Microsoft Defender Weekly Wrap - Issue #42
Hi everyone,
My name is Andrea Fisher. I'm a security specialist at Microsoft and Mr. Trent has kindly allowed me to pinch hit for him this week. Thanks for letting me join this fellowship of cybersecurity fans. I hope Rod is off enjoying his vacation right now but I'm willing to bet he's still keeping up on his emails and checking in on me as you read this.
We recently dropped off my nephew at college (hi Carter!) and since he has always been my go-to person to watch sci-fi and fantasy shows with, I'm a little bereft. I have no one to talk to about House of the Dragon, The Sandman or The Rings of Power. Is anyone out there watching?
Don't worry, Rod will be back soon but I hope you enjoyed my version of the newsletter this week!
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Things that are Related
The art and science behind Microsoft threat hunting: Part 1 - Microsoft Security Blog — www.microsoft.com The Microsoft Detection and Response Team incorporates threat hunting as part of its proactive and reactive investigative service offerings.
Getting started with Azure demo series and live Q&A — azure.microsoft.com Watch this series of short demos to learn the fundamentals of getting started with Azure, and join a live Q&A session with an Azure expert.
Things in the News
Microsoft builds fast-track to six-figure cybersecurity jobs at more than 180 colleges | Fortune — fortune.com The largest technology companies in the world have a vested interest in addressing the global cybersecurity talent shortage. By 2025, there will be 3.5 million cybersecurity jobs open globally—a 350% increase over eight years, according to Cybersecurity Ventures—and Microsoft is intent on closing this gap. The high demand for cybersecurity experts is reflected by the […]
Microsoft’s new Defender solutions to improve cybersecurity — www.technologyrecord.com Microsoft has introduced two new solutions – Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence and Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management – to...
Defender for Cloud Things
VIDEO: Defender for Containers - Demo in a Multi-Cloud Environment Lab — www.youtube.com "Defender for Containers" is the plan in Microsoft Defender for Cloud protecting Kubernetes clusters running on premises or in the cloud. This video shows th...
Defender for Endpoint Things
Monthly news - August 2022 - Microsoft Tech Community — techcommunity.microsoft.com Microsoft 365 Defender Monthly news August 2022 This is our monthly "What's new" blog post, summarizing product updates and various assets we
Microsoft Defender for IoT Things
Introducing Microsoft Defender for IoT — www.dwpia.com The Internet of Things (IoT) has seen explosive growth If you like, you can now build your own smart home with intelligent toasters, washin...
Microsoft 365 Defender Things
Public Preview: Attack Surface Reduction (ASR) Rules Report 2.0 in Microsoft 365 Defender — techcommunity.microsoft.com Thanks to customer feedback, we are delivering the future of ASR Rules reporting and making it easier than ever to understand, enable and configure in block mode.
Profiling DEV-0270: PHOSPHORUS’ ransomware operations - Microsoft Security Blog — www.microsoft.com Your description for this link...
Defender for Identity Things
GitHub - thalpius/Microsoft-Defender-for-Identity-Configuration-Checker — github.com Contribute to thalpius/Microsoft-Defender-for-Identity-Configuration-Checker development by creating an account on GitHub.
Remediation actions in Microsoft Defender for Identity | Microsoft Docs — docs.microsoft.com Learn how to respond to compromised users with remediation actions in Microsoft Defender for Identity
Defender for Office Things
Basic Authentication Deprecation in Exchange Online – September 2022 Update - Microsoft Tech Community — techcommunity.microsoft.com One month from today, we’re going to start to turn off basic auth for specific protocols in Exchange Online for customers who use them. Since our first
Introducing tenant blocks via admin submissions - Microsoft Tech Community — techcommunity.microsoft.com We are excited to announce that you can now block suspicious entities when submitting emails, URLs, or attachments for Microsoft to review. In the
Windows Defender Things
What’s New with Windows – August 2022 | Petri IT Knowledgebase — petri.com August was relatively quiet as Microsoft prepares to begin rolling out Windows 11 22H2 in the coming month or two. But nevertheless, there are some important updates to Windows 11 on Arm, the Windows Subsystem for Android, and Insider builds. So, let’s get started. Microsoft Edge 104 released an ...
Microsoft Entra Things
BLOG: Say goodbye to unmanaged Azure AD accounts for B2B collaboration - Microsoft Tech Community — techcommunity.microsoft.com Hello friends, Today I’m announcing the end of unmanaged (“viral”) accounts fo r B2B collaboration in Azure Active Directory (Azure AD), part of Microsoft
Azure Identity Governance & Security - Security Boulevard — securityboulevard.com TechStrong