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After CISA report on Storm-0558 hack, Microsoft provides customers with enhanced cloud logging
[German]At the suggestion of the U.S. National Security Agency (CISA), Microsoft will provide its customers with enhanced cloud logging capabilities at no additional cost. This is intended to improve cyber defenses and incident response and is in response to the … Continue reading
Exchange Online blocked emails (June 18, 2023)
[German]Today, July 18, 2023, Microsoft's Exchange Online cloud service appears to have been experiencing a [partial] glitch since morning (8 a.m. UTM). German blog readers reported that emails are being blocked. There are various references to issues on 3rd party … Continue reading
China hacker (Storm-0558) accessed Outlook accounts in Microsoft's cloud
[German]A suspected China-based hacking group, which Microsoft refers to as Storm-0558, has managed to gain access to email accounts of about 25 organizations. These include government agencies (US State Department), as well as corresponding private accounts of people who are … Continue reading
European Commission adopts adequacy decision for EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework
[German]After the U.S. recently declared that it has implemented the terms of the EU-U.S. data transfer agreement "Transatlantic Data Privacy Framework" (DPF) and complies with the requirements, the EU Commission is following suit. On July 10, 2023, the EU Commission … Continue reading
MOVEit Transfer: New security advisory and update (July 6, 2023)
[German]I hope, admins who are responsible for MOVEit Transfer in enterprises already have stopped using this software. Because after the MOVEit Transfer disaster with the vulnerabilities disclosed at the end of May 2023 and the data theft by the Clop … Continue reading
U.S. declare they complies with obligations under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework
[German]According to an announcement by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, the U.S. has now implemented its obligations under the EU-U.S. data transfer agreement "Transatlantic Data Privacy Framework" (DPF) and is now in compliance with the relevant conditions. I expect … Continue reading
Windows 365: Microsoft is working on a Windows 11 based cloud PC for consumers
[German]Another short addendum from last week (readers had pointed it out in comments, but I was in vacation last week). Microsoft plans to offer Windows 11 as a cloud operating system to private users as Windows 365 via a subscription … Continue reading
Microsoft requires additional licenses for Planner and To Do when auditing
[German]Microsoft has just made public a change that could affect users of Microsoft 365. Whoever evaluates audit events for Planner, Project and To Do in Purview Premium Auditing, needs appropriate (additional licenses). I stumbled across this issue by chance on … Continue reading
Cloud outages: Microsoft reveals details of DDoS attack by Anonymous Sudan/Storm-1359
[German]It was hacker attacks that brought Microsoft cloud services to their knees for hours on and off since June 5, 2023. My reports here on the blog that a hacktivist group called "Anonymous Sudan" claimed responsibility didn't turn out to … Continue reading
Microsoft's cloud outage was result of a DDoS attack
[German]Since June 5, 2023, there have been repeated problems with the availability of the Microsoft cloud and the services offered there. I had speculated in my blog posts that there might be an attack behind it, especially since a hacktivist … Continue reading