Security News

Microsoft Defender now auto-isolates compromised accounts
2023-10-11 18:37

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint now uses automatic attack disruption to isolate compromised user accounts and block lateral movement in hands-on-keyboard attacks with the help of a new 'contain user' capability in public preview.According to Microsoft, Defender for Endpoint now prevents attackers' lateral movement attempts within victims' on-premises or cloud IT infrastructure by temporarily isolating the compromised user accounts they might exploit to achieve their objectives.

Microsoft Defender no longer flags Tor Browser as malware
2023-10-02 22:33

Recent versions of the TorBrowser, specifically because of the updated tor. Microsoft stated, "We've reviewed the submitted files and have determined that they do not fit our definitions of malware or unwanted applications. As such, we've removed the detection."

Is the new OWASP API Top 10 helpful to defenders?
2023-08-30 04:30

The OWASP API Security Project leaders had their work cut out when deciding how to group and prioritize the threats. It no longer makes sense to monitor for API attacks and bot attacks separately: bot mitigation has to become part of API security.

Security Onion 2.4: Free, open platform for defenders gets huge update
2023-08-23 09:55

Security Onion is a free and open platform for threat hunting, enterprise security monitoring, and log management.It has been downloaded over 2 million times and is being used by security teams worldwide.

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Gets More Multicloud
2023-08-15 17:55

With Microsoft Defender for Cloud, cloud security posture management features are now available for Google Cloud Platform, as well as AWS and Azure. Almost 90% of enterprises use more than one public cloud provider, according to Flexera's 2023 State of the Cloud survey.

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Gets More Multicloud
2023-08-15 17:55

With Microsoft Defender for Cloud, cloud security posture management features are now available for Google Cloud Platform, as well as AWS and Azure. Almost 90% of enterprises use more than one public cloud provider, according to Flexera's 2023 State of the Cloud survey.

Microsoft previews Defender for IoT firmware analysis service
2023-07-26 21:48

Microsoft announced the public preview of a new Defender for IoT feature that helps analyze the firmware of embedded Linux devices like routers for security vulnerabilities and common weaknesses. [...]

Microsoft Defender Antivirus gets ‘performance mode’ for Dev Drives
2023-05-26 19:42

Microsoft has introduced a new Microsoft Defender capability named "Performance mode" for developers on Windows 11, tuned to reduce the impact of antivirus scans when analyzing files stored on Dev Drives.As Microsoft's Chief Product Officer for Windows and Devices Panos Panay stated, the Dev Drive and Defender performance mode combination can lead to a build speed boost of up to 30%. "Dev Drive is based on the Resilient File System, which, combined with a new performance mode capability in Microsoft Defender for Antivirus, offers up to 30% file system improvement in build times for file I/O scenarios," Panay said.

Microsoft pulls Defender update fixing Windows LSA Protection bug
2023-05-17 18:12

Microsoft has pulled a recent Microsoft Defender update that was supposed to fix a known issue triggering persistent restart alerts and Windows Security warnings that Local Security Authority Protection is off. Microsoft acknowledged the issue on March 21, after widespread user reports regarding Windows 11 systems warning that LSA protection was off.

NSO Group Used 3 Zero-Click iPhone Exploits Against Human Rights Defenders
2023-04-20 10:11

Israeli spyware maker NSO Group deployed at least three novel "Zero-click" exploits against iPhones in 2022 to infiltrate defenses erected by Apple and deploy Pegasus, according to the latest findings from Citizen Lab. "NSO Group customers widely deployed at least three iOS 15 and iOS 16 zero-click exploit chains against civil society targets around the world," the interdisciplinary laboratory based at the University of Toronto said.