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posted by martyb on Friday March 27 2020, @12:46PM   Printer-friendly
from the microsoft-maginot-line-defender dept.

[Ed. note: This is the 40,000th story submission to SoylentNews.org (Thanks everyone!) --martyb]

Microsoft Defender for Linux is coming. This is what you need to know:

Microsoft's security tools extend beyond the company's own platforms. While the ambition for Defender for Linux is broad, the first preview is aimed just at servers and does less than on Windows.

[...] When Defender came to macOS as well as Windows, Microsoft announced that the name of the software was changing, from Windows Defender to Microsoft Defender. Hidden in the presentation was a hint about the future: a Linux laptop with a penguin sticker on. Now Microsoft Defender ATP for Linux in is in public preview for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7+, CentOS Linux 7+, Ubuntu 16 LTS or higher, SLES 12+, Debian 9+, and Oracle Enterprise Linux 7. But what does it actually protect those OSes from?

Microsoft already has Linux malware detection in the Defender agents on Windows and Mac, because files get moved from one device to another and you want to catch malware wherever it is -- ideally before it gets onto a vulnerable system. If you're using WSL, Defender already protects you against threats like infected npm packages that try to install cryptominers.

[...] For smartphones, Microsoft seems likely to concentrate on phishing, and not just in email but potentially in messaging apps too.

[...] "But then let's move past endpoints -- let's talk about your whole estate, all of your users and all of your data and all of your communication tools inside of one threat protection environment."

Rest assured that this is guaranteed to have the same quality, security and stability that you have come to expect from the Microsoft brand name. Count on it!


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  • (Score: 4, Interesting) by DannyB on Friday March 27 2020, @07:02PM

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Friday March 27 2020, @07:02PM (#976409) Journal

    [Microsoft] shown time and time again that they're willing to lose money in a market indefinitelty to ensure that no one else makes money there either.

    This trick is documented in the book: Big Blue: IBM's Use and Abuse of Power.

    The idea is that once competitors are driven out of a particular market, you then have a monopoly on that market and can extremely profitably charge whatever you want. Customers have no choice but to pay or do without. Just make sure doing without is more expensive than paying and you're a winner.

    If a cheap competitor eying your rich profits decides to undercut you on price, then you go back to losing money in this market segment until you drive the competitor out of business. You can of course finance these losses because you are a monopolist in other market segments where the buyer's head is in your noose and they pay whatever you say.

    That book about IBM was like a playbook of exactly how Microsoft behaved.

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    People today are educated enough to repeat what they are taught but not to question what they are taught.
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