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Background for this topic.
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.
Newly disclosed RCE flaw in Cosmos DB's Jupyter Notebook feature highlights some of the weaknesses that can arise from emerging tech in the cloud-native and machine learning worlds.
Microsoft on Tuesday said it addressed an authentication bypass vulnerability in Jupyter Notebooks for Azure Cosmos DB that enabled full read and write access
Analysts at Orca Security have found a critical vulnerability affecting Azure Cosmos DB that allowed unauthenticated read and write access to containers. [...]