Protecting against coronavirus themed phishing attacks

The world has changed in unprecedented ways in the last several weeks due to the coronavirus pandemic. While it has brought out the best in humanity in many ways, as with any crisis it can also attract the worst in some. Cybercriminals use people’s fear and need for information in phishing attack...

MISA expands with new members and new product additions

Another RSA Conference RSAC and another big year for the Microsoft Intelligent Security Association MISA. MISA was launched at RSAC 2018 with 26 members and a year later we had doubled in size to 53 members. Today, I am excited to share that the association has again doubled in size to 102 member...

Threat hunting in Azure Advanced Threat Protection (ATP)

As members of Microsoft’s Detection and Response Team DART, we’ve seen a significant increase in adversaries “living off the land” and using compromised account credentials for malicious purposes. From an investigation standpoint, tracking adversaries using this method is quite difficult as you...

Mobile threat defense and intelligence are a core part of cyber defense

The modern workplace is a mobile workplace. Today’s organizations rely on mobility to increase productivity and improve the customer experience. But the proliferation of smartphones and other mobile devices has also expanded the attack surface of roughly 5 billion mobile devices in the world, man...

Microsoft Windows Multiple Vulnerabilities (KB4530684)

This host is missing a critical security update according to Microsoft KB4530684 Copyright C 2019 Greenbone Networks GmbH Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later This progra...

CVE-2019-1488

A security feature bypass vulnerability exists when Microsoft Defender improperly handles specific buffers, aka 'Microsoft Defender Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability'...

CVE-2019-1488

A security feature bypass vulnerability exists when Microsoft Defender improperly handles specific buffers, aka 'Microsoft Defender Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability'...

Security feature bypass

A security feature bypass vulnerability exists when Microsoft Defender improperly handles specific buffers, aka 'Microsoft Defender Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability'...

CVE-2019-1488

A security feature bypass vulnerability exists when Microsoft Defender improperly handles specific buffers, aka 'Microsoft Defender Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability'...

CVE-2019-1488

Technical details about CVE-2019-1488 are not available in the provided documents. Monitor for updates from ENISA/RH and OpenVAS references for any concrete exposures or fixes.

Microsoft Defender Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

A security feature bypass vulnerability exists when Microsoft Defender improperly handles specific buffers. An attacker could exploit the vulnerability to trigger warnings and false positives when no threat is present. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first require execution...

KB4530684: Windows 10 Version 1903 and Windows 10 Version 1909 December 2019 Security Update

The remote Windows host is missing security update 4530684. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Windows Hyper-V on a host server fails to properly validate input from an authenticated user on a guest operating system...

KB4530714: Windows 10 Version 1709 December 2019 Security Update

The remote Windows host is missing security update 4530714. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Microsoft Windows OLE fails to properly validate user input. An attacker could exploit the vulnerability to execute malicious...

KB4530689: Windows 10 Version 1607 and Windows Server 2016 December 2019 Security Update

The remote Windows host is missing security update 4530689. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Microsoft Windows OLE fails to properly validate user input. An attacker could exploit the vulnerability to execute malicious...

Microsoft Defender CVE-2019-1488 Security Bypass Vulnerability

Description Microsoft Defender is prone to a security-bypass vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this issue to bypass certain security restrictions and perform unauthorized actions. This may aid in launching further attacks. Technologies Affected Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit...

KB4530717: Windows 10 Version 1803 December 2019 Security Update

The remote Windows host is missing security update 4530717. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Windows Hyper-V on a host server fails to properly validate input from an authenticated user on a guest operating system...

Further enhancing security from Microsoft, not just for Microsoft

Legacy infrastructure. Bolted-on security solutions. Application sprawl. Multi-cloud environments. Company data stored across devices and apps. IT and security resource constraints. Uncertainty of where and when the next attack or leak will come, including from the inside. These are just a few of...

Microsoft announces new innovations in security, compliance, and identity at Ignite

Today, at the Microsoft Ignite Conference, we’re announcing new innovations designed to help customers across their security, compliance, and identity needs. With so much going on at Ignite this week, I want to highlight the top 10 announcements: 1. Azure Sentinel—We’re introducing new connectors...

Experts on demand: Your direct line to Microsoft security insight, guidance, and expertise

Microsoft Threat Experts is the managed threat hunting service within Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection ATP that includes two capabilities: targeted attack notifications and experts on demand. Today, we are extremely excited to share that experts on demand is now generally available a...

Bring your own LOLBin: Multi-stage, fileless Nodersok campaign delivers rare Node.js-based malware

We’ve discussed the challenges that fileless threats pose in security, and how Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection Microsoft Defender ATP employs advanced strategies to defeat these sophisticated threats. Part of the slyness of fileless malware is their use of living-off-the-land...