Tag Archives: Cloud

Exchange Online show foreign address lists (GAL) – a GDPR violation

Posted on 2023-10-25 by guenni

[German]A reader pointed out to me a strange and dubious behavior of Exchange Online. It has been observed that users are offered global address lists (GAL) from other tenants as soon as people try to fill out the To field … Continue reading →

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Microsoft extends Purview logging (after Storm-0558 hack)

Posted on 2023-10-24 by guenni

[German]Following the devastating hack of Microsoft Cloud (Exchange Online and Outlook accounts were compromised by the Storm-0588 group), the vendor had already released its previously paid access to Microsoft Purview audit logs for free use by customers. Then, effective Oct. … Continue reading →

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Okta support system hacked with stolen credentials

Posted on 2023-10-21 by guenni

[German]Okta's support system has been compromised with stolen credentials. Vendor Okta (provider of authentication services in the cloud) just admitted that. The attacker was able to view files uploaded by certain Okta customers as part of recent support cases. The … Continue reading →

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MO682702: Microsoft 365 suite disruption, teams affected (10/20/2023)

Posted on 2023-10-21 by guenni

[German]On October 20, 2023, Microsoft 365 suite experienced a disruption. Users in Europe were unable to access several Microsoft 365 services or experienced loss of functionality. In particular, MS Teams users were affected and were unable to send messages, receive … Continue reading →

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UK competition authority CMA launches market investigation into cloud services

Posted on 2023-10-06 by guenni

[German]The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched a market investigation into cloud services in the UK. Following an investigation by Ofcom, the aim is to examine in more detail whether there are any competition concerns and, if so, … Continue reading →

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

[Sponsored Post]In the rapidly evolving IT world, choosing the right remote desktop software is critical for organizations that value security, ease of use and reliability. One provider of secure remote access that has been on the market since 2001 is ISL Online, which presents some considerations for choosing such software below. More ...

Philips Hue lights require cloud account from 2024

Posted on 2023-10-05 by guenni

[German]User of a "smart" Philips Hue light will have to create an account from 2024 to be able to control the gadgets in question via app. Philips had recently introduced a new security system and also promised support for the … Continue reading →

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Cloud withdrawal saves 37signals millions of US dollars

Posted on 2023-09-22 by guenni

[German]The cloud is expensive and sometimes useless – the cloud-first strategy of some providers, which has lured users en masse to such offerings, is leading them into cost traps. Now US company 37signals has pulled the emergency brake after having … Continue reading →

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Exchange Online: Retirement of Exchange Web Services (EWS) after October 1, 2026

Posted on 2023-09-20 by guenni

[German]Note to Exchange Online administrators. Microsoft has just announced in a blog post that it will discontinue Exchange Web Services (EWS) on October 1, 2026. All communication will then have to be done via Microsoft Graph from that date. So … Continue reading →

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Data leak: Microsoft AI researchers lose 38 TBytes of internal data via GitHub/Azure cloud storage

Posted on 2023-09-19 by guenni

[German]Next data leak and security incident at Microsoft: Security researchers at Wiz have stumbled upon 38 terabytes of private internal data stored on an Azure Cloud Store instance via a public Microsoft AI GitHub repository. Access was enabled by a … Continue reading →

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Microsoft's Storm-0558 cloud hack: MSA key comes from Windows crash dump of a PC

Posted on 2023-09-07 by guenni

[German]The hack of Microsoft's Azure cloud by the suspected Chinese group Storm-0558 from May to June 2023 was possible due to a stolen private MSA key and bugs. At the time, accounts at Exchange Online via OWA and  Outlook.com had … Continue reading →

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