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Azure is a cloud platform offering computing, storage, and networking services that organizations use to run applications and manage data. Security in Azure depends on a shared responsibility model: Microsoft protects the physical infrastructure and core services, while users must secure their configurations, identities, and data within the environment.
Key security concerns include misconfigured access controls that expose resources, vulnerabilities in deployed applications or services, and risks from exposed management endpoints. Effective security requires enforcing least privilege through identity and access management, segmenting networks to limit lateral movement, and continuously monitoring for suspicious activity. Regular patching of workloads and careful configuration of Azure-native security features are critical to reducing attack surfaces and preventing unauthorized access or data exposure.
XSS Vulnerabilities Found in Microsoft Azure Cloud Services
Microsoft quickly issued patches for the two security issues, which could allow unauthorized access to cloud sessions.
Severe Vulnerabilities Reported in Microsoft Azure Bastion and Container Registry
Two "dangerous" security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in Microsoft Azure Bastion and Azure Container Registry that could have been exploited to carry out cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks
Researchers Uncover XSS Vulnerabilities in Azure Services
They could allow unauthorized access to sessions within the compromised Azure service iframe
Microsoft: Azure Portal outage was caused by traffic “spike”
Microsoft revealed in an update to the Azure status page that the preliminary root cause behind an outage that impacted the Azure Portal worldwide on Friday was what it described as a traffic "spike." [...]