Security News > 2025 > February > Microsoft Identifies 3,000 Leaked ASP.NET Keys Enabling Code Injection Attacks
2025-02-07 11:01
Microsoft is warning of an insecure practice wherein software developers are incorporating publicly disclosed ASP.NET machine keys from publicly accessible resources, thereby putting their applications in attackers' pathway. The tech giant's threat intelligence team said it observed limited activity in December 2024 that involved an unknown threat actor using a publicly available, static ASP.NET
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