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Microsoft Defender Thwarts Large-Scale Akira Ransomware Attack
Microsoft on Wednesday said that a user containment feature in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint helped thwart a "large-scale remote encryption attempt" made by Akira ransomware actors targeting an unknown industrial organization in early June 2023. The tech giant's threat intelligence team is...
Automatic disruption of human-operated attacks through containment of compromised user accounts
Our experience and insights from real-world incidents tell us that the swift containment of compromised user accounts is key to disrupting hands-on-keyboard attacks, especially those that involve human-operated ransomware. In these attacks, lateral movement follows initial access as the next...
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint now stops human-operated attacks on its own
Defenders need every edge they can get in the fight against ransomware. Today, were pleased to announce that Microsoft Defender for Endpoint customers will now be able automatically to disrupt human-operated attacks like ransomware early in the kill chain without needing to deploy any other...
Defending new vectors: Threat actors attempt SQL Server to cloud lateral movement
Microsoft security researchers recently identified a campaign where attackers attempted to move laterally to a cloud environment through a SQL Server instance. This attack technique demonstrates an approach weve seen in other cloud services such as VMs and Kubernetes cluster, but not in SQL Serve...
Defending new vectors: Threat actors attempt SQL Server to cloud lateral movement
Microsoft security researchers recently identified a campaign where attackers attempted to move laterally to a cloud environment through a SQL Server instance. This attack technique demonstrates an approach weve seen in other cloud services such as VMs and Kubernetes cluster, but not in SQL Serve...
Microsoft Defender Flags Tor Browser as Win32/Malgent!MTB Malware
By Waqas Win32/Malgent!MTB is a generic detection that Microsoft Defender uses to identify Trojans that are designed to perform a variety of malicious actions on a computer. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Microsoft Defender Flags Tor Browser as Win32/Malgent!MTB Malware...
The vulnerability of Microsoft Defender operating systems for Windows, related to security configuration errors, allows a hacker to bypass existing security restrictions.
The vulnerability of Microsoft Defender’s operating system vulnerabilities is related to security configuration errors. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow a hacker to bypass existing security restrictions using a specially created file...
KLA60567 SB vulnerability in Microsoft System Center
A security feature bypass vulnerability was found in Microsoft System Center. Malicious users can exploit this vulnerability to bypass security restrictions. Original advisories CVE-2023-38163 Related products Windows-Defender CVE list CVE-2023-38163 critical KB list Solution Install necessary...
Exploit for Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity in Rarlab Winrar
CVE-2023-38831 - WinRAR File Extension Spoofing Vulnerability...
New Microsoft Security innovations expand multicloud visibility and enhance multiplatform protection
With more than 90 percent of organizations adopting a multicloud strategy1 and cloud-based cyberattacks growing 48 percent year over year,2 securing multicloud and hybrid environments is more important than ever. To successfully protect multicloud infrastructure—where customers are utilizing two ...
JVN#42527152: "FFRI yarai" and "FFRI yarai Home and Business Edition" handle exceptional conditions improperly
"FFRI yarai" and "FFRI yarai Home and Business Edition" provided by FFRI Security, Inc. handle exceptional conditions improperly CWE-703. When the product's Windows Defender management feature is enabled, and Microsoft Defender detects some files matching specific conditions as a threat, the...
Microsoft Defender for Office 365 gets highest rating in SE Labs Enterprise Email Security Services test for Q1 2023
In the ever-evolving world of cybersecurity, email remains a primary attack vector for cybercriminals, making effective email protection a foundational piece of any organization’s security strategy. In Q1 2023, Microsoft was once again part of an evaluation of email security platforms conducted b...
How to connect with Microsoft Security at Black Hat USA 2023
Now in its twenty-sixth year, Black Hat USA takes place August 5 to 10, 2023, at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada, bringing together security professionals for the latest in information security research, development, and trends. Microsoft Security is pleased to have a presence at Black Hat, wit...
Cryptojacking: Understanding and defending against cloud compute resource abuse
In cloud environments, cryptojacking – a type of cyberattack that uses computing power to mine cryptocurrency – takes the form of cloud compute resource abuse, which involves a threat actor compromising legitimate tenants. Cloud compute resource abuse could result in financial loss to targeted...
Microsoft Defender Experts for XDR helps triage, investigate, and respond to cyberthreats
It has been an eventful time since the introduction of Microsoft Security Experts.1 We launched Defender Experts for Hunting, our first-party managed threat hunting service for customers who want Microsoft to help them proactively hunt threats across endpoints, Microsoft Office 365, cloud...
The vulnerability of Microsoft Defender operating systems for Windows, which allows a hacker to increase their privileges
The vulnerability of Microsoft Defender’s operating system vulnerabilities is related to synchronization errors when using a shared resource “Race Condition”. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to increase their privileges...
Microsoft Inspire: Partner resources to prepare for the future of security with AI
Cybersecurity is one of the most pressing challenges of our time. With an ever-changing threat landscape and siloed data across multiple security point solutions, defenders have limited visibility. It’s difficult to stay current and find cybersecurity professionals amid the global talent shortage...
Zero-day deploys remote code execution vulnerability via Word documents
An unpatched zero-day vulnerability is currently being abused in the wild, targeting those with an interest in Ukraine. Microsoft reports that CVE-2023-36884 is tied to reports of: …a series of remote code execution vulnerabilities impacting Windows and Office products. Microsoft is aware of...
