Collaborate Disseminate
Across services in Microsoft Threat Protection, the correlation of security signals enhances the comprehensive and integrated security for identities, endpoints, user data, cloud apps, and infrastructure. Our industry-leading visibility into the entire… Continue reading Tackling phishing with signal-sharing and machine learning
Reuters recently reported a hacking campaign focused on a wide range of targets across the globe. In the days leading to the Reuters publication, Microsoft researchers were closely tracking the same campaign. Our sensors revealed that the campaign prim… Continue reading Analysis of cyberattack on U.S. think tanks, non-profits, public sector by unidentified attackers
Our analysis of a targeted attack that used a language-specific word processor shows why its important to understand and protect against small-scale and localized attacks as well as broad-scale malware campaigns. The attack exploited a vulnerability in… Continue reading Attack uses malicious InPage document and outdated VLC media player to give attackers backdoor access to targets
Email, coupled with reliable social engineering techniques, continues to be one of the primary entry points for credential phishing, targeted attacks, and commodity malware like ransomware and, increasingly in the last few months, cryptocurrency miners… Continue reading Enhancing Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection with detonation-based heuristics and machine learning