Microsoft Azure Security Archives

Mandatory MFA is Coming to Microsoft Azure

Jeffrey Burt | August 19, 2024 | Cloud Security, Microsoft Azure Security, Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)

Microsoft is making MFA mandatory for signing into Azure accounts, the latest step in the IT vendor's Secure Future Initiative that it expanded in May in the wake of two embarrassing breaches ...

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A Microsoft Windows “blue screen of death”

Global Outage Outrage: CrowdStrike Security Tool Blamed

Richi Jennings | July 19, 2024 | azure, Azure cloud, cloud outage, CrowdStrike, CrowdStrike Falcon, CrowdStrike Falcon XDR, Downtime and outages, m365, Microsoft 365, Microsoft 365 (365), Microsoft 365 outage, Microsoft 365 service outage alert, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Azure Security, outage, Outage Investigation, SB Blogwatch

BSODs beyond belief: A buggy update to CrowdStrike Falcon made Windows PCs and servers crash—worldwide ...

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A single, juicy raspberry on a plain, white background

Biden Review Board Gives Microsoft a Big, Fat Raspberry

Storm-0558 forecast: Last year’s Chinese hack of federal agencies’ email is still a mystery, and “should never have occurred,” says CISA ...

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DoD Email Breach: Pentagon Tells Victims 12 Months Late

3TB Email FAIL: Personal info of tens of thousands leaks. Microsoft cloud email server was missing a password ...

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Satya Nadella, with caption quote: “Culture of toxic obfuscation”

Microsoft is a “Strategic Problem in the Security Space,” Says CEO

Richi Jennings | August 3, 2023 | Amit Yoran, azure, Azure Active Directory, Azure AD, Azure security, Microsoft, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Azure Active Directory, Microsoft Azure Security, SB Blogwatch, Tenable

Fist of FAIL: Tenable CEO Amit Yoran has had enough—and he’s not gonna take it anymore. Satya Nadella (pictured) can’t be happy ...

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‘China’ Azure Breach: MUCH Worse Than Microsoft Said

Richi Jennings | July 24, 2023 | Active Directory, Authentication, azure, Azure Active Directory, Azure AD, Entra ID, Exchange, Microsoft, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Azure Active Directory, Microsoft Azure Security, OpenID, Outlook.com, SB Blogwatch, Storm-0558, Wiz

Storm-0558 Breaks: Satya and Pooh, sitting in a tree, K.I.S.S.I.N.G ...

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Microsoft Repeatedly Burned in ‘Layer 7’ DDoS

Unlucky number: Time and again this month, “Russian” hackers bring down Microsoft clouds ...

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Surprise! US DoD Server Had no Password — 3TB of Sensitive Data Leaked

Richi Jennings | February 22, 2023 | azure, Azure cloud, Azure Government Cloud, defense department, Department of Defense, DoD, email, Microsoft, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Azure Security, pentagon, SB Blogwatch, U.S. Department of Defense, United States Department of Defense, US DOD, USSOCOM

Sensitive military data found on unprotected Microsoft Azure server. Defense Department email store left insecure for at least 11 days ...

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Dig Deeper into the Essentials of Microsoft Azure Security

Andres Montalban | November 14, 2022 | Cloud Engineer, Microsoft Azure Security

In the next few minutes, you will explore the in-depth design of Azure services and capabilities to help you secure, manage and monitor your cloud data and infrastructure. As a managed service, ...

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