Secured-core PCs: A brief showcase of chip-to-cloud security against kernel attacks
Secured-core PCs combine virtualization, operating system, and hardware and firmware protection.
Cloud threats
Adopting cloud services leads to traditional surfaces expanding and network perimeters disappearing, introducing novel attack scenarios and techniques. Explore how cloud-based attacks unfold—and how to stay ahead of evolving techniques and risks.
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Force firmware code to be measured and attested by Secure Launch on Windows 10
For important security features on Windows to properly do their jobs, the platform’s firmware and hardware must be trustworthy and healthy. -
Iran-linked DEV-0343 targeting defense, GIS, and maritime sectors
MSTIC has observed DEV-0343 conducting extensive password spraying against more than 250 Office 365 tenants, with a focus on United States and Israeli defense technology companies, Persian Gulf ports of entry, or global maritime transportation companies with business presence in the Middle East. -
The evolution of a Mac trojan: UpdateAgent’s progression
Our discovery and analysis of a sophisticated Mac trojan in October exposed a year-long evolution of a malware family—and depicts the rising complexity of threats across platforms. -
SpringShell RCE vulnerability: Guidance for protecting against and detecting CVE-2022-22965
Microsoft provides guidance for customers looking for protection against exploitation and ways to detect vulnerable installations on their network of the critical vulnerability CVE-2022-22965, also known as SpringShell or Spring4Shell. -
Detecting and mitigating a multi-stage AiTM phishing and BEC campaign
Microsoft Defender Experts observed a multi-stage adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) and business email compromise (BEC) attack targeting banking and financial services organizations over two days. -
Cryptojacking: Understanding and defending against cloud compute resource abuse
Cloud cryptojacking, a type of cyberattack that uses computing power to mine cryptocurrency, could result in financial loss to targeted organizations due to the compute fees that can be incurred from the abuse. -
Cloud storage security: What’s new in the threat matrix
We’re announcing the release of a second version of our threat matrix for storage services, a structured tool that assists in identifying and analyzing potential security threats on data stored in cloud storage services. -
Defending new vectors: Threat actors attempt SQL Server to cloud lateral movement
Microsoft security researchers recently identified an attack where attackers attempted to move laterally to a cloud environment through a SQL Server instance. -
Microsoft Incident Response lessons on preventing cloud identity compromise
In real-world customer engagements, Microsoft IR sees combinations of issues and misconfigurations that could lead to attacker access to customers’ Microsoft Entra ID tenants. -
Threat actors misuse OAuth applications to automate financially driven attacks
Microsoft Threat Intelligence presents cases of threat actors misusing OAuth applications as automation tools in financially motivated attacks. -
Attackers exploiting new critical OpenMetadata vulnerabilities on Kubernetes clusters
Microsoft recently uncovered an attack that exploits new critical vulnerabilities in OpenMetadata to gain access to Kubernetes workloads and leverage them for cryptomining activity.