Microsoft Defender antivirus gets a huge update

Microsoft has unveiled a series of changes to the antivirus service running in Windows 10 that will put all of the company's detection and response (XDR) facilities under one roof.

The changes were announced at the company's (Ignite 2020) event, and the changes will see (Microsoft 365 Defender) known as (Microsoft Threat Protection) and (Azure Defender) integrated under the umbrella of the (Microsoft Defender) antivirus service in Windows 10.

The company claims that the offering will provide the widest coverage of resources for any XDR in the industry, using artificial intelligence to analyze attacks across different vectors, and make automatic decisions where possible.

Microsoft Defender has also been integrated with the company's SIEM event management tool, and SIEM draws data from the cloud native from Microsoft Defender and other sources to provide a comprehensive view of each attack, and order the threats by priority in Windows 10.

The company also announced that Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, known as Microsoft Defender ATP, has become publicly available to Android users, and has landed in preview on iOS, which means that the service is now available across all major operating systems.

On mobile platforms, the service will protect against phishing attacks, dangerous apps, and malicious files, and can be used to block corporate data to reduce the risk of hacking.

According to Microsoft, Khata is designed to integrate its security offerings to reduce complexity - and issues that may arise as a result.

“Historically, security teams have struggled to keep up with threats and signals through a patchwork of non-integrated solutions that fail to cover the breadth of workloads, clouds, and the hardware on which companies operate,” explains Vasu Jakkal, vice president at Microsoft Security Compliance and Identity.

By integrating XDR facilities and integrating with Azure Sentinel, Microsoft hopes to simplify threat detection, analysis, and resolution - especially in the context of the changes wrought by the epidemic and the boom in remote work.

Vasu Jakkal added: “Digital security is about people - it is about empowering defenders to defend and protect employees, data, work, and personal safety. It's about making people and organizations resilient in an environment of unexpected change, like working remotely on a large scale. ”