Welcome to the Virtual Ninja Show’s Ninja Cat giveaway!
We are so excited to announce there will be NINE opportunities across Season 3 of the Ninja Show to earn your very own plush ninja cat and give it a new beloved home and we have many plush ninja cats looking for a new home! It works like this: for each episode there is a task to accomplish related to the topic in that show. You can complete each episode’s task for an opportunity to win! When you receive a LIKE on your response (from me, Heike) make sure you check your messages here in Tech Community for a message (from me, Heike ) with next steps. If you do not receive a like, don’t worry - come back and keep trying! For each episode, you have a new chance to win a kitty! Though we do limit one ninja cat per person, please! Click on any episode conversation below to access the various tasks! Episode specific conversations will be posted after their live broadcast is finished. Once you’ve submitted your response, and received my like, I will reach out for the last few details to get your ninja cat on its way! P.S. You have time to put your raffle ticket in the basket (for any episode) until April 14 th ! > Episode 2 | Mastering email authentication and slashing overrides: Part 2 (March 9 th 9 AM PT) > Episode 3 | Microsoft Sentinel Integration (March 14 th 9 AM PT) > Episode 4 | Defender Experts for Hunting Overview (March 16 th 9 AM PT) > Episode 5 | Mobile Threat Defense (March 20 th 9 AM PT) > Episode 6 | SaaS security posture management (SSPM) (March 21 st 9 AM PT) > Episode 7 | Defender for Identity and Defender for Endpoint: Better Together (March 23 rd 9 AM PT) > Episode 8 | Get to know Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management Premium (March 27 th 9 AM PT) > Episode 9 | Attack disruption (March 29 th 9 AM PT) > Episode 10 | Identity Threat Detection and Response (March 30 th 9 AM PT) Good luck! Heike and the Ninja Show crew This offer is non-transferable and cannot be combined with any other offer. This offer ends on April 14 th , 2023, or until supplies are exhausted and is not redeemable for cash. Taxes, if there are any, are the sole responsibility of the recipient. Any gift returned as non-deliverable will not be re-sent. Please allow 6-8 weeks for shipment of your gift. Microsoft reserves the right to cancel, change, or suspend this offer at any time without notice. Offer void in Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, Syria, Region of Crimea, Russia, and where prohibited.Resources for Automatic attack disruption
Hi all, because this topic is really HOT, I thought I am sharing a collection of resources with you. Recordings: Microsoft Secure (free registration required): - How XDR defends against ransomware across the entire kill chain with Corina Feuerstein - Ask the Experts: How XDR defends against ransomware across the entire kill chain Ninja Show episode Attack disruption, with Hadar Feldman Ignite announcement: What’s new in SIEM and XDR: Attack disruption and SOC empowerment - Events | Microsoft Learn Blogs: Automatic disruption of Ransomware and BEC attacks with Microsoft 365 Defender XDR attack disruption in action – Defending against a recent BEC attack Documentation: Configure automatic attack disruption capabilities in Microsoft 365 Defender | Microsoft Learn What do you think about this new and exciting capability? Do you have any questions on how it works that we didn't refer to? If so feel free to start a conversation here! 🙂 Oh and if I missed another resource, let me know too! HeikeNinja Cat Giveaway: Episode 5 | Mobile Threat Defense
For this episode, your opportunity to win a plush ninja cat is the following - Reply to this thread with: After assessing this discussion with Yuji, tell us what are at least 3 common attack vectors on mobile devices? This offer is non-transferable and cannot be combined with any other offer. This offer ends on April 14 th , 2023, or until supplies are exhausted and is not redeemable for cash. Taxes, if there are any, are the sole responsibility of the recipient. Any gift returned as non-deliverable will not be re-sent. Please allow 6-8 weeks for shipment of your gift. Microsoft reserves the right to cancel, change, or suspend this offer at any time without notice. Offer void in Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, Syria, Region of Crimea, Russia, and where prohibited.Ninja Cat Giveaway: Episode 7 | Defender for Identity and Defender for Endpoint: Better to together
For this episode, your opportunity to win a plush ninja cat is the following - Tell us about an alert that started either from Defender for Endpoint or Defender for Identity and what additional information from the other product (Defender for Endpoint or Defender for Identity) helped you get more details about that alert? Or share your favorite KQL query with tables from both products. This offer is non-transferable and cannot be combined with any other offer. This offer ends on April 14 th , 2023, or until supplies are exhausted and is not redeemable for cash. Taxes, if there are any, are the sole responsibility of the recipient. Any gift returned as non-deliverable will not be re-sent. Please allow 6-8 weeks for shipment of your gift. Microsoft reserves the right to cancel, change, or suspend this offer at any time without notice. Offer void in Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, Syria, Region of Crimea, Russia, and where prohibited.
Unable to apply ASR rules for Windows servers (2012R2,2016, 2019 and 2022) via SCCM
Hi, I have onboarded servers 2012 R2, 2016, 2019 and 2022 into the Microsoft Defender for Endpoint via a unified solution (I am not using MMA or AMA), All statuses are Active and onboarded in the www.security.microsoft.com console. These servers are managing through the SCCM and I could deploy the Antimalware policy for all servers. Still, I am unable to deploy ASR rules for the onboarded servers, I have tried manually configure rules into the servers. Still, when I run Get-MpPreference powershell command there are blank fields for ASR components. Any solution for this? Note: These servers are not joined AAD.Ninja Cat Giveaway: Episode 9 | Attack disruption
For this episode, your opportunity to win a plush ninja cat is the following – Explain what attack disruption means and one reason why it is critical to any organization. This offer is non-transferable and cannot be combined with any other offer. This offer ends on April 14 th , 2023, or until supplies are exhausted and is not redeemable for cash. Taxes, if there are any, are the sole responsibility of the recipient. Any gift returned as non-deliverable will not be re-sent. Please allow 6-8 weeks for shipment of your gift. Microsoft reserves the right to cancel, change, or suspend this offer at any time without notice. Offer void in Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, Syria, Region of Crimea, Russia, and where prohibited.Ninja Cat Giveaway: Episode 2 | Mastering email authentication and slashing overrides: Part 2
For this episode, your opportunity to win a plush ninja cat is the following - Reply to this thread with: Did you spot ninja cat throughout episode? Mention your favorite on-screen ninja cat appearance in this episode along with one thing you’ve learned from this episode of the Ninja Show! This offer is non-transferable and cannot be combined with any other offer. This offer ends on April 14 th , 2023, or until supplies are exhausted and is not redeemable for cash. Taxes, if there are any, are the sole responsibility of the recipient. Any gift returned as non-deliverable will not be re-sent. Please allow 6-8 weeks for shipment of your gift. Microsoft reserves the right to cancel, change, or suspend this offer at any time without notice. Offer void in Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, Syria, Region of Crimea, Russia, and where prohibited.THE VIRTUAL NINJA SHOW SEASON 4 RECAP
Did you miss any of the Ninja Show this season? Not to worry! We have assembled a synopsis of each episode highlighting the central focus points established in our discussions. (However, reading the main points are never as good as the real thing... Watch any episode on demand here!) Overview: Episodes 1-5 of this season were part of our first mini-series! Focused on incident response cases, experts from several teams across the Microsoft 365 Defender suite shared their knowledge regarding incident investigations as well as the critical tools and capabilities available to help improve defense in any organization. Episodes 6-8 shifted gears and included content about Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps, Near real-time custom detection rules in M365D, and new Microsoft Teams protections! Ep 1: Oren Saban kicked off our Incident Response series by sharing IR investigation capabilities in Microsoft 365 Defender. We introduce how to best use the attack story view in the Defender portal, dive into the benefits of alert insights, and provide a guided walkthrough of a specific incident investigation that demonstrates how to pivot on affected entities to confirm nothing is being missed – with a special segment unveiling the updated File Content page (coming soon)! Ep 2: Michael Melone shifts us into an IR investigation of malware. Here we learn the ABC’s (and D!) of IR – a simplistic approach to manage malware incidents effectively. Through Michael’s demo you will also find updated advanced hunting capabilities in Microsoft 365 Defender and get to know the process of connecting alerts to primary incidents, creating a comprehensive view of an attack. Ep 3: Pawel Partyka unveils the impacts of business email compromise incidents (cyberattacks with financial fraud motivation) through an in-depth attack investigation. Takeaways we found critical were: Understanding the complexities of AiTM (adversary in the middle) phishing and Identifying the various connections of an attack story through the threat factors uncovered in Microsoft 365 Defender portal Recommended actions tab in Microsoft 365 Defender to help prevent damage to your assets Pawel’s demo walks through each step of the process extremely diligently. Ep 4 & 5: Corina Feuerstein wraps up our IR focus with a two-part investigation of a ransomware incident. Part 1 defines human-operated ransomware and the numerous phases of impact on an organization. Using a multi-stage incident generated by Microsoft 365 Defender, she shares how attackers use automation and exhibits how automated attack disruption defends at an even faster speed - enabling isolation tactics that prevent them from gaining a larger foothold within the enterprise. We also follow a ransomware playbook to assist during the containment and incident response phase of the attack, showing how to investigate step-by-step, verifying the attack is disrupted and prevent future risks. Part 2 continues our ransomware investigation using advanced hunting KQL queries. We dig into the behaviors and processes of the attack, learn the benefit of adding indicator markers, and make note of the tagging capability to review and connect future incidents. Key takeaways also include learning about remediation procedures, prevention tactics, and professional recommendations to improve security posture. Ep 6: Keith Fleming brings us out of incident investigations and explains the latest updates in Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps! He first shares the 4 simple steps to deploy this product in your environment to confidently secure your applications and protect your data. Then, our conversation leads into a demonstration of: Connecting SaaS applications to Defender for Cloud Apps and receiving additional insights from these connections Explaining the Activity Log where you can take part in advanced hunting without KQL expertise! Enabling Defender for Endpoint connection and gain rich insights without the use of a proxy. There are so many more valuable resources shared throughout this episode, only matching the constant progress happening in the Defender for Cloud Apps world. Ep 7: Microsoft 365 Defender launched near real-time (NRT) custom detection rules and Christos Ventouris expertly dives into the benefits of this public preview feature. Watch this episode to learn: What custom detection rules are How you can create and modify them to your needs using advanced hunting queries And recognize the positive impact these near real-time rulesets make when it comes to mitigating threats in your organization as quickly as possible Ep 8: Closing out our fourth season are Senior Product Managers Malvika Balaraj and Daniel Mozes! They unveil an added layer of security within the Defender for Office suite, the collaboration and security within Microsoft Teams. Topics of focus are the new features Defender for Office 365 brings to Microsoft Teams. We learn how Microsoft 365 Defender blocks and removes malicious links or files from Teams or SharePoint and the self-reporting capability of files that may be a security risk - allowing a more proactive approach to prevent phishing attacks by educating users on basic security measures. Et voilà! The end of another great season We are extremely grateful to have the opportunity to help minimize learning gaps in the Microsoft Security community through the Virtual Ninja Show – but please help us keep it relevant to your needs! Add a comment including any topics you would like to see us bring forth next season so we can deliver what is helpful to you. Until next time, ninjas!Intune device compliance status not evaluated
Has anyone encountered devices taking absolutely forever to evaluate overall compliance after user enrollment ESP? (pre-provisioned devices). They just sit there in "not evaluated" and get blocked by CA policy. Most come good eventually, but some literally are taking employees offline for the whole day. These are all Win11 AAD-joined. Microsoft has only offered me the standard "may take up to 8 hours, goodbye" response but I am pulling my hair out trying to figure out if this is just an Intune thing, or is there a trick I am missing? Some of them take so long that I give up and swap out the device so they can start working. The individual policies are evaluating just fine, but the overall status is way behind. I'd even prefer them to be non-compliant because at least then the grace period would kick in. I have had very limited success with rebooting and kicking off all the syncs / check access buttons, but I have a feeling those buttons have just been a placebo. It happens very sporadically too on about half of devices the user doesn't even notice it's that quick. Thanks for any advice
