Microsoft has launched a European Security Program that leverages artificial intelligence to enhance cybersecurity defenses for European governments against state-sponsored cyber threats. The initiative emphasizes collaboration with European organizations and proactive threat intelligence to combat nation-state actors from Russia, Iran, China, and North Korea. #LummaInfostealer #StateSponsoredAttacks #EUProtection
Keypoints
- The new program aims to bolster cybersecurity for European governments through AI-driven threat detection.
- It expands Microsoft’s existing Government Security Program, accessible to all EU and associated countries.
- Focus is on countering attacks from nation-states like Russia, Iran, China, and North Korea, mainly targeting espionage.
- Microsoft collaborates with organizations such as Europol and the CyberPeace Institute to detect and disrupt threats.
- The company demonstrated its commitment by helping take down the Lumma infostealer malware affecting several European countries.