Microsoft Security Experts discuss evolving threats in roundtable chat

Get an in-depth recap of the latest Microsoft Security Experts Roundtable, featuring discussions on trends in global cybercrime, cyber-influence operations, cybersecurity for manufacturing and Internet of Things, and more.
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Microsoft Defender Experts for Hunting demonstrates industry-leading protection in the 2022 MITRE Engenuity ATT&CK® Evaluations for Managed Services

Microsoft Defender Experts for Hunting, our newest managed threat hunting service, delivered top-class results during the inaugural MITRE Engenuity ATT&CK® Evaluations for Managed Services. Defender Experts for Hunting provided a seamless, comprehensive, and rapid response to the simulated attack using expert-led threat hunting and an industry-leading platform—Microsoft 365 Defender.
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How to prevent lateral movement attacks using Microsoft 365 Defender

Learn how Microsoft 365 Defender can enhance mitigations against lateral movement paths in your environment, stopping attackers from gaining access to privileged and sensitive accounts.
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The art and science behind Microsoft threat hunting: Part 1

At Microsoft, we define threat hunting as the practice of actively looking for cyberthreats that have covertly (or not so covertly) penetrated an environment. This involves looking beyond the known alerts or malicious threats to discover new potential threats and vulnerabilities.
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Microsoft Defender Experts for Hunting proactively hunts threats

Microsoft Defender Experts for Hunting is now generally available. The security offering provides a proactive hunting service combining expert-trained technology with human-led services to hunt for threats across Microsoft 365 data.
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Ransomware-as-a-service: Understanding the cybercrime gig economy and how to protect yourself

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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