Security News

Microsoft now offers Windows 11 preview on Azure Virtual Desktop
2021-08-21 15:45

Starting this week, Microsoft customers can use the Azure Virtual Desktop to virtualize a Windows 11 preview desktop on Azure virtual machines. "Azure Virtual Desktop has become a popular cloud VDI platform to run desktops and apps in the cloud and deliver a full Windows experience to users virtually anywhere," said Kam VedBrat, GM for Windows Virtual Desktop at Microsoft.

Windows 365 exposes Microsoft Azure credentials in plaintext
2021-08-13 18:24

A security researcher has figured out a way to dump a user's unencrypted plaintext Microsoft Azure credentials from Microsoft's new Windows 365 Cloud PC service using Mimikatz. On August 2nd, Microsoft launched their Windows 365 cloud-based desktop service, allowing users to rent Cloud PCs and access them via remote desktop clients or a browser.

Microsoft adds Fusion ransomware attack detection to Azure Sentinel
2021-08-09 21:22

Microsoft says that the Azure Sentinel cloud-native SIEM platform is now able to detect potential ransomware activity using the Fusion machine learning model. Microsoft announced today that its cloud-based SIEM now supports Fusion detections for possible ransomware attacks and triggers high severity Multiple alerts possibly related to Ransomware activity detected incidents.

IronNet Cybersecurity expands support for detecting cyber attacks in Microsoft Azure
2021-08-06 01:30

IronNet Cybersecurity announced expanded support for detecting and preventing cyber attacks in Microsoft Azure. As a Microsoft partner, IronNet and its Collective Defense platform provide support that enables its Microsoft customers to execute safe and seamless migrations to the cloud amidst the aggressive volume and increasing sophistication of cyber threats.

Paian IT Solutions and Corent Technology offer its cloud optimization service on Azure Marketplace
2021-08-01 23:30

Paian IT Solutions and Corent Technology create a transactable presence for cloud optimization services on Microsoft's Azure Marketplace. Paian's vision is to reach the entire Azure customer base across the region, offering PASOS - Paian's Azure Spend and Optimization services.

Bot protection now generally available in Azure Web Application Firewall
2021-08-01 14:00

Microsoft has announced that the Web Application Firewall bot protection feature has reached general availability on Azure Application Gateway starting this week. Azure Web Application Firewall is a cloud-native service designed to protect customers' web applications from bot attacks, common exploits, as well as common web vulnerabilities, including cross-site scripting, SQL injection, broken auth, security misconfigurations, and more.

EMQ X Cloud now available on Microsoft Azure to help users carry out their IoT projects with MQTT
2021-07-28 01:00

EMQ announced that EMQ X Cloud is now available on Microsoft Azure. EMQ X Cloud is a fully managed MQTT service built on the worldwide used open-source MQTT broker - EMQ X, which has more than 10 million downloads and hundreds of thousands of deployments around the globe.

Misconfigured Azure Blob at Raven Hengelsport exposed records of 246,000 anglers – and took months to tackle, claim infosec researchers
2021-07-27 20:49

Dutch fishing supply specialist Raven Hengelsport left details of around 246,000 customers visible to anyone on a misconfigured Microsoft Azure cloud server for months. "Sadly, actually getting Raven, also known as Raven Fishing, to do anything about the issue proved challenging."We immediately tried to get in touch with Raven once we discovered the open database, but did not receive a response from Raven regarding the breach," SafetyDetectives' researchers noted.

S&I releases AI building security management system built on Microsoft Azure
2021-07-25 02:00

S&I Corporation has released "Atxpert AI Viewer", a new AI building security management system based on Microsoft Azure, TnM Tech's Ghost-I AI edge computing and Scenera's NICE PaaS, a managed Kubernetes service built on Microsoft Azure infrastructure. Combining these partners' technologies enables a highly scalable and easy to manage building safety and security management system.

Informatica IDMC now available on Microsoft Azure Germany
2021-07-14 01:30

Informatica announced it will make its Intelligent Data Management Cloud, an end-to-end AI-powered data management platform, available on Microsoft Azure Germany in response to cloud customer growth across Europe. With the new IDMC pod on Azure Germany, customers now have additional choice of data location and the ability to innovate with their data to drive the business forward.