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Credit to Author: Microsoft 365 Defender Threat Intelligence Team| Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2022 16:00:00 +0000

South Staffordshire PLC, a company that supplies water to over one million customers in the United Kingdom, notified its customers in August of being a target of a criminal cyberattack. This incident highlights the sophisticated threats that critical industries face today. According to South Staffordshire, the breach did not appear to have caused damage to…

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Do more with less—Discover the latest Microsoft Entra innovations

October 19, 2022 0 Comments cybersecurity, Identity and access management, identity and access management series

Credit to Author: Christine Barrett| Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2022 16:00:00 +0000

In this economy, many organizations are looking for efficiencies. This is putting pressure on security teams, along with everyone else. For many, this means fewer resources to work with, even though cyberattacks continue to escalate. So, what do you do? You find ways to do more with less.

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Defenders beware: A case for post-ransomware investigations

October 18, 2022 0 Comments cybersecurity, microsoft detection and response team (dart), Microsoft security intelligence, Ransomware

Credit to Author: Paul Oliveria| Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2022 18:00:00 +0000

The Microsoft Detection and Response Team (DART) details a recent ransomware incident in which the attacker used a collection of commodity tools and techniques, such as using living-off-the-land binaries, to launch their malicious code.

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How Microsoft Purview and Priva help simplify data protection

October 18, 2022 0 Comments Compliance, compliance series, cybersecurity, Data governance, microsoft purview

Credit to Author: Christine Barrett| Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2022 16:00:00 +0000

Learn how Microsoft Purview and Microsoft Priva can help simplify data governance across your enterprise using the tools you already have—today.

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New “Prestige” ransomware impacts organizations in Ukraine and Poland

October 14, 2022 0 Comments cybersecurity, Microsoft security intelligence, prestige, Ransomware

Credit to Author: Paul Oliveria| Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2022 19:00:00 +0000

The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) has identified evidence of a novel ransomware campaign targeting organizations in the logistics and transportation industry in Ukraine and Poland utilizing a previously unidentified ransomware payload.

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Microsoft named a Leader in the 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Security Information and Event Management

October 13, 2022 0 Comments cybersecurity, microsoft sentinel, siem

Credit to Author: Christine Barrett| Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2022 16:00:00 +0000

Microsoft named a Leader in the 2022 Gartner Magic Quadrant for security information and event management and is positioned highest on the measure of Ability to Execute and Completeness of Vision.

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5 cybersecurity capabilities announced at Microsoft Ignite 2022 to help you secure more with less

October 12, 2022 0 Comments cybersecurity, security management

Credit to Author: Christine Barrett| Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2022 16:00:00 +0000

Microsoft Corporate Vice President, Compliance, Identity, and Management Vasu Jakkal shares five security strategies to protect your organization and do more with less.

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Introducing new Microsoft Defender for Cloud innovations to strengthen cloud-native protections

October 12, 2022 0 Comments cybersecurity, microsoft defender for cloud

Credit to Author: Christine Barrett| Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2022 16:00:00 +0000

Defenders are facing expanding attack surface areas and sophisticated threats compounded by insecure code that leaves the door open to attackers. To counter these threats we’re excited to announce new innovations in Microsoft Defender for Cloud to provide cloud-native application protection to strengthen security posture and mitigate risk from code to cloud.

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Microsoft publishes new report on holistic insider risk management

October 6, 2022 0 Comments Compliance, compliance series, cybersecurity, Data governance

Credit to Author: Christine Barrett| Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2022 16:00:00 +0000

The risk landscape for organizations has changed significantly in the past few years. Traditional ways of identifying and mitigating risks simply don’t work. Historically, organizations have focused on external threats; however, risks from within the organization can be just as prevalent and harmful. This new Microsoft-commissioned report lays out several new insights about how organizations go from a fragmented approach to insider risk management to a holistic one.

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Detecting and preventing LSASS credential dumping attacks

October 5, 2022 0 Comments credential dumping, credential theft, cybersecurity, Microsoft security intelligence

Credit to Author: Paul Oliveria| Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2022 16:00:00 +0000

LSASS credential dumping is becoming prevalent, especially with the rise of human-operated ransomware. In May 2022, Microsoft participated in an evaluation conducted by AV-Comparatives specifically on detecting and blocking this attack technique and we’re happy to report that Microsoft Defender for Endpoint achieved 100% detection and prevention scores.

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