Apr 28, 2021 4:00 AM PT A powerful hardware-based threat detection technology is being integrated into a Microsoft enterprise security product to help protect businesses from cryptojacking malware. The move, which integrates Intel Threat Detection Technology with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, was announced Monday in a blog written by Karthik Selvaraj, principal research manager for Microsoft 365's Defender Research Team. "Microsoft's approach is a good move," observed Dirk Schrader, global vice president for New Net Technologies, a Naples, Fla.-based provider of IT security and compliance software. He explained that since cryptominers are using a small fraction of the power of many devices, they're often ignored by security teams.