October 2, 2024
As Cybersecurity Awareness Month marks its 21st year, it’s clear that this year stands out. Phishing emails have become more convincing, and fraud has increased, making […]
September 27, 2024
Microsoft has observed the threat actor tracked as Storm-0501 launching a multi-staged attack where they compromised hybrid cloud environments and performed lateral movement from on-premises to […]
September 26, 2024
Microsoft is named a Leader in the 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint Protection Platforms
Since 2023, Microsoft has seen a 2.75 times increase in the number of organizations encountering ransomware campaigns.1 And up to 90% of successful ransomware campaigns leverage […]
September 26, 2024
This week, teams across Microsoft Fabric and Microsoft Purview are gathered in Stockholm, Sweden, for the inaugural European Microsoft Fabric Community Conference. Attendees are in for […]
September 24, 2024
In November 2023, we introduced the Secure Future Initiative (SFI) to advance cybersecurity protection for Microsoft, our customers, and the industry. In May 2024, we expanded the […]
September 20, 2024
For security professionals and teams, AI offers a significant advantage, empowering organizations of all sizes and industries to tip the scales in favor of defenders. It […]
September 19, 2024
Cybersecurity jobs are more challenging than ever. It’s not just increased speed, scale, and sophistication of cyberattacks that make cybersecurity jobs harder: there are 250 new […]
August 31, 2024
On August 19, 2024, Microsoft identified a North Korean threat actor exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in Chromium, now identified as CVE-2024-7971, to gain remote code execution […]
August 29, 2024
Earlier in Part 11 and Part 22 of this blog series, Microsoft Incident Response outlined the strategies, methodologies, and approaches that are used while performing a […]
August 29, 2024
Peach Sandstorm deploys new custom Tickler malware in long-running intelligence gathering operations
Between April and July 2024, Microsoft observed Iranian state-sponsored threat actor Peach Sandstorm deploying a new custom multi-stage backdoor, which we named Tickler. Tickler has been […]
August 27, 2024
If you’re in charge of cybersecurity for a United States government agency, you’re already familiar with Memorandum M-22-09, “Moving the U.S. Government Toward Zero Trust Cybersecurity […]
August 23, 2024
For the second year, the Microsoft AI Tour will bring together security practitioners, developers, and other technology professionals to learn about the latest AI innovations across […]