Secure authentication method provisioning with Temporary Access Pass
Howdy folks, I’m happy to announce the general availability of Temporary Access Pass (TAP). We’ve made a lot of progress since we announced the public preview of TAP. “…We use the MS Authenticator for passwordless sign in. That is the ... continue reading
Detecting malicious key extractions by compromised identities for Azure Cosmos DB
Azure Cosmos DB is a fully managed NoSQL cloud database service for modern app development. It offers a variety of advanced built-in features, such as automatic worldwide data replication, lightning-fast response types, and a variety of APIs. In this blog ... continue reading
Responsible AI investments and safeguards for facial recognition
A core priority for the Cognitive Services team is to ensure its AI technology, including facial recognition, is developed and used responsibly. While we have adopted six essential principles to guide our work in AI more broadly, we recognized early ... continue reading
Azure IoT increases enterprise-level intelligent edge and cloud capabilities
For Microsoft Azure IoT, our approach is connecting devices at the edge to the cloud seamlessly and securely to help customers achieve desired business outcomes. At this year’s Embedded World 2022, we’ll share how our Azure IoT solutions are delivering ... continue reading
What’s new with SQL Tools
Hello community, the June release of Azure Data Studio 1.37 is here! We are also excited to announce the release of SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 18.12. In this Azure Data Studio release, backup and restore to URL was introduced ... continue reading
Azure powers rapid deployment of private 4G and 5G networks
As the cloud continues to expand into a ubiquitous and highly distributed fabric, a new breed of application is emerging: Modern Connected Applications. We define these new offerings as network-intelligent applications at the edge, powered by 5G, and enabled by ... continue reading
A Light Overview of Microsoft Security Products
Hi, Alan here today to lightly cover something I have been asked by customers in regard to Microsoft’s security products....and that is “what defender products does Microsoft have and what are they used for?”. Well, it’s a good question, so ... continue reading
Exposing POLONIUM activity and infrastructure targeting Israeli organizations
Microsoft successfully detected and disabled attack activity abusing OneDrive by a previously undocumented Lebanon-based activity group Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) tracks as POLONIUM. The associated indicators and tactics were used by the OneDrive team to improve detection of attack ... continue reading
Using Python to unearth a goldmine of threat intelligence from leaked chat logs
Dealing with a great amount of data can be time consuming, thus using Python can be very powerful to help analysts sort information and extract the most relevant data for their investigation. The open-source tools library, MSTICPy, for example, is ... continue reading
Open Source XDP for Windows
XDP (eXpress Data Path) is a high performance, programmable network data path that is already a Linux Kernel project with a significant community (Google, Amazon, Intel, Mellanox, etc.) around it. “XDP for Windows” is our new open source XDP interface ... continue reading
