Malvertising campaign leads to info stealers hosted on GitHub
Microsoft detected a large-scale malvertising campaign in early December 2024 that impacted nearly one million devices globally.
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Adopting guidance from the US National Cybersecurity Strategy to secure the Internet of Things
Microsoft is invested in helping partners create Internet of Things solutions with strong security products that support the March 2023 United States National Cybersecurity Strategy. -
Cryptojacking: Understanding and defending against cloud compute resource abuse
Cloud cryptojacking, a type of cyberattack that uses computing power to mine cryptocurrency, could result in financial loss to targeted organizations due to the compute fees that can be incurred from the abuse. -
IoT devices and Linux-based systems targeted by OpenSSH trojan campaign
Microsoft has uncovered an attack leveraging custom and open-source tools to target internet-facing IoT devices and Linux-based systems. -
Hardware-based threat defense against increasingly complex cryptojackers
To provide advanced protection against increasingly complex and evasive cryptojackers, Microsoft Defender Antivirus integrates with Intel® Threat Detection Technology (TDT) that applies machine learning to low-level CPU telemetry in detecting cryptojackers, even when the malware is obfuscated and can evade security tools. -
In hot pursuit of ‘cryware’: Defending hot wallets from attacks
The rise in cryptocurrency market capitalization paved the way to the emergence of threats Microsoft security researchers are referring to as “cryware”—information stealers focused on gathering and exfiltrating data from non-custodial cryptocurrency wallets. -
Defending against cryptojacking with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and Intel TDT
With cryptocurrency mining on the rise, Microsoft and Intel have partnered to deliver threat detection technology to enable EDR capabilities in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint. -
5 steps to enable your corporate SOC to rapidly detect and respond to IoT/OT threats
As organizations connect massive numbers of IoT/OT devices to their networks to optimize operations, boards and management teams are increasingly concerned about the expanding attack surface and corporate liability that they represent. -
Invisible resource thieves: The increasing threat of cryptocurrency miners
The surge in Bitcoin prices has driven widescale interest in cryptocurrencies.