Protect workloads still running on Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2
Over the last couple of years, we havesharedwhy it is business critical to migrate and upgrade apps and services running on Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2. As you are aware, on January 14th, 2020, support for Windows Server 2008 ... continue reading
How to secure your IoT deployment during the security talent shortage
Businesses across industries are placing bigger and bigger bets on the Internet of Things (IoT) as they look to unlock valuable business opportunities. But time and time again, as I meet with device manufacturers and businesses considering IoT deployments, there ... continue reading
Hyper-V Powering Windows Features
December 2019 Hyper-V is Microsoft’s hardware virtualization technology that initially released with Windows Server 2008 to support server virtualization and has since become a core component of many Microsoft products and features. These features range from enhancing security to empowering ... continue reading
Top 6 email security best practices to protect against phishing attacks and business email compromise
Most cyberattacks start over email—a user is tricked into opening a malicious attachment, or into clicking a malicious link and divulging credentials, or into responding with confidential data. Attackers dupe victims by using carefully crafted emails to build a false ... continue reading
Improve security and simplify operations with Windows Defender Antivirus + Morphisec
My team at Morphisec (a Microsoft Intelligent Security Association (MISA) partner) often talks with security professionals who are well-informed about the latest cyberthreats and have a longterm security strategy. The problem many of them face is how to create a ... continue reading
InSpark modernizes cloud security with managed services solution
Greetings! This is Sue Bohn, director of program management for Identity and Access Management. I’m always excited to share our partners’ experiences with you. Today’s post is really special because we’re talking with InSpark, the 2018 Country of the Year ... continue reading
Step 8. Protect your documents and email: top 10 actions to secure your environment
The “Top 10 actions to secure your environment” series outlines fundamental steps you can take with your investment in Microsoft 365 security solutions. In “Step 8. Protect your documents and email,” you’ll learn how to deploy Azure Information Protection and ... continue reading
From alert to driver vulnerability: Microsoft Defender ATP investigation unearths privilege escalation flaw
With Microsoft continuously improving kernel mitigations and raising the bar for exploiting native kernel components, third-party kernel drivers are becoming a more appealing target for attackers and an important area of research for security analysts. A vulnerability in a signed ... continue reading
Attack inception: Compromised supply chain within a supply chain poses new risks
A new software supply chain attack unearthed by Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection (Windows Defender ATP) emerged as an unusual multi-tier case. Unknown attackers compromised the shared infrastructure in place between the vendor of a PDF editor application and one ... continue reading
Taking apart a double zero-day sample discovered in joint hunt with ESET
In late March 2018, I analyzed an interesting PDF sample found by ESET senior malware researcher Anton Cherpanov. The sample was initially reported to Microsoft as a potential exploit for an unknown Windows kernel vulnerability. During my investigation in parallel ... continue reading
Hybrid Cloud Building Blocks
Hyper-converged infrastructure with the features of Windows Server 2016 Datacenter, create a robust set of cloud building blocks.
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