It was my pleasure to introduce peer groups to Third Tier. In 2024, we’re introducing focused learning groups for Defender, Intune, Public speaking and more
security
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Criminals of the world would love to know that they don’t have to deal with MFA if they phish you while you’re in the office. Now we’ve taken that option away
Despite criminal masterminds and “security researchers” always coming up with the next greatest tool for causing financial damage to our businesses and economy, there are patterns.
Defense implies a reactionary approach. Prevention set the scene where ransomware can’t get you in the first place.
Many vendors call this Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) or Extended Detection and Response (XDR). Microsoft calls it Defender for Business.
It’s one of the least known and used portal in the entire Microsoft 365 suite. Too bad, because it contains some configuration and automation gems. Let’s see how we use it to automate Office updates.
Fortunately, Defender protects against this when configured correctly. In addition to the Defender for Endpoint sensor installation, Attack Surface Reduction rules and certain anti-virus configurations should also be deployed
The Chrome version of Edge has a full set of Group Policy and Intune configuration options that can enhance security.
Once these two items have been set the ability of PlugX to take advantage of innocent people should be thwarted.
All it took was an email attachment policy, a little hardening of Microsoft Office and the configuration of the built-in anti-virus software