The year highlighted how vulnerable the technology sector is to the vagaries of geopolitics and the macroeconomy, as IT giants laid off workers, regulators cracked down on tech rule-breakers, nations negotiated data security regulations, the US-China chip war widened, and the Ukraine war disrupted business as usual. READ MORE HERE…
The Microsoft Defender for IoT research team details information on the recent distribution of a Go-based botnet, known as Zerobot, that spreads primarily through IoT and web-application vulnerabilities.
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Are you wondering what initiatives to prioritize in the new year? This blog distills some of the major forecasts for 2023, from technology to new worker behavior. We then help to translate the implications for those trends for those in charge of endpoint management strategies.
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Microsoft discovered a vulnerability in macOS, referred to as “Achilles”, allowing attackers to bypass application execution restrictions enforced by the Gatekeeper security mechanism.
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Former IDC Program Vice President Christina Richmond shares insights on digital trust and identity protection.
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We’re excited to announce that Microsoft is named a Leader in the 2022 Forrester Wave™: Security Analytics Platforms. Microsoft achieved the highest possible score in 17 different criteria, including partner ecosystem, innovation roadmap, product security, case management, and architecture.
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The Microsoft Defender for IoT research team analyzed a cross-platform botnet that infects both Windows and Linux systems from PCs to IoT devices, to launch distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks against private Minecraft servers.
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Microsoft Corporate Vice President of Compliance, Identity, and Management Vasu Jakkal explores what it means to do more with less in your security approach.
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Today, the third edition of Cyber Signals was released spotlighting security trends and insights gathered from Microsoft’s 43 trillion daily security signals and 8,500 security experts.
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Backup and recovery systems are at risk for two types of ransomware attacks: encryption and exfiltration – and most on-premises backup servers are wide open to both. This makes backup systems themselves the primary target of some ransomware groups, and warrants special attention.Hackers understand that backup servers are often under-protected and administered by junior personnel that are less well versed in information security. And it seems no one wants to do something about it lest they become the new backup expert responsible for the server. This is an age-old problem that can allow backup systems to pass under the radar of sound processes that protect most servers.To read this article in full, please click here READ MORE HERE…