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Cyber threat activity in Ukraine: analysis and resources
UPDATE 27 Apr 2022: See Updated malware details and Microsoft security product detections below as discussed in the Special Report: Ukraine. UPDATE 02 MAR 2022: See Updated malware details and Microsoft security product detections below for additional insights and protections specific to the...
4 best practices to implement a comprehensive Zero Trust security approach
Today’s threat actors don’t see barriers, they see opportunities. As the old firewalls protecting the corporate network become obsolete amid the rush to adopt a hybrid workspace, implementing Zero Trust security has become an imperative across all sectors, both public and private. During this tim...
Microsoft Security Update Validation Report February 2022
Microsoft’s February 2022 security updates have passed Citrix testing the updates are listed below. The testing is not all-inclusive; all tests are executed against English only environments and issues may still be found upon implementation. Follow best practices for testing and installing softwa...
Celebrating 20 Years of Trustworthy Computing
20 years ago this week, Bill Gates sent a now-famous email to all Microsoft employees announcing the creation of the Trustworthy Computing TwC initiative. The initiative was intended to put customer security, and ultimately customer trust, at the forefront for all Microsoft employees. Gates’ memo...
Build a stronger cybersecurity team through diversity and training
The security community is continuously changing, growing, and learning from each other to better position the world against cyber threats. In the latest post of our Voice of the Community blog series, Microsoft Security Product Marketing Manager Natalia Godyla talks with Heath Adams, Chief...
January 11, 2022-KB5008879 Cumulative Update for .NET Framework 3.5 and 4.8 for Windows 10, version 1909
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Security and Quality Rollup for .NET Framework 3.5, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8 for Windows Server 2012 (KB5009720)
Security and Quality Rollup for .NET Framework 3.5, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8 for Windows Server 2012 KB5009720 Applies to: Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.2 Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6 Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.1 Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.2...
Description of the security update for Office Online Server: January 11, 2022 (KB5002107)
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Description of the security update for Office 2016: January 11, 2022 (KB5002052)
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Align your security and network teams to Zero Trust security demands
The security community is continuously changing, growing, and learning from each other to better position the world against cyber threats. In the latest Voice of the Community blog series post, Microsoft Security Product Marketing Manager Natalia Godyla talks with Jennifer Minella, Founder and...
New macOS vulnerability, “powerdir,” could lead to unauthorized user data access
Following our discovery of the “Shrootless” vulnerability, Microsoft uncovered a new macOS vulnerability, “powerdir,” that could allow an attacker to bypass the operating system’s Transparency, Consent, and Control TCC technology, thereby gaining unauthorized access to a user’s protected data. We...
Apache Log4j Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Certain versions of Apache Log4j2 are vulnerable to a remote code execution vulnerability. An attacker who can control log messages or log message parameters can execute arbitrary code loaded from LDAP servers when message lookup substitution is enabled. Microsoft is not aware of any impact to th...
Microsoft Security Update Validation Report December 2021
Microsoft’s December 2021 security updates have passed Citrix testing the updates are listed below. The testing is not all-inclusive; all tests are executed against English only environments and issues may still be found upon implementation. Follow best practices for testing and installing softwa...
Description of the security update for Office Web Apps Server 2013: December 14, 2021 (KB5002103)
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Improve kernel security with the new Microsoft Vulnerable and Malicious Driver Reporting Center
Windows 10 and Windows 11 have continued to raise the security bar for drivers running in the kernel. Kernel-mode driver publishers must pass the Hardware Lab Kit HLK compatibility tests, malware scanning, and prove their identity through extended validation EV certificates. This has significantl...
Join us at InfoSec Jupyterthon 2021
We’re excited to invite our community of infosec analysts and engineers to the second annual InfoSec Jupyterthon taking place on December 2-3, 2021. This is an online event organized by our friends in the Open Threat Research Forge, together with folks from the Microsoft Threat Intelligence Cente...
Join us at InfoSec Jupyterthon 2021
We’re excited to invite our community of infosec analysts and engineers to the second annual InfoSec Jupyterthon taking place on December 2-3, 2021. This is an online event organized by our friends in the Open Threat Research Forge, together with folks from the Microsoft Threat Intelligence Cente...
Evolving trends in Iranian threat actor activity – MSTIC presentation at CyberWarCon 2021
Over the past year, the Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center MSTIC has observed a gradual evolution of the tools, techniques, and procedures employed by malicious network operators based in Iran. At CyberWarCon 2021, MSTIC analysts presented their analysis of these trends in Iranian nation state...
How Open Systems uses Microsoft tools to improve security maturity
This blog post is part of the Microsoft Intelligent Security Association guest blog series. Learn more about MISA. We’ve all seen it happen—an organization has all the top-notch security tools in place and still, they get breached. In today’s rapidly evolving threat landscape, complexity leads to...
How Open Systems uses Microsoft tools to improve security maturity
This blog post is part of the Microsoft Intelligent Security Association guest blog series. Learn more about MISA. We’ve all seen it happen—an organization has all the top-notch security tools in place and still, they get breached. In today’s rapidly evolving threat landscape, complexity leads to...