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Miasma worm shapeshifts, but cloud secret-scouting remains the goal
Windows Admin Center flaws mean on-prem can attack cloud, and vice-versa Black Hat Asia Israeli researchers found a series of flaws in Microsoft's Windows Admin Center (WAC) and suggest this shows hybrid cloud management tools are a two-way attack surface that users don't spend enough time worrying about.…
Azure Storage now requires version 1.2 or newer for encrypted connections Today is the day Azure Storage stops supporting versions 1.0 and 1.1 of Transport Layer Security (TLS). TLS 1.2 is the new minimum.…
Countries that banded together to challenge Boeing in the air try to do the same to AWS, Microsoft, and Google on the ground Feature More than half a century ago, a consortium of European aerospace businesses from the UK, France, Germany and Spain joined forces to take on America's Boeing. Fast forward to the 21st century and the countries are applying the same model needs to the world of cloud computing, giving the continent a fighting chance to reduce the digital domination of Big Tech.…
Aisuru botnet strikes again, bigger and badder Azure was hit by the "largest-ever" cloud-based distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack, originating from the Aisuru botnet and measuring 15.72 terabits per second (Tbps), according to Microsoft.…
Under shadow of US CLOUD Act, Redmond releases raft of services to calm customers in the EU Microsoft is again banging the data sovereignty drum in Europe, months after admitting in a French court it couldn't guarantee that data will not be transmitted to the US government when legally required to do so.…
Sharing links take seconds to create, but can last for years Partner Content Seamless collaboration through cloud platforms like Microsoft 365 has radically reshaped the modern workplace. In the span of an hour, you could go from uploading budget proposals to a project channel to live editing a joint presentation with a business partner, all while making lunch plans over Teams. From remote work to video calls, it’s never been easier to connect people, ideas, and information.…
Don't let it happen to you Storm-0501, a financially motivated cybercrime crew, recently broke into a large enterprise's on-premises and cloud environments, ultimately exfiltrating and destroying data within the org's Azure environment. The criminals then contacted the victim via a Microsoft Teams account that they'd also compromised in the attack, demanding a ransom payment for the stolen files.…
From hardware security chips and trusted execution pipelines to open source Root of Trust modules Hot Chips Microsoft is one of the biggest names in cybersecurity, but it has a less-than-stellar track record in the department. Given its reputation, Redmond can't afford to mess around when it comes to securing its cloud customers' data and workloads.…
No reported in-the-wild exploits…yet Microsoft and the feds late Wednesday sounded the alarm on another high-severity bug in Exchange Server hybrid deployments that could allow attackers to escalate privileges from on-premises Exchange to the cloud.…
Regulators around the globe pay attention as results of 21-month cloud probe published Britain's competition regulator says Microsoft and AWS are using their dominance to harm UK cloud customers and proposes to designate both with strategic market status (SMS) to take action against them.…
Admins urged to rotate machine keys, restart IIS after emergency fix Microsoft has good news for administrators running SharePoint Server 2016. The cloud and software megacorp has published updates to close a gaping hole in the document management service.…
Chocolate Factory doubles down on enterprise security at Cloud Next Google will today reveal a new unified security platform that analysts think can help it battle Microsoft for a bigger chunk of the enterprise infosec market.…
They're good at zero-day exploits, too Silk Typhoon, the Chinese government crew believed to be behind the December US Treasury intrusions, has been abusing stolen API keys and cloud credentials in ongoing attacks targeting IT companies and state and local government agencies since late 2024, according to Microsoft Threat Intelligence.…
Some may have second thoughts about going all-in with an American vendor, no matter where their data is stored Microsoft has completed its EU data boundary, however, analysts and some regional cloud players are voicing concerns over dependencies on a US entity, even with the guarantees in place.…
Crew helped lowlifes generate X-rated celeb deepfakes using Redmond's OpenAI-powered cloud – claim Microsoft has named four of the ten people it is suing for allegedly snatching Azure cloud credentials and developing tools to bypass safety guardrails in its generative AI services – ultimately to generate deepfake smut videos of celebrities and others.…
Roses aren't cheap, violets are dear, now all your access token are belong to Vladimir Digital thieves – quite possibly Kremlin-linked baddies – have been emailing out bogus Microsoft Teams meeting invites to trick victims in key government and business sectors into handing over their authentication tokens, granting access to emails, cloud data, and other sensitive information.…
Recent campaign targeted 20,000 folk across UK and Europe with this tactic, Unit 42 warns Unknown criminals went on a phishing expedition that targeted about 20,000 users across the automotive, chemical and industrial compound manufacturing sectors in Europe, and tried to steal account credentials and then hijack the victims' Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure.…
Defenders beware: Ransomware, data theft, extortion, and backdoors on Storm-0501's agenda Microsoft's latest threat intelligence blog issues a warning to all organizations about Storm-0501's recent shift in tactics, targeting, and backdooring hybrid cloud environments.…
No malware crew linked to this latest red-teaming tool yet Attackers are using Splinter, a new post-exploitation tool, to wreak havoc in victims' IT environments after initial infiltration, utilizing capabilities such as executing Windows commands, stealing files, collecting cloud service account info, and downloading additional malware onto victims' systems.…