Microsoft has been actively tracking a widespread credential phishing campaign using open redirector links, which allow attackers to use a URL in a trusted domain and embed the eventual final malicious URL as a parameter.
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Tall Poppy CEO and Co-founder Leigh Honeywell talks with Microsoft about how companies can support employees who have been targeted for online harassment.
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Vodafone Global Cybersecurity Director Emma Smith talks about leading an inclusive workplace and shares security strategies—like how to get rid of passwords.
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Mozi is a peer-to-peer (P2P) botnet that uses a BitTorrent-like network to infect IoT devices such as network gateways and digital video records (DVRs). It works by exploiting weak telnet passwords1 and nearly a dozen unpatched IoT vulnerabilities2 and it’s been used to conduct distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, data exfiltration, and command or payload execution.
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Today, we are open-sourcing Cloud Katana, a cloud-native tool under development, to automate simulation steps on-demand in multi-cloud and hybrid cloud environments. This tool is an event-driven, serverless compute application built on the top of Azure Functions that expedites the research process and validation of security controls.
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By spotting trends in the techniques used by attackers in phishing attacks, we can swiftly respond to attacks and use the knowledge to improve customer security and build comprehensive protections through Microsoft Defender for Office 365 and other solutions.
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Get tips on migrating data and detections from your on-premises SIEM to Azure Sentinel, including how to streamline tasks using automation.
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Learn how Microsoft is helping federal agencies to implement standards-based cybersecurity technologies such as NIST and Zero Trust in the real world.
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During our year-long investigation of a targeted, invoice-themed XLS.HTML phishing campaign, attackers changed obfuscation and encryption mechanisms every 37 days on average, demonstrating high motivation and skill to constantly evade detection and keep the credential theft operation running.
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The business value of the network has never been higher, and this is driven by digital transformation as borne out businesses accelerating their digital initiatives by as much as seven years due to the pandemic. This is had a profound impact on the enterprise network as most of the enabling technologies such as cloud, mobility and IoT are network centric.This intense focus on digital transformation has exposed many flaws with legacy networks. They are rigid, require intensive manual processes, and lack the agility and intelligence to meet the demands of digital business. Organizations need to make network modernization a priority if they are to maximize their investments in other technologies. Here are five steps that all businesses should consider when modernizing the network.To read this article in full, please click here READ MORE HERE…