Sophisticated new Android malware marks the latest evolution of mobile ransomware

Attackers are persistent and motivated to continuously evolve – and no platform is immune. That is why Microsoft has been working to extend its industry-leading endpoint protection capabilities beyond Windows. The addition of mobile threat defense into these capabilities means that Microsoft...

Why integrated phishing-attack training is reshaping cybersecurity—Microsoft Security

Phishing is still one of the most significant risk vectors facing enterprises today. Innovative email security technology like Microsoft Defender for Office 365 stops a majority of phishing attacks before they hit user inboxes, but no technology in the world can prevent 100 percent of phishing...

New Flaws in Top Antivirus Software Could Make Computers More Vulnerable

Cybersecurity researchers today disclosed details of security vulnerabilities found in popular antivirus solutions that could enable attackers to elevate their privileges, thereby helping malware sustain its foothold on the compromised systems. According to a report published by CyberArk research...

New Flaws in Top Antivirus Software Could Make Computers More Vulnerable

Cybersecurity researchers today disclosed details of security vulnerabilities found in popular antivirus solutions that could enable attackers to elevate their privileges, thereby helping malware sustain its foothold on the compromised systems. According to a report published by CyberArk research...

PSMDATP - PowerShell Module For Managing Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection

Welcome to the Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection PowerShell module! This module is a collection of easy-to-use cmdlets and functions designed to make it easy to interface with the Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection API. Motivation I created this PowerShell module for MDATP...

Microsoft delivers unified SIEM and XDR to modernize security operations

The threat landscape continues to increase in both complexity and the level of sophistication of the attacks we observe. Attackers target the most vulnerable resources in an organization and then traverse laterally to target high-value assets. No longer can you expect to stay safe by protecting...

Stopping Active Directory attacks and other post-exploitation behavior with AMSI and machine learning

When attackers successfully breach a target network, their typical next step is to perform reconnaissance of the network, elevate their privileges, and move laterally to reach specific machines or spread as widely as possible. For these activities, attackers often probe the affected network’s...

Microsoft Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (Jul 2020)

This host is missing an important security update according to Microsoft July-2020 monthly updates. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier:...

Seeing the big picture: Deep learning-based fusion of behavior signals for threat detection

The application of deep learning and other machine learning methods to threat detection on endpoints, email and docs, apps, and identities drives a significant piece of the coordinated defense delivered by Microsoft Threat Protection. Within each domain as well as across domains, machine learning...

CVE-2020-1461

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the MpSigStub.exe for Defender allows file deletion in arbitrary locations.To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system, aka 'Microsoft Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'...

CVE-2020-1461

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the MpSigStub.exe for Defender allows file deletion in arbitrary locations.To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system, aka 'Microsoft Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'...

Microsoft Intelligent Security Association expands to include managed security service providers

We’d planned a splashy party at Microsoft Inspire to announce our newest Microsoft Intelligent Security Association MISA members and introduce them to association members, but given our world today, I am instead picturing you reading this announcement curled up in a chair with a cup of coffee...

UEFI scanner brings Microsoft Defender ATP protection to a new level

Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection Microsoft Defender ATP is extending its protection capabilities to the firmware level with a new Unified Extensible Firmware Interface UEFI scanner. Hardware and firmware-level attacks have continued to rise in recent years, as modern security solutio...

How to gain 24/7 detection and response coverage with Microsoft Defender ATP

This blog post is part of the Microsoft Intelligence Security Association guest blog series. To learn more about MISA, go...

Security Updates for Microsoft Defender (April 2020)

The version of Microsoft Malware Protection Signature Update Stub MpSigStub.exe installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 1.1.16638.0. It is, therefore, affected by a elevation of privilege vulnerability which could allow an attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability to elevate...

CVE-2020-1002

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the MpSigStub.exe for Defender allows file deletion in arbitrary locations.To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system, aka 'Microsoft Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'...

CVE-2020-1002

CVE-2020-1002 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability in Microsoft Defender linked to MpSigStub.exe, enabling an attacker who is logged on to delete files in arbitrary locations. The issue requires local access and user interaction-free exploitation via a specially crafted command, with exploi...

Microsoft Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (Apr 2020)

This host is missing an important security update according to Microsoft Security Updates released for Microsoft Malware Protection Engine dated 23-09-2019 SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the...

KLA11747 Multiple vulnerabilities in Mycrosoft System Center

Multiple vulnerabilities were found in Mycrosoft System Center. Malicious users can exploit these vulnerabilities to gain privileges. Below is a complete list of vulnerabilities: 1. An elevation of privilege vulnerability in Microsoft Defender can be exploited remotely via specially crafted comma...

Microsoft Defender ATP can help you secure your remote workforce

As the number of home-based workers has accelerated in the last few weeks, it’s introduced new challenges. You may want to expand the number and types of devices employees can use to access company resources. You need to support a surge in SaaS usage. And it’s important to adjust security policie...