LEDBAT Background Data Transfer for Windows
LEDBAT is the background data transfer product built into the Windows networking stack and recommended by the Windows Data Transport team for moving bulk data without interfering with foreground traffic. LEDBAT has a couple of advantages that make it our ... continue reading
Microsoft investigates Iranian attacks against the Albanian government
Shortly after the destructive cyberattacks against the Albanian government in mid-July, the Microsoft Detection and Response Team (DART) was engaged by the Albanian government to lead an investigation into the attacks. At the time of the attacks and our engagement ... continue reading
Profiling DEV-0270: PHOSPHORUS’ ransomware operations
Microsoft threat intelligence teams have been tracking multiple ransomware campaigns and have tied these attacks to DEV-0270, also known as Nemesis Kitten, a sub-group of Iranian actor PHOSPHORUS. Microsoft assesses with moderate confidence that DEV-0270 conducts malicious network operations, including ... continue reading
Fun with Azure VPN
Introduction Hi folks! My name is Felipe Binotto, Cloud Solution Architect, based in Australia. I decided to make this post for a couple reasons. The first reason is to demonstrate how you can quickly build a hub between your ... continue reading
MERCURY leveraging Log4j 2 vulnerabilities in unpatched systems to target Israeli organizations
In recent weeks, the Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) and Microsoft 365 Defender Research Team detected Iran-based threat actor MERCURY leveraging exploitation of Log4j 2 vulnerabilities in SysAid applications against organizations all located in Israel. MSTIC assesses with high confidence ... continue reading
Setting up DNS in a Hybrid Environment.
Hello Folks, I’m not sure when this became a series, but it’s looking like it’s going to be ongoing. I’m hoping it can give the community a sense of how you can slowly adopt cloud services to enhance your on-prem ... continue reading
Malicious IIS extensions quietly open persistent backdoors into servers
Attackers are increasingly leveraging Internet Information Services (IIS) extensions as covert backdoors into servers, which hide deep in target environments and provide a durable persistence mechanism for attackers. While prior research has been published on specific incidents and variants, little ... continue reading
Malicious IIS extensions quietly open persistent backdoors into servers
Attackers are increasingly leveraging Internet Information Services (IIS) extensions as covert backdoors into servers, which hide deep in target environments and provide a durable persistence mechanism for attackers. While prior research has been published on specific incidents and variants, little ... continue reading
Accessing Key Vault from Another Subscription Over Private Endpoint
Introduction Hello everyone, Andrew Coughlin here and I am a Cloud Solutions Architect at Microsoft focusing on Azure IaaS. I recently received questions from a few of my customers about access to a key vault from a different subscription. In ... continue reading
Connect to your on-prem server from anywhere!
Hello Folks, A few weeks ago, I wrote about upgrading my local network edge device with one capable of connecting to my Azure virtual network using a site-to-site VPN. I also mentioned that I would cover many other services and ... continue reading
