Security News > 2024 > June > Azure Service Tags Vulnerability: Microsoft Warns of Potential Abuse by Hackers
2024-06-10 11:20
Microsoft is warning about the potential abuse of Azure Service Tags by malicious actors to forge requests from a trusted service and get around firewall rules, thereby allowing them to gain unauthorized access to cloud resources. "This case does highlight an inherent risk in using service tags as a single mechanism for vetting incoming network traffic," the Microsoft Security Response Center (
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