Gartner has again recognized Microsoft as a Leader in the 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint Protection Platforms, positioned highest on the Ability to Execute.
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The privilege escalation hacking tool KrbRelayUp is a wrapper that can streamline the use of some features in Rubeus, KrbRelay, SCMUACBypass, PowerMad/ SharpMad, Whisker, and ADCSPwn tools in attacks. Although this attack won’t function for Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) joined devices, hybrid joined devices with on-premises domain controllers remain vulnerable.
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Microsoft has discovered several vulnerabilities, collectively referred to as Nimbuspwn, that could be chained together, allowing an attacker to elevate privileges to root on many Linux desktop endpoints. Leveraging Nimbuspwn as a vector for root access could allow attackers to achieve greater impact on vulnerable devices by deploying payloads and performing other malicious actions via arbitrary root code execution.
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Active network reconnaissance is a critical component of the cybersecurity kill chain allowing for network topography and endpoint services to be mapped and used in targeted campaigns. Microsoft Defender for Endpoint can help to detect and disrupt these attacks at the earliest stages, providing our defenders with a powerful tool to gain visibility, take appropriate action and mitigate the risk of endpoint exploitation.
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Microsoft 365 Defender researchers recently uncovered and disrupted a large-scale business email compromise (BEC) infrastructure hosted in multiple web services. Attackers used this cloud-based infrastructure to compromise mailboxes via phishing and add forwarding rules, enabling these attackers to get access to emails about financial transactions.
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Today, we are excited to announce that Microsoft Defender for Endpoint support of Windows 10 on Arm devices is generally available. This expanded support is part of our continued efforts to extend Microsoft Defender for Endpoint capabilities across all the endpoints defenders need to secure.
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Microsoft has identified three new pieces of malware being used in late-stage activity by NOBELIUM – the actor behind the SolarWinds attacks, SUNBURST, and TEARDROP.
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Endpoint detection and response (EDR) in block mode in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint turns EDR detections into real-time blocking of threats. Learn how it stopped an IcedID attack.
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