Investigating a unique “form” of email delivery for IcedID malware
Microsoft threat analysts have been tracking activity where contact forms published on websites are abused to deliver malicious links to enterprises using emails with fake legal threats. The emails instruct recipients to click a link to review supposed evidence behind ... continue reading
Introducing custom domains and Australia expansion for Azure Active Directory B2C
Hello friends, Since my last update, the Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) External Identities team has been focused on delivering so many exciting new features that I can’t wait to share. Here are two that we’re releasing today: Now, Azure ... continue reading
Threat matrix for storage
The move to cloud is happening faster than ever before and organizations are increasing their dependency on cloud storage services. In fact, Microsoft Azure Storage services are one of the most popular services in the cloud. Companies need effective threat ... continue reading
Leveraging PowerShell SecretManagement to generalize a demo environment
Hello Folks, I’ve been working with some colleagues on a shared demo environment, and one issue came up during a session with customers that highlighted a problem. If any of us change the local admin password of the servers or ... continue reading
Gamifying machine learning for stronger security and AI models
To stay ahead of adversaries, who show no restraint in adopting tools and techniques that can help them attain their goals, Microsoft continues to harness AI and machine learning to solve security challenges. One area we’ve been experimenting on is ... continue reading
WhoIAM: Enabling inclusive security through identity protection and fraud prevention
Greetings, This is Sue Bohn, Director of Program Management for Identity and Access Management. In this Voice of the Partner blog post, we’ve invited Ajith Alexander, Head of Product Management at WhoIAM, a leading identity and access management (IAM) company, ... continue reading
Azure Files: Single Forest Multiple Domain Setup Troubleshooting
Introduction Hello everyone, this is Andrew Coughlin and I am a Customer Engineer at Microsoft focusing on Azure IaaS. In this blog I will be discussing an issue I came across while working with one of my customers. I was ... continue reading
Protect your business from email phishing with multi-factor authentication
Cybersecurity has been in the news far more often in the past 12 months than in previous years, as cybercriminals escalated their activity during the COVID-19 pandemic quarantine. The seismic shift of hundreds of millions of people connecting and working ... continue reading
Zero Trust: 7 adoption strategies from security leaders
Microsoft considers Zero Trust an essential component of any organization’s security plan. We have partnered with Cloud Security Alliance, a not-for-profit organization that promotes cloud computing best practices, to bring together executive security leaders to discuss and share insights about ... continue reading
Create Your Own Custom Endpoint Administration Console Using Microsoft Power Apps
I've heard a bit of interest expressed recently in the ability to create a customizable Endpoint Configuration Manager (SCCM/ConfigMgr) console that could either be pruned down or featured up in a way to customize it to fit the specific needs ... continue reading
