Tag Archives: Cloud

Changes to free Internxt storage plan

Posted on 2024-06-26 by guenni

[German]No idea how many users the E2E-encrypted and, according to its own information, GDPR-compliant storage service Imternxt has, and how many blog readers are affected. Blog reader Lars Hendrik had received 2 GB of free online storage there. There were … Continue reading →

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Microsoft requires MFA for all Azure users; it begins in July 2024

Posted on 2024-06-19 by guenni

[German]Brief information that should have been known since mid-May 2024. Microsoft wants to improve the security of Azure user accounts. Redmond is therefore making multifactor authentication (MFA) mandatory for all Azure user accounts. Implementation is set to begin in July … Continue reading →

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Microsoft will better secure private Outlook mail accounts

Posted on 2024-06-18 by guenni

[German]A few days ago, Microsoft made an announcement that it wants to better secure "Outlook for private users" in future. The mention of Outlook is a bit of a misnomer. The aim is to improve the security of online e-mail … Continue reading →

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Whistleblower: Microsoft ignored warnings about AD bug; was exploited in 2020 SolarWinds hack

Posted on 2024-06-15 by guenni

[German]We all know that security has been a priority at Microsoft for years – no kidding. And every Windows is the best and most secure Windows ever. Whistleblower and ex-employee Andrew Harris says Microsoft ignored his warnings about an Active … Continue reading →

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Hornetsecurity is down (June 7, 2024; since ~ 7:00 a.m.)

Posted on 2024-06-07 by guenni

[German]German blog reader Jona contacted me a few minutes ago and asked, whether I know anything about a malfunction at "Hornet-Security". In the meantime, there is a second report from Matthias about a service disruption. But it looks as if … Continue reading →

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Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution

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Tenable discovers critical vulnerability in Microsoft Azure; company won't patch (June 2024)

Posted on 2024-06-06 by guenni

[German]The security experts at Tenable have discovered a vulnerability in Microsoft Azure that they classify as critical. However, Microsoft has announced that it does not intend to patch this vulnerability, which affects more than ten Azure services. This means that … Continue reading →

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Strange cloud access to collector.azure.*

Posted on 2024-05-14 by guenni

[German]I'm posting here an observation from readers that relates to Microsoft's Azure and Microsoft 365 services. Since mid-April 2024, there have been cyclical accesses to various domains that list "collector" as a subdomain. Virustotal probably has no complaints, so it's … Continue reading →

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Azure Entra ID: Microsoft confirms issues with Single Sign On (SSO)

Posted on 2024-05-13 by guenni

[German]Administrators have been complaining for some time about sporadic problems with Single Sign On (SSO) under Microsoft's Azure Entra ID. Users are then sporadically unable to log in to their Microsoft 365 apps. Now there seems to be confirmation from … Continue reading →

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Broadcom leaks email-addresses from VMware administrators; AWS is out as a VMware customer, relief for cloud customers

Posted on 2024-05-10 by guenni

[German]Today we have a small collective article on Broadcom and VMware. Broadcom made a mistake and, as the company had to admit, they sent the e-mails of administrators at customer sites around the world for everyone to see. And at … Continue reading →

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Does Intune store on-premises CA certificates permanently in the cloud?

Posted on 2024-05-05 by guenni

[German]Good question raised by a Microsoft Intune administrator. The man had problems with certificates and took a closer look. It looks like Intune is permanently storing the CA certificates generated for on-premises systems in the cloud. Another Intune administrator pointed … Continue reading →

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