Microsoft’s new incident response playbooks cover specific campaigns and common attack vectors
These guides contain practical advice on how to prevent attacks, as well as handy resources such as security checklists.
A Microsoft spokesperson confirmed to The Daily Swig that more guides will be released via the Azure Active Directory Identity Blog.
“We constantly provide guidance on a wide range of topics and get very positive feedback from our customers,” the spokesperson said.
Encouraging move
Speaking to The Daily Swig, George Daglas, chief operating officer at Obrela Security Industries, said the move by Microsoft has come at the right time.
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Malicious emails are an increasing challenge faced by organisations all over the world. According to research from US telecoms giant Verizon, email was the primary delivery method for 94% of malware in 2019, while statistics from UK-based software firm Egress found that 83% of organisations have been affected by email data breaches.
A single breach accounted for over 10 million of these records. “This breach has been linked back to 61 of their healthcare customers, with the number of exposed records expected to increase as more of these impacted customers disclose their numbers,” researchers said.
Of all the health care breaches disclosed between January 2020 and February 2021, 93% of them included confirmed record exposure. Researchers admitted that one obstacle with accurately tracking breaches is that public disclosures can occur days, months, or even years after the event. Even then, the level of detail available may be scant.
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Airlines around the world are focused on improving operational efficiency and enhancing passenger experience as they resume services in a post COVID-19 world. In the process however, they are increasingly being targeted by highly sophisticated attacks. The latest target was aviation IT company SITA that suffered a “highly sophisticated” attack on its IT systems, in which passenger data from multiple airlines around the world was compromised.
SITA essentially provides IT services to the aviation industry around the world, including to airlines, airports, and ground handlers, SITA and serves roughly 90% of the world’s airlines. A data breach at potentially means the frequent flyer details of millions of travelers were compromised.