IIS modules: The evolution of web shells and how to detect them 

Credit to Author: Microsoft Security Threat Intelligence – Editor| Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2022 17:00:00 +0000

This blog aims to provide further guidance on detecting malicious IIS modules and other capabilities that you can use during your own incident response investigations.

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Mitigate threats with the new threat matrix for Kubernetes

Credit to Author: Microsoft Security Threat Intelligence| Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2022 17:00:00 +0000

The updated threat matrix for Kubernetes comes in a new format that simplifies usage of the knowledge base and with new content to help mitigate threats.

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DEV-0139 launches targeted attacks against the cryptocurrency industry

Credit to Author: Katie McCafferty| Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2022 17:00:00 +0000

Microsoft security researchers investigate an attack where the threat actor, tracked DEV-0139, used chat groups to target specific cryptocurrency investment companies and run a backdoor within their network.

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Implementing Zero Trust access to business data on BYOD with Trustd MTD and Microsoft Entra

Credit to Author: Christine Barrett| Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2022 17:00:00 +0000

Protect business data—and employee privacy—with conditional access on employees’ personal devices with Trustd MTD and Microsoft Entra.

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Join us at InfoSec Jupyterthon 2022

Credit to Author: Microsoft 365 Defender Threat Intelligence Team| Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2022 18:00:00 +0000

Join our community of analysts and engineers at the third annual InfoSec Jupyterthon 2022, an online event taking place on December 2 and 3, 2022.

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Vulnerable SDK components lead to supply chain risks in IoT and OT environments

Credit to Author: Katie McCafferty| Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2022 17:00:00 +0000

As vulnerabilities in network components, architecture files, and developer tools have become an increasingly popular attack vector to leverage access into secure networks and devices, Microsoft identified such a vulnerable component and found evidence of a supply chain risk that might affect millions of organizations and devices.

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DEV-0569 finds new ways to deliver Royal ransomware, various payloads

Credit to Author: Microsoft 365 Defender Threat Intelligence Team| Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2022 17:00:00 +0000

DEV-0569’s recent activity shows their reliance on malvertising and phishing in delivering malicious payloads. The group’s changes and updates in delivery and payload led to distribution of info stealers and Royal ransomware.

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Microsoft contributes S2C2F to OpenSSF to improve supply chain security

Credit to Author: Emma Jones| Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2022 18:00:00 +0000

We are pleased to announce that the S2C2F has been adopted by the OpenSSF under the Supply Chain Integrity Working Group and formed into its own Special Initiative Group. Our peers at the OpenSSF and across the globe agree with Microsoft when it comes to how fundamental this work is to improving supply chain security for everyone.

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Token tactics: How to prevent, detect, and respond to cloud token theft

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

As organizations increase their coverage of multifactor authentication (MFA), threat actors have begun to move to more sophisticated techniques to allow them to compromise corporate resources without needing to satisfy MFA. Recently, the Microsoft Detection and Response Team (DART) has seen an increase in attackers utilizing token theft for this purpose.

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