Defender for Endpoint for Linux: new capabilities and enhancements

Intro Microsoft published this summer new capabilities and enhancements for Defender for Endpoint on linux. In my opinion Defender for Endpoint on linux is a lot of times overlooked and the new features are a very good improvement to the performance of Defender for Endpoint on linux which deserve more exposure. In this blog i…

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint security management (MDE Attach v2) on Linux : A deep dive

Intro This blog post is inspired by Rudy Ooms, who wrote a excellent write up about the behind the scenes of the MDE attach v2 process and security configuration on Windows endpoints. Which can be found here. A must read if you want a better understanding how MDE attach v2 is working… I was getting…

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint settings management: Enhancements

*UPDATE 17/07/2023* Added extra information about system labels Intro Microsoft is doing a very good job at listening to their customers, partners and MVP’s lately. One of the highly requested feature was to simplify the requirements for their MDE settings management (AKA ‘MDE Attach’) . But that’s not all, more exciting news will be announced…

Unleash the power of Defender for Servers Plan 2: Agentless scanning – part 3

Intro Welcome to part three of the blog series on Unleach the power of Defender for Servers Plan 2! In our previous blog, we explored how to start implementing Adaptive Application control.  In part 3, we’ll dive into the concept of agentless scanning, which is included in Defender for Cloud Plan 2. We’ll explore what…