The vulnerability of Veeam Backup & Replication’s protection mechanism for cloud, virtual, and physical systems lies in the lack of authentication for a critical function, allowing attackers to escalate their privileges.

The vulnerability of Veeam Backup & Replication’s protection tools for cloud, virtual, and physical systems stems from the lack of authentication for a critical function. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker operating remotely to increase their privileges...

The vulnerability of the executable file Veeam.Backup.Service.exe allows a hacker to gain unauthorized access to systems that use Veeam Backup & Replication for cloud, virtual, and physical systems protection.

The vulnerability of the Veeam.Backup.Service.exe executable, a component of the Veeam Backup & Replication solution, involves a lack of authentication for a critical function. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker operating remotely to gain unauthorized access to the system...

Cyber Signals: Risks to critical infrastructure on the rise

Today, the third edition of Cyber Signals was released spotlighting security trends and insights gathered from Microsoft’s 43 trillion daily security signals and 8,500 security experts. In this edition, we share new insights on wider risks that converging IT, Internet of Things IoT, and operation...

Cyber Signals: Risks to critical infrastructure on the rise

Today, the third edition of Cyber Signals was released spotlighting security trends and insights gathered from Microsoft’s 43 trillion daily security signals and 8,500 security experts. In this edition, we share new insights on wider risks that converging IT, Internet of Things IoT, and operation...

New research shows IoT and OT innovation is critical to business but comes with significant risks

The need for much improved IoT and operational technology OT cybersecurity became clearer this year with recent attacks on network devices,1 surveillance systems,2 an oil pipeline,3 and a water treatment facility,4 to name a few examples. To better understand the challenges customers are facing,...

How Microsoft Defender for IoT can secure your IoT devices

Cybersecurity threats are always evolving, and today we’re seeing a new wave of advanced attacks specifically targeting IoT devices used in enterprise environments as well as operational technology OT devices used in industrial systems and critical infrastructure like ICS/SCADA. It’s not surprisi...

Understanding the threat landscape and risks of OT environments

The security community is continuously changing, growing, and learning from each other to better position the world against cyber threats. In the latest Voice of the Community blog series post, Microsoft Product Marketing Manager Natalia Godyla talks with Chris Sistrunk, Technical Manager in...

Addressing cybersecurity risk in industrial IoT and OT

As the industrial Internet of Things IIoT and operational technology OT continue to evolve and grow, so too, do the responsibilities of the Chief Information Security Officer CISO. The CISO now needs to mitigate risks from cloud-connected machinery, warehouse systems, and smart devices scattered...

Addressing cybersecurity risk in industrial IoT and OT

As the industrial Internet of Things IIoT and operational technology OT continue to evolve and grow, so too, do the responsibilities of the Chief Information Security Officer CISO. The CISO now needs to mitigate risks from cloud-connected machinery, warehouse systems, and smart devices scattered...

Unique Threats to Operational Technology and Cyber Physical Systems

In this latest episode of our Eye on Security podcast, I talk all about the world of operational technology OT and cyber physical systems with one of our foremost experts on the topic: Nathan Brubaker, Senior Manager of Analysis for Mandiant Threat Intelligence. Nathan kicked off our chat by...

ICS SCADA NSA Situational Awareness: Grassmarlin

ICS SCADA NSA Situational Awareness: Grassmarlin Provide IP network situational awareness of industrial control systems ICS and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition SCADA networks to support network security. Passively map, and visually display, an ICS/SCADA network topology while safely...

National Science Foundation Internet of Things Security Grants

The National Science Foundation announced on Friday that it has awarded $6 million in grants to fund projects working toward securing networked things. The grants are part of a partnership with Intel Corp., and were awarded to separate projects at Stanford University and the University of...