As cryptocurrency values continue to rise, cryptojacking becomes more attractive to cybercriminals. Now, a powerful hardware-based threat detection technology is being integrated into a Microsoft enterprise security product to help protect businesses from cryptojacking malware. The action integrates Intel Threat Detection Technology with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint.
Apr 28, 2021 4:00 AM PT
A powerful hardware-based threat detection technology is being integrated into a Microsoft enterprise security product to help protect businesses from cryptojacking malware.
The move, which integrates Intel Threat Detection Technology with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, was announced Monday in a blog written by Karthik Selvaraj, principal research manager for Microsoft 365 s Defender Research Team. Microsoft s approach is a good move, observed Dirk Schrader, global vice president for New Net Technologies, a Naples, Fla.-based provider of IT security and compliance software.
He explained that since cryptominers are using a small fraction of the power of many devices, they re often ignored by security teams.
As cryptocurrency values continue to rise, cryptojacking becomes more attractive to cybercriminals. Now, a powerful hardware-based threat detection technology is being integrated into a Microsoft enterprise security product to help protect businesses from cryptojacking malware. The action integrates Intel Threat Detection Technology with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint.
Chris Burns - Apr 28, 2021, 10:26am CDT
Microsoft released a note this week about how they’ve been working on defending against cryptojacking for your computer. Cryptojacking is a term describing a malicious attacker, a hacker, using your computer to mine cryptocurrency. Your computer’s processing power – and potentially your internet data, if you’re not on an “unlimited” plan – for their own profit, without your knowledge. This is bad, and Microsoft working to defend Windows against cryptojacking is good.
What is cryptojacking?
Even if you’ve never heard of cryptocurrency before, you’ve likely heard of Bitcoin. Bitcoin is one of a wide variety of cryptocurrencies in the world today. One way in which Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies derive value is through cryptocurrency mining.