Contents tagged with SIRv15
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Microsoft Security Intelligence Report desktop application updated with over 750 pages of data
A few months ago we launched the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report (SIR) application that was designed to provide customers with an enhanced way to access the vast amount of threat intelligence contained in the SIR. The SIR app makes it easy to find, copy and share data from the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report. The SIR app runs on Windows 7 and Windows 8 based systems. Read more
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Microsoft Cybersecurity Report: Top 10 Most Wanted Enterprise Threats
In my travels abroad over the years, I have had the great opportunity to meet with many enterprise customers to discuss the evolving threat landscape. In addition to helping inform customers, these meetings have provided me with an opportunity to learn more about how customers are managing risk within their environments. Many of these customers are interested in learning about the top threats found in enterprise environments. Visibility into what threats are most common in enterprise environments helps organizations assess their current security posture and better prioritize their security investments. Given the high level of interest in this information, I thought it would be helpful to take a close look at the top 10 threats facing enterprise customers based on new intelligence from the latest Microsoft Security Intelligence Report (SIRv15).
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Ransomware is on the Rise, Especially in Europe
The recently published Microsoft Security Intelligence Report (SIRv15) contains a section on ransomware. Ransomware is a type of malware that is designed to render a computer or its files unusable until the computer user pays the demanded amount of money to the attacker. It often masquerades as an official-looking warning from a well-known law enforcement agency, such as the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) or the Metropolitan Police Service of London. Some examples are provided in Figure 1.
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The Threat Landscape in South America: Chile and Colombia
In this fourth and final part of our series on the threat landscape in South America, we examine threats in Chile and then Colombia. As illustrated in Figure 1, both of these regions have had periods where their malware infection rates were above the worldwide average, and have more recently trended down. Read more
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The Threat Landscape in South America: Argentina and Uruguay
In this third part of our series on the threat landscape in South America, we examine threats in Argentina and Uruguay. Of the locations represented in Figure 1, Argentina and Uruguay are among the locations with the lowest malware infection rates in South America. Read more
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The Threat Landscape in South America: Examining Brazil’s Dramatic Improvement
This article, part 2 of a series on the threat landscape in South America, focuses on Brazil. Brazil has had one of the most active threat landscapes in the world for many years. As seen in Figure 1, in the first quarter of 2011 (1Q11), Brazil’s infection rate (19.18) was over double that of the worldwide average (8.65). But Brazil’s infection rate dramatically improved over the following nine quarters, ending the second quarter of 2013 (2Q13) at 6.7 compared to the worldwide average of 5.8. Read more
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The Threat Landscape in South America
One region of the world I haven’t written extensively about before is South America. Recently I had the opportunity to visit a couple of countries in South America to visit customers and discuss the threats they see in their environments. This is part 1 in a series of articles that will focus on threats found in several locations including Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Uruguay. All of these articles are based on new data published in the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report volume 15 and previous volumes.
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The Threat Landscape in the European Union at RSA Conference Europe 2013
We had the opportunity to present new findings from the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report volume 15 at RSA Conference Europe last week in Amsterdam. Jeff Jones and I presented some of the new data from the report.
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Microsoft Security Intelligence Report Volume 15 Now Available!
This morning, at the RSA Europe conference, Mike Reavey, General Manager for Trustworthy Computing delivered a keynote in which he announced the release of the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report volume 15 (SIRv15). The Microsoft Security Intelligence Report is the most comprehensive cybersecurity threat intelligence report in the industry that analyzes and provides in-depth perspectives on exploits, vulnerabilities, and malware for more than 100 countries/regions worldwide. It is designed to provide prescriptive guidance which can help our customers manage risk and protect their assets.