Prevent and detect more identity-based attacks with Azure Active Directory

Security incidents often start with just one compromised account. Once an attacker gets their foot in the door, they can escalate privileges or gather intelligence that helps them reach their goals. This is why we say that identity is the new security perimeter. To reduce the risk of a data breac...

4 identity partnerships to help drive better security

At Microsoft, we are committed to driving innovation for our partnerships within the identity ecosystem. Together, we are enabling our customers, who live and work in a heterogenous world, to get secure and remote access to the apps and resources they need. In this blog, we’d like to highlight ho...

Zero Trust Deployment Guide for devices

The modern enterprise has an incredible diversity of endpoints accessing their data. This creates a massive attack surface, and as a result, endpoints can easily become the weakest link in your Zero Trust security strategy. Whether a device is a personally owned BYOD device or a corporate-owned a...

Microsoft Build brings new innovations and capabilities to keep developers and customers secure

As both organizations and developers adapt to the new reality of working and collaborating in a remote environment, it’s more important than ever to ensure that their experiences are secure and trusted. As part of this week’s Build virtual event, we’re introducing new Identity innovation to help...

ROADtools - The Azure AD Exploration Framework

R ogue O ffice 365 and A zure active D irectory tools ROADtools is a framework to interact with Azure AD. It currently consists of a library roadlib and the ROADrecon Azure AD exploration tool. ROADlib ROADlib is a library that can be used to authenticate with Azure AD or to build tools that...

Work remotely, stay secure—guidance for CISOs

With many employees suddenly working from home, there are things an organization and employees can do to help remain productive without increasing cybersecurity risk. While employees in this new remote work situation will be thinking about how to stay in touch with colleagues and coworkers using...

Empower Firstline Workers with Azure AD and YubiKey passwordless authentication

At the end of February, Microsoft announced the FIDO2 passwordless support for hybrid environments. The integration of FIDO2-based YubiKeys and Azure Active Directory Azure AD is a game changer. It combines the ubiquity of Azure AD, the usability of YubiKey, and the security of both solutions to...

Quick wins—single sign-on (SSO) and Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)

With Multi-Factor Authentication MFA and single sign-on SSO being a few of the most effective countermeasures against modern threats, organizations should consider a Cloud Identity as a Service IDaaS, and MFA solution, like Azure Active Directory AD. Here are seven benefits: 1. Azure AD is simple...

CVE-2020-2119

Jenkins Azure AD Plugin 1.1.2 and earlier transmits configured credentials in plain text as part of the global Jenkins configuration form, potentially resulting in their exposure...

CVE-2020-2119

Jenkins Azure AD Plugin 1.1.2 and earlier transmits configured credentials in plain text as part of the global Jenkins configuration form, potentially resulting in their exposure...

Design/Logic Flaw

Jenkins Azure AD Plugin 1.1.2 and earlier transmits configured credentials in plain text as part of the global Jenkins configuration form, potentially resulting in their exposure...

CVE-2020-2119

CVE-2020-2119 affects the Jenkins Azure AD Plugin (versions 1.1.2 and earlier). The issue: the plugin transmits configured credentials in plain text as part of the global Jenkins configuration form, potentially exposing client secrets (e.g., via browser extensions or XSS). Root cause is clear: cr...

CVE-2020-2119

Jenkins Azure AD Plugin 1.1.2 and earlier transmits configured credentials in plain text as part of the global Jenkins configuration form, potentially resulting in their exposure...

PT-2020-15326 · Jenkins · Jenkins Azure Ad Plugin +1

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Jenkins Azure AD Plugin versions 1.1.2 and earlier Description: The issue concerns the transmission of configured credentials in plain text as part of the global Jenkins configuration form, potentially resulting in their exposure. Specificall...

Backup Jobs with Public Folders Fail

Challenge When backing up public folders using Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 the following error occurs: Processing mailbox [email protected] failed with error: Failed to synchronize item changes in folder: FOLDERNAME.. Access is denied. Check credentials and try again...

Microsoft Guidance for cleaning up orphaned keys generated on vulnerable TPMs and used for Windows Hello for Business

Microsoft is aware of an issue in Windows Hello for Business WHfB with public keys that persist after a device is removed from Active Directory, if the AD exists. After a user sets up Windows Hello for Business WHfB, the WHfB public key is written to the on-premises Active Directory. The WHfB key...

KLA11699 Windows Hello for Business Security update

After a user sets up Windows Hello for Business WHfB, the WHfB public key is written to the on-premises Active Directory. The WHfB keys are tied to a user and a device that has been added to Azure AD, and if the device is removed, the corresponding WHfB key is considered orphaned. However, these...

Akamai and Microsoft: Delivering a Better Zero Trust Access Model for the Hybrid Enterprise Together

The best partnerships evolve over time and are forged with a common goal. Microsoft and Akamai have partnered for years with the common goal of delivering integrated solutions that address real customer problems. A great example is optimizing global end-user performance for cloud workloads with...

Microsoft announces new innovations in security, compliance, and identity at Ignite

Today, at the Microsoft Ignite Conference, we’re announcing new innovations designed to help customers across their security, compliance, and identity needs. With so much going on at Ignite this week, I want to highlight the top 10 announcements: 1. Azure Sentinel—We’re introducing new connectors...

Microsoft is awarded Zscaler’s Technology Partner of the Year for 2019

Last week at Zscaler’s user conference, Zenith Live, Microsoft received Zscaler’s Technology Partner of the Year Award in the Impact category. The award was given to Microsoft for the depth and breadth of integrations we’ve collaborated with Zscaler on and the positive feedback received from...