Security News

Microsoft Combats Bad Passwords With New Azure Tools
2018-06-21 14:03

Microsoft this week announced the public preview of new Azure tools designed help its customers eliminate easily guessable passwords from their environments. read more

Microsoft: This Azure password-banning tool will help kill off bad 'P@$$w0rd' habits
2018-06-20 13:40

Admins can now significantly reduce the risk of accounts being compromised by password-spraying attacks.

Passwordless enterprise authentication on Windows 10 and Azure AD
2018-04-17 12:16

Yubico announced that the new Security Key by Yubico supporting FIDO2 will be supported in Windows 10 devices and Microsoft Azure Active Directory (Azure AD). The feature is currently in limited...

McAfee Launches Security Platform for Azure Cloud
2018-03-07 12:49

Migrating to the cloud is complex. One of the biggest concerns is a loss of visibility on data in the cloud; and this concern only grows with increasing regulatory requirements. GDPR, coming into...

Permissions Flaw Found Azure AD Connect
2017-12-14 17:43

A permissions flaw in Microsoft’s Azure AD Connect software could allow a rogue admin to escalate account privileges and gain unauthorized universal access within a company’s internal network.

Flaw in Office 365 with Azure AD Connect could result in domain compromise
2017-12-13 13:25

The Preempt research team has uncovered a vulnerability with Microsoft Office 365 when integrated with an on-premises Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) using Azure AD Connect software that...

Microsoft Azure confidential computing keeps data in use secret
2017-09-15 20:40

Microsoft has announced a new Azure (cloud) data security capability: confidential computing. Who’s it for? The capability allows companies to use the cloud even if they don’t completely trust the...

Azure Confidential Computing will keep data secret, even from Microsoft
2017-09-14 19:03

Virtual machines and hardware features will provide secrecy.

Azure AD Connect vulnerability allows attackers to reset admin passwords (Help Net Security)
2017-06-29 18:30

A vulnerability in Azure AD Connect could be exploited by attackers to reset passwords and gain unauthorized access to on-premises AD privileged user accounts, Microsoft warned on Tuesday. What...

Microsoft Fixes Privilege Escalation Flaw in Azure AD Connect (Security Week)
2017-06-29 13:37

Microsoft has released an update for Azure Active Directory (AD) Connect to address an “important” vulnerability that can be exploited to hijack the accounts of privileged users. read more