Microsoft says it is acquiring cyber threat analysis and research firm Miburo in a move the company hopes will help organizations detect and respond to sophisticated nation-state cyberattacks.
In a blog post penned by Tom Burt, corporate vice president of customer security and trust, in the blog, Microsoft says Miburo will become part of the company’s Customer Security and Trust group, working in close collaboration with the Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center and other security researchers and data scientists at Microsoft.
Burt calls Miburo a “leading expert” in identifying foreign information operations and detecting and attributing malign and extremist influence campaigns across 16 languages.
The combined analysis power of the companies will enable Microsoft to expand its threat detection and analysis capabilities to address new cyberattacks and shed light on how foreign actors use information operations in conjunction with other cyberattacks to carry out their strategy, according to the blog.
“With the acquisition of Miburo, we will continue our mission to take action, and to partner with others in the public and private sectors to find long-term solutions that will stop foreign adversaries from threatening public and private sector customers and, in fact, the very foundations of our democracy,” Burt writes.
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