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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nThere is no doubt that ransomware attacks have taken a massive turn in being the top priority as a threat to many organizations. A\u00a0recent report\u00a0released by\u00a0PurpleSec<\/a>\u00a0revealed that the estimated cost of ransomware attacks was $20 billion in 2020 and with downtime increasing by over 200% and the cost being 23x higher than 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Preventing such attacks in the first place would be the ideal solution but with the new trend of \u2018ransomware as a service\u2019 and human operated ransomware, the scope and the sophistication of attacks are increasing \u2013 attackers are using slow and stealth techniques to compromise network, which makes it harder to detect them in the first place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Good new is that #azuresentinel<\/a>\u00a0\ud83d\udd25 is constantly getting more efficient by introducing\u00a0#AI<\/a>\u00a0in action – Sentinel\u00a0#fusion<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n In order to help your analyst quickly understand the possible attack, Fusion provides you with a complete picture for the suspicious activities happened on the same device\/host by correlating signals from Microsoft products as well as signals in network and cloud. Supported data connectors include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201dWith Fusion detection for ransomware that captures malicious activities at the defense evasion and execution stages of an attack, it gives security analysts an opportunity to quickly understand the suspicious activities happened around the same timeframe on the common entities, connect the dots and take immediate actions to disrupt the attack.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Microsoft is commited to release new multistage attack scenarios detected by Fusion in Azure Sentinel. You could keep an eye on there\u00a0Azure Sentinel Fusion<\/a>\u00a0page and get latest updates there \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n Stay tuned for more Azure automation & Security related posts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n F\u1d0f\u029f\u029f\u1d0f\u1d21 \u1d0d\u1d07 \ud83c\udfaf \u1d00\u0274\u1d05 become \u1d00 #cloudmarathoner<\/a> \u26c5\ud83c\udfc3\u200d\u2642\ufe0f\ud83c\udfc3\u200d\u2640\ufe0f – \ud835\udc0b\ud835\udc04\ud835\udc13’\ud835\udc12 \ud835\udc02\ud835\udc0e\ud835\udc0d\ud835\udc0d\ud835\udc04\ud835\udc02\ud835\udc13 \ud83d\udc4d<\/p>\n\n\n\n #microsoftsecurity<\/a> AI in action with Azure Sentinel for help!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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