Best practices for defending Azure Virtual Machines https://ift.tt/3jGLr1R One of the things that our Detection and Response Team (DART) and Customer Service and Support (CSS) security teams see frequently during investigation of customer incidents are attacks on virtual machines from the internet. This is one area in the cloud security shared responsibility model where customer […]
True Bitlocker one-time key with Intune https://ift.tt/3iDfF4Q Intune and Windows 10 supports automatic key rollover when a key has been used to unlock or recover a drive. This means the key in Azure AD will be automatically replaced with a new key after a successful recovery key usage. This is driven by the client and […]
Azure File Sync Replace Existing Server Endpoint https://ift.tt/3ia955D Introduction This is Andrew Coughlin and I am a Customer Engineer at Microsoft focusing on Azure IaaS. In this blog I will focus on how to add an additional server to an Azure File Sync and how to remove the old server. This process should be followed […]
Azure Files premium tier is now available in more regions with LRS, ZRS, and NFS support https://ift.tt/3lsEz8X Azure Files premium tier storage offers highly-performant, highly available file services, that is built on solid-state drives (SSD). Premium tier is optimized to deliver consistent performance for IO-intensive workloads that require high-throughput and low latency. Since the release […]
Microsoft Exchange 2010 End of Support & Patching Study https://ift.tt/3kUeShl Today’s topic is Exchange 2010, which reaches end of support (EoS) on Oct. 13, 2020, as well as a survey of other versions of Exchange and how well they are being kept up-to-date. During our work with Project Sonar, we consistently see the use of […]
Phishing for SYSTEM on Microsoft Exchange (CVE-2020-0688) https://ift.tt/34dXb58 Update: Sept. 29, 2020 It’s been just under eight months since Microsoft released the patches to address CVE-2020-0688, so we thought it would be a good time to revisit patch deployment to see whether organizations have addressed this particular risk. Unfortunately, as of our study on Sept. […]
Microsoft 365 and Azure Security Product name changes! https://ift.tt/33fJkMW At Microsoft Ignite 2020, we saw a bunch of exciting news announced but we also saw some products renamed and I wanted to create a blog post referencing those changes. So, let’s dive in! Microsoft 365 Microsoft 365 Changes The first change I […]
FYI: If you’re running HP Device Manager, anyone on your network can get admin on your server via backdoor https://ift.tt/36lPrRC HP Device Manager, software that allows IT administrators to manage HP Thin Client devices, comes with a backdoor database user account that undermines network security, a UK-based consultant has warned. Nicky Bloor, founder of Cognitous […]
Best Active Directory Tools (FREE) for AD Management & Administration https://ift.tt/2LEAkGl {"cookieName":"wBounce","isAggressive":false,"isSitewide":true,"hesitation":"1000","openAnimation":false,"exitAnimation":false,"timer":"","sensitivity":"","cookieExpire":"","cookieDomain":"","autoFire":"","isAnalyticsEnabled":false} via ITT Systems October 1, 2020 at 09:33PM
Recap of Exchange and Outlook News for Microsoft Ignite 2020 https://ift.tt/30lgNUb Recap of Exchange and Outlook News for Microsoft Ignite 2020 Microsoft’s virtual Ignite conference was held this week and did a pretty good job of maintaining the hype and excitement of a real in-person event. Gone were the opportunities to talk with colleagues in-between […]
