The rise in cryptocurrency market capitalization paved the way to the emergence of threats Microsoft security researchers are referring to as “cryware”—information stealers focused on gathering and exfiltrating data from non-custodial cryptocurrency wallets.
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RSA 2022 is happening in person—find out about Microsoft-sponsored sessions, pre-day events, speakers, awards, and more.
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The Center for Threat-Informed Defense, along with Microsoft and industry partners, collaborated on a repeatable methodology and a web-based calculator, aiming to streamline MITRE ATT&CK® use for defenders.
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A compromise recovery, in general, means that we are implementing several years of work in cybersecurity in only six weeks. It is intense, and it changes how administrators work and how systems break. The main goals are to take back control, keep that control, and add this mindset to the customer.
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Technology alone is not enough to defend against cybercrime. It’s critical, but it’s the combination of leading technologies, comprehensive threat intelligence, and highly skilled people that makes for a truly effective security posture.
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Microsoft coined the term “human-operated ransomware” to clearly define a class of attack driven by expert humane intelligence at every step of the attack chain and culminate in intentional business disruption and extortion. In this blog, we explain the ransomware-as-a-service affiliate model and disambiguate between the attacker tools and the various threat actors at play during a security incident.
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Learn how Microsoft is helping to make your accounts more secure—without a password.
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May 5, 2022, is World Password Day, a day we all use to create awareness around password security. At Microsoft, we choose to celebrate replacing passwords with better and more secure ways to sign in. I can’t think of a better person at Microsoft to represent this journey than Libby Brown, a senior product manager…
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Microsoft Defender for Business is now available as a standalone solution to help small and medium businesses boost security as they face growing threats.
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Igor Sakhnov, corporate vice president of Identity and Network Access Engineering, talks with software engineer George Maina about his entrepreneurial journey and the beginnings of the Microsoft Africa Development Center in Kenya.
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