Security News

ClearDATA Comply SaaS now includes Microsoft’s Azure Cloud Services
2020-02-21 00:45

ClearDATA, the leader in healthcare public cloud security, compliance and privacy, expanded their ClearDATA Comply Software as a Service compliance management product to include Microsoft's Azure Cloud Services. The solution automatically configures over 70 controls across 32 of the most commonly used Azure services for sensitive patient data in healthcare including Azure Kubernetes Service, Azure Machine Learning as well as PaaS based services like Azure SQL. ClearDATA is a Microsoft Gold Partner and has offered managed security, compliance and privacy solutions on Microsoft Azure since 2015.

CyberX integrates with Microsoft Azure Security Center
2020-02-21 00:00

CyberX announced a new API-level integration with Microsoft Azure Security Center for IoT, enabling joint clients to gain a unified view of security across all their managed and unmanaged IoT devices. The combination of CyberX's agentless security platform and Azure Security Center for IoT provides comprehensive IoT device protection and zero trust security for organizations seeking to reduce risk from enterprise IoT threats as well as from industrial IoT, Smart Buildings, Smart Retail, and more.

Flaws punched holes in Azure cloud, Apple patches pretty much everything, Eurocops cuff Maltese hackers, etc
2020-02-03 06:04

The bug-hunters at Checkpoint have laid claim to the discovery and reporting of two serious, and now patched, security flaws in Microsoft Azure. Among the fixes are security updates for iOS and macOS, the two major operating systems from Cook and Co. While there aren't any massive risks posed by the patched flaws, users and admins should look to get the patches in place before malware writers begin to take aim at them.

Microsoft Azure Flaws Could Have Let Hackers Take Over Cloud Servers
2020-01-30 04:01

Cybersecurity researchers at Check Point today disclosed details of two recently patched potentially dangerous vulnerabilities in Microsoft Azure services that, if exploited, could have allowed hackers to target several businesses that run their web and mobile apps on Azure. According to a report researchers shared with The Hacker News, the first security vulnerability is a request spoofing issue that affected Azure Stack, a hybrid cloud computing software solution by Microsoft.

Microsoft Releases Azure Security Benchmark
2020-01-24 16:08

Microsoft this week announced the availability of Azure Security Benchmark v1, a collection of more than 90 security best practices recommendations for Azure customers. ASB, Microsoft says, was designed to improve the consistency of security documentation for Azure services by creating a framework containing all recommendations for Azure services, in the same format.

PacketViper Deception360 now available for Microsoft Azure
2020-01-10 01:30

PacketViper, the cyber deception leader for automated threat detection, prevention and response, announced the general availability of Deception360 for Microsoft Azure. Deception360 for Azure cloud helps customers leverage deception to reduce dwell time and respond to threats within the Azure cloud environment while also preventing attackers from getting in.

Microsoft movie tried to Azure Ignite attendees about CPU side-channel flaws, but biz wouldn't be drawn on details
2019-12-12 10:00

'Sir, they're about to disclose the vulns!' 'Damn it. Accelerate the rollout!' How does Microsoft mitigate the risk of speculative-execution bugs on its Azure platform? The US goliath is unwilling...

Wipro launches advanced cloud SOC services using Microsoft Azure Sentinel
2019-12-04 02:00

Wipro Limited, a leading global information technology, consulting and business process services company, announced the launch of advanced cloud Security Operations Centre (SOC) services using...

Microsoft Patches Vulnerability Leading to Azure Account Takeover
2019-12-03 15:08

Microsoft recently addressed an OAuth 2.0 vulnerability that could allow an attacker to take over Azure accounts. The issue impacts specific Microsoft OAuth 2.0 applications and allows an attacker...

Microsoft OAuth Flaw Opens Azure Accounts to Takeover
2019-12-02 21:00

The Microsoft applications are vulnerable to an OAuth authentication flaw that could enable Azure account takeover.