Protect against QR Code phishing with Microsoft Defender products
In the past months, there has been a growing increase in QR Code phishing, since attackers are using new creative ways to bypass existing protections. QR Code phishing is commonly used to bypass existing protections and steal/ collect tokens/ user…
How to use deception in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint/ Defender XDR
Microsoft Defender XDR is expanding in the full attack stage. With the new Deception capability in Microsoft Defender XDR, it is possible to detect attackers early in the kill chain and disrupt advanced attacks. Deception is a new feature for…
How to protect Microsoft Teams with Microsoft 365 Defender
Microsoft released in the past months additional protections for Microsoft Teams. The new Office protection is part of the Defender for Office product and protects against more modern phishing methods via chat messages. In the past years, phishing was mainly…
How to use Automatic Attack Disruption in Microsoft 365 Defender (BEC, AiTM & HumOR)
Last year Microsoft announced a new feature called; Automatic attack disruption which uses correlated insights from the Microsoft 365 ecosystem and powerful AI models to stop sophisticated attack techniques while the attack is in progress. Automatic attack disruption supports the…
How to troubleshoot Live Response in Defender for Endpoint
Live Response is a powerful feature as part of the Microsoft 365 Defender portal. With the use of Live Response Security Operations Teams can establish a remote session to collect more files/ or forensic evidence/ run scripts remotely. With the…
Onboard and configure Defender for Endpoint for non-persistent VDI environments
Microsoft supports multiple onboardings methods for Defender for Endpoint. For non-persistent VDI’s there is always a challenge since non-persistent VDI’s are working differently in comparison with typical endpoints. For Defender for Endpoint, there is a challenge during the onboarding and…
How to use Defender for IoT firmware Scanning for checking potential security vulnerabilities and weaknesses
Recently Microsoft announced a new firmware scanning feature in Defender for IoT. With the new Defender for IoT Firmware analysis, it is possible to upload firmware images for security analysis and checking against vulnerabilities and weaknesses. Currently, the feature is…
Block apps (discovered/ shadow IT) with Defender for Cloud Apps and Defender for Endpoint
With the use of Defender for Cloud Apps in combination with Defender for Endpoint it is possible to block unsanctioned apps, the block of apps is possible based on discovered applications. Blog information:Blog published: July 26, 2023Blog latest updated: July…
Manage Defender for Endpoint for Windows, macOS, and Linux via Security settings management
Recently Microsoft announced a couple of new improvements related to the new security settings management for Windows, macOS, and Linux as part of Defender for Endpoint. In the past years, there was always a bit of a cap between the…
How to protect Azure storage accounts (Blob) using Defender for Storage
Defender for Storage is the Azure-native layer of security intelligence that detects potentially harmful attempts to access or malicious activity. With the use of Microsoft Threat Intelligence and security AI, contextual security alerts and recommendations are available. Defender for Storage…
