Microsoft has been tracking activity related to the financially motivated threat actor Octo Tempest, whose evolving campaigns represent a growing concern for many organizations across multiple industries.
User containment is a unique and innovative defense mechanism that stops human-operated attacks in their tracks. We’ve added user containment to the automatic attack disruption capability in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint.
Providing advanced protection against increasingly sophisticated human-operated ransomware, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint’s network protection leverages threat intelligence and machine learning to block command-and-control (C2) communications.
To disrupt human-operated ransomware attacks as early as possible, we enhanced the AI-based protections in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint with a range of specialized machine learning techniques that swiftly identify and block malicious files, processes, or behavior observed during active attacks.
For the fourth year in a row, the independent MITRE Engenuity ATT&CK® Evaluations demonstrated that threats are no match for Microsoft’s multi-platform extended detection and response (XDR) defense capabilities.
In this blog, we will share how you can increase security for on-premises and hybrid infrastructure through offerings including Azure Arc, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, and Secured-core for Azure Stack HCI.
We developed a cloud-based machine learning system that, when queried by a device, intelligently predicts if it is at risk, then automatically issues a more aggressive blocking verdict to protect the device, thwarting an attacker’s next steps.
In this post, we will tackle the risks of human-operated ransomware and detail DART’s security recommendations for tactical containment actions and post-incident activities in the event of an attack.
As human-operated ransomware is on the rise, Microsoft’s Detection and Response Team (DART) shares how they investigate these attacks and what to consider when faced with a similar event in your organization.
Learn how your infrastructure and security operations can make you vulnerable to insider threats, ransomware, weaponized AI, and more.
