Today, Microsoft is excited to announce that we are shifting to anew threat actor naming taxonomyaligned to the theme of weather. The complexity, scale, and volume of threats is increasing, driving the need to reimagine not only how Microsoft talks about threats but also how we enable custom...
–On January 20, 2024, the US government conducted a disruption operation against infrastructure used by a threat actor we track asForest Blizzard (STRONTIUM), a Russian state-sponsored threat actor, as detailed here:https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-conducts-court-authorized...
The Microsoft malware naming convention When Microsoft analysts research a particular threat, they determine what each of the components of the name will be. Type The type describes what the threat does on a computer. Worms, trojans, and viruses are some of the most common types of threats ...
Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration reduces this threat by modifying numerous security-related settings, including Security and Advanced tab settings in Internet Options. Some of the key modifications include: Security level for the Internet zone is set to High. This setting disables scripts...
Microsoft Defender XDR provides a cross-domain threat correlation and purpose-driven portal to investigate threats. Incidents are based on related alerts created when a malicious event or activity is seen on your network. Individual alerts provide valuable clues about an on-going attack. However, att...
For example, a team that needs to publish Microsoft Sentinel use cases for a new threat actor or ongoing campaign could use this solution. Building SOC use cases for threat detection. Many groups and threat intelligence platforms rely on MITRE Att&ck content and taxonomy to analyze their ...
Behavior-based detections are named according to the MITRE ATT&CK Matrix for Enterprise. The naming convention helps identify the attack stage where malicious behavior was observed: Expand table TacticDetection threat name Initial AccessBehavior:Win32/InitialAccess.*!ml ...
Security Briefs: Threat Models Improve Your Security Process Test Run: Group Determination In Software Testing Wicked Code: Silverlight 2 Transforms And Clipping Regions Foundations: Unit Testing Workflows And Activities Team System: Team Build 2008 ...
Security Briefs: Threat Models Improve Your Security Process Test Run: Group Determination In Software Testing Wicked Code: Silverlight 2 Transforms And Clipping Regions Foundations: Unit Testing Workflows And Activities Team System: Team Build 2008 ...
Previous engine syntax \n\n New engine syntax \n \n Linux \n\n \n \n Trojan.Linux.Mirai.1 \n Gen:Variant.Backdoor.Linux.Gafgyt.1 \n Gen:Variant.Backdoor.Linux.Tsunami.1 \n Gen:Variant.Trojan.Linux.Gafgyt.5 \n Trojan.Linux.Xorddos.B ...