Friday, December 29, 2023

3 new posts across 3 Microsoft websites since Friday, December 22, 2023

Microsoft Security Response Center

Microsoft addresses App Installer abuse

Summary In recent months, Microsoft Threat Intelligence has observed threat actors leveraging social engineering and phishing techniques to target Windows OS users and utilizing the ms-appinstaller UR…

Thursday, December 28, 2023

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Microsoft Security Blog

Financially motivated threat actors misusing App Installer

Since mid-November 2023, Microsoft Threat Intelligence has observed threat actors, including financially motivated actors like Storm-0569, Storm-1113, Sangria Tempest, and Storm-1674, utilizing the ms…

Thursday, December 28, 2023

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Microsoft Security, Compliance and Identity

Public Preview: Separation of scan levels for Azure SQL Database and Snowflake in Microsoft Purview

Scanning is a key function that captures metadata from data sources and brings it to Microsoft Purview. In Microsoft Purview Data Map terminology, there are three different levels of scanning based on…

Wednesday, December 27, 2023

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