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Microsoft Defender ATP Preview Arrives for Linux Distros -- iOS and Android Versions to Follow

posted by martyb on Saturday February 22 2020, @08:35AM   Printer-friendly
from the ATP-app-aptly-allays-APTs dept.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for CoolHand:

Microsoft Defender ATP preview arrives for Linux distros -- iOS and Android versions to follow:

Microsoft has released a public preview of its Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) for various Linux distributions.

The company says that the tool will also be coming to iOS and Android later this year, and more details of these mobile editions are due to be revealed at next week's RSA Conference. The spread to additional platform comes after Microsoft rebranded Windows Defender as Microsoft Defender last year.

[...]On the Linux server front, RHEL 7+, CentOS Linux 7+, Ubuntu 16 LTS, or higher LTS, SLES 12+, Debian 9+ and Oracle EL 7 are supported by the preview, reported Bleeping Computer.

In a blog post about the release, Microsoft writes: "We're announcing another step in our journey to offer security from Microsoft with the public preview of Microsoft Defender ATP for Linux. Extending endpoint threat protection to Linux has been a long-time ask from our customers and we're excited to be able to deliver on that".

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  • (Score: 5, Interesting) by janrinok on Saturday February 22 2020, @09:13AM (4 children)

    by janrinok (52) Subscriber Badge on Saturday February 22 2020, @09:13AM (#960978) Journal

    It rather depends on what you use your computer for. If you run a server of some kind, it is always useful to check that you are not pushing out viruses that, although they cannot affect your own computer, might have serious consequences for the recipient.

    I'm still not tempted to go to MS for my antivirus needs though. I will never trust them with my data.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 22 2020, @02:32PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 22 2020, @02:32PM (#961030)

    There are plenty of IDS systems for nix, don't need MS anywhere near my box.

    • (Score: 3, Insightful) by edIII on Saturday February 22 2020, @09:53PM (1 child)

      by edIII (791) on Saturday February 22 2020, @09:53PM (#961178)

      Here's a short list [comparitech.com] of IDS for Linux, updated for today's environments.

      Antivirus for Linux exists too [tecmint.com]. Microsoft is just adding to the alternatives, which does improve things somewhat, even if you don't choose it.

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      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 23 2020, @04:16PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 23 2020, @04:16PM (#961428)

        An offer of security from Microsoft? No thanks.

  • (Score: 4, Funny) by Bot on Saturday February 22 2020, @03:15PM

    by Bot (3902) on Saturday February 22 2020, @03:15PM (#961037) Journal

    >It rather depends on what you use your computer for.

    I use it to avoid running Windows. Basically I boot it, and when a desktop without M$ logo comes up, I exhale and leave it as is.

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