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Microsoft Purchasing RiskIQ to Improve Hybrid Work Cybersecurity Microsoft has entered an agreement to purchase RiskIQ in an effort to improve hybrid work cybersecurity. The COVID-19 pandemic has forever altered the workforce, leading many companies to speed up their adoption of remote and hybrid work strategies. Despite the benefits of this approach, cybersecurity can pose additional challenges as people work remotely, often using personal computers and devices. Microsoft is acquiring RiskI...

"Its a moment of reckoning for our industry," Vasu Jakkal, Corporate Vice President for Microsoft Security, said. "(Solar Winds) was one of the most complex attacks weve seen, and that continues."

TEMPE, Ariz., May 21, 2021 – Insight Enterprises (NASDAQ: NSIT), the global integrator of Insight Intelligent Technology Solutions™ for organizations of all sizes, today announced it has been named a Microsoft Security 20/20 award winner for a second year in a row in the Microsoft Azure Security Deployment Partner of the Year category. The company was…

Trustwave announced the appointment of two new members to its senior leadership team to support its rapid growth in MDR.

Trustwave Adds Top Talent to Senior Leadership Team to Support Its Rapid Growth in MDR Leading MSS Invests in World-Class Talent, Powerful Automation and Cloud Capabilities to Solidify Itself as a Leader in MDR Trustwave, a leading managed security services provider focused on managed detection and response, today announced the appointment of two new members to its senior leadership team. Spencer Ingram, senior vice president, operations, will drive strategy for customer experience and syst...

25 May 2021, 03:05 am Microsoft Security Intelligence discovered a new STRRAT malware that can infect Windows devices using compromised email accounts. (Photo : Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) A view of the new Microsoft Surface Laptop following a Microsoft launch event, May 2, 2017 in New York City. The Windows 10 S operating system is geared toward the education market and is Microsofts answer to Googles Chrome OS. The team of security researchers explained that this new Java-based remote...

At Microsoft, we continuously collaborate with customers and the InfoSec community to learn more about the latest adversary tradecraft so that we can improve our detection strategies across all our security services. Even though those detections are already built into our products, and protecting customers today, we believe it is important for security researchers to go beyond alerts and detections to understand the underlying attack behaviors and technical implementation of adversary technique...

Microsoft has added identity and access management capabilities employing GPS among other factors to its Azure Active Directory, a cloud identity solution, to counter sophisticated hacking techniques. Two-factor authentication is no longer sufficient to defend against malicious entry. The GPS-based named locations and filters look at a range of signals for authorized user access. “People are very focused on taking advantage of identity, it’s become a classic: hackers don’t break in, they ...

Fake Airbus emails were used as phishing lure. (Photo: Airbus) A spear-phishing campaign is targeting aviation companies, using malicious documents that deliver information-stealing malware, according to alerts from Microsoft Security Intelligence. In a series of alerts posted on Twitter, Microsoft says it has been tracking a dynamic campaign targeting the aerospace and travel sectors with spear-phishing emails that distribute an actively developed loader, which then delivers the remote access ...

/PRNewswire/ -- BlueVoyant, a leading global cyber security company, today announced it has been named a Microsoft Security 20/20 Partner Awards Winner for Top...