Chinese threat actor Storm-0940 uses credentials from password spray attacks from a covert network

Credit to Author: Microsoft Threat Intelligence| Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 17:00:00 +0000

Since August 2023, Microsoft has observed intrusion activity targeting and successfully stealing credentials from multiple Microsoft customers that is enabled by highly evasive password spray attacks. Microsoft has linked the source of these password spray attacks to a network of compromised devices we track as CovertNetwork-1658, also known as xlogin and Quad7 (7777). Microsoft is […]

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​​Microsoft now a Leader in three major analyst reports for SIEM

Credit to Author: Rob Lefferts| Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 17:00:00 +0000

Microsoft is positioned in the Leaders Category in the 2024 IDC MarketScape for worldwide SIEM for Enterprise—making it the third major analyst report in SIEM to name Microsoft as a Leader.

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​​7 cybersecurity trends and tips for small and medium businesses to stay protected

Credit to Author: Scott Woodgate| Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 16:00:00 +0000

The challenges that small and midsize businesses (SMBs) face when it comes to security continue to increase as it becomes more difficult to keep up with sophisticated cyberthreats with limited resources or security expertise. Research conducted highlights the top seven SMB cybersecurity trends and steps that can be taken to stay protected.​

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AI Pulse: Election Deepfakes, Disasters, Scams & more

Credit to Author: AI Team| Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

In the final weeks before November’s U.S. election, cybersecurity experts were calling October 2024 the “month of mischief”—a magnet for bad actors looking to disrupt the democratic process through AI-generated misinformation. This issue of AI Pulse looks at what can be done about deepfakes and other AI scams, and why defense-in-depth is the only way to go.

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