Gartner names Microsoft a Leader in 2019 Endpoint Protection Platforms Magic Quadrant

Credit to Author: Eric Avena| Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2019 16:00:40 +0000

Gartner named Microsoft a Leader in the 2019 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms positioned highest in execution

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How Axonius integrates with Microsoft to help customers solve the cybersecurity asset management challenge

Credit to Author: Elizabeth Wolk| Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2019 16:00:38 +0000

Why is asset management—a problem that has persisted for decades—still an issue in 2019? Axonius is integrating with Microsoft to understand and solve this problem.

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From unstructured data to actionable intelligence: Using machine learning for threat intelligence

Credit to Author: Eric Avena| Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2019 16:30:12 +0000

Machine learning and natural language processing can automate the processing of unstructured text for insightful, actionable threat intelligence.

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A case study in industry collaboration: Poisoned RDP vulnerability disclosure and response

Credit to Author: Eric Avena| Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2019 23:50:25 +0000

Through a cross-company, cross-continent collaboration, we discovered a vulnerability, secured customers, and developed fix, all while learning important lessons that we can share with the industry.

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Don’t let the crooks ‘borrow’ your home router as a hacking server

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2019 14:18:42 +0000

Crooks don’t have to break *into* your network to benefit – they can bounce *off* it so you take the blame and look like a hacker yourself.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/5y3xxyh3DoA” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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How Windows Defender Antivirus integrates hardware-based system integrity for informed, extensive endpoint protection

Credit to Author: Eric Avena| Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2019 16:30:35 +0000

The deep integration of Windows Defender Antivirus with hardware-based isolation capabilities allows the detection of artifacts of attacks that tamper with kernel-mode agents at the hypervisor level.

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Dismantling a fileless campaign: Microsoft Defender ATP’s Antivirus exposes Astaroth attack

Credit to Author: Eric Avena| Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2019 16:00:51 +0000

Advanced technologies in Microsoft Defender ATP’s Antivirus exposed and defeated a widespread fileless campaign that completely “lived off the land” throughout a complex attack chain that run the info-stealing backdoor Astaroth directly in memory

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