Microsoft’s New Defender Trick: Stopping Sneaky Endpoints Like It’s 2023!

Microsoft’s Defender for Endpoint is stepping up its game, blocking traffic to and from mystery devices to thwart attackers’ lateral moves. Just imagine a digital bouncer, but for your network. It’s like putting a velvet rope around your IP addresses, stopping cyber crooks in their tracks.

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Hot Take:

*Microsoft’s latest cybersecurity feature is like putting a cone of silence around undiscovered devices—no more covert chats for those sneaky cybercriminals! It’s like giving hackers the cold shoulder, but in a tech-savvy, borderline sci-fi way.*

Key Points:

– Microsoft is testing a new feature in Defender for Endpoint to block traffic to and from undiscovered or unmanaged devices.
– This feature employs automatic attack disruption to contain IP addresses associated with these devices.
– It aims to prevent lateral movement by blocking communication with potentially compromised devices.
– The new capability is available on devices running Windows 10 and newer, and also on some Windows Servers.
– Device isolation support has expanded to macOS and Linux as of October 2023.

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