced new "shimming" devices made to steal data from chip card transactions. Authorities in the United States and abroad had seized many of these shimmers, but for years couldnt decrypt the data on the devices. This is...

‘BlueLeaks’ Exposes Files from Hundreds of Police Departments

Hundreds of thousands of potentially sensitive files from police departments across the United States were leaked online last week. The collection, dubbed "BlueLeaks" and made searchable online, stems from a security breach at a Texas web design and hosting company that maintains a number of stat...

Lessons learned from the Microsoft SOC—Part 1: Organization

We’re frequently asked how we operate our Security Operations Center SOC at Microsoft particularly as organizations are integrating cloud into their enterprise estate. This is the first in a three part blog series designed to share our approach and experience, so you can use what we learned to...