Q: I just had an Active Directory (AD) or Active Directory Security health assessment from Microsoft, and they found some stuff I didn’t know about, or they found other items I knew to check for but forgot about. While I ... continue reading

Multiple Qakbot campaigns that are active at any given time prove that the decade-old malware continues to be many attackers’ tool of choice, a customizable chameleon that adapts to suit the needs of the multiple threat actor groups that utilize ... continue reading

The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) has observed NICKEL, a China-based threat actor, targeting governments, diplomatic entities, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) across Central and South America, the Caribbean, Europe, and North America. MSTIC has been tracking NICKEL since 2016 and ... continue reading

In a recent Microsoft blog post, we documented technical guidance for organizations to protect themselves from the latest NOBELIUM activity that was found to target technology service providers, which are privileged in their downstream customer tenants, as a method to ... continue reading

Over the past few months, we added several new capabilities to Azure Virtual WAN which customers can embrace to significantly simplify routing design and management in Azure, and secure traffic flows. Before we introduce these new capabilities, let us revisit ... continue reading

Sophisticated cyberattacks are on the rise, with email phishing as the most common attack vector. We’ve seen it all over the news with stories like Hafnium that targeted Exchange servers1 or the Nobelium attack against SolarWinds,2 which show just how ... continue reading

Over the past year, the Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) has observed a gradual evolution of the tools, techniques, and procedures employed by malicious network operators based in Iran. At CyberWarCon 2021, MSTIC analysts presented their analysis of these trends ... continue reading

It started with a tweet. Microsoft MVP Joe Stocker shared Alex Simon's article "Automate and manage Azure AD tasks at scale with the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK", where Derrick Kimani (Microsoft Identity Division Program Manager) lays out the plan for ... continue reading

Hi, my Name is Christian Kielhorn, and I’m a Senior Customer Engineer – formerly known as Premier Field Engineer – within Germanys Customer Success Organization for Modern Work. Today I’d like to come back to a customer’s question – as ... continue reading

This week is Microsoft Ignite and we’re excited to share the latest identity innovations we’ve released to help you be more resilient, secure, and productive across platforms and clouds. In addition to the new innovations we shared earlier this week, ... continue reading