Tag: microsoft
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Hackers Use Compromised Service Principals to Delete Azure Storage and Steal Cloud Credentials
Microsoft has uncovered an Azure-focused destructive campaign linked to JADEPUFFER, a threat actor the company tracks as Storm-3168. The group abused compromised service principals to map cloud resources, delete Azure Storage accounts and application components, attack recovery controls, and collect storage account access keys that could support later data theft. The activity expands on research…
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Hackers Use Compromised Service Principals to Delete Azure Storage and Steal Cloud Credentials
Microsoft has uncovered an Azure-focused destructive campaign linked to JADEPUFFER, a threat actor the company tracks as Storm-3168. The group abused compromised service principals to map cloud resources, delete Azure Storage accounts and application components, attack recovery controls, and collect storage account access keys that could support later data theft. The activity expands on research…
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Hackers Use Compromised Service Principals to Delete Azure Storage and Steal Cloud Credentials
Microsoft has uncovered an Azure-focused destructive campaign linked to JADEPUFFER, a threat actor the company tracks as Storm-3168. The group abused compromised service principals to map cloud resources, delete Azure Storage accounts and application components, attack recovery controls, and collect storage account access keys that could support later data theft. The activity expands on research…
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Hackers Use Compromised Service Principals to Delete Azure Storage and Steal Cloud Credentials
Microsoft has uncovered an Azure-focused destructive campaign linked to JADEPUFFER, a threat actor the company tracks as Storm-3168. The group abused compromised service principals to map cloud resources, delete Azure Storage accounts and application components, attack recovery controls, and collect storage account access keys that could support later data theft. The activity expands on research…
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Hackers Use Compromised Service Principals to Delete Azure Storage and Steal Cloud Credentials
Microsoft has uncovered an Azure-focused destructive campaign linked to JADEPUFFER, a threat actor the company tracks as Storm-3168. The group abused compromised service principals to map cloud resources, delete Azure Storage accounts and application components, attack recovery controls, and collect storage account access keys that could support later data theft. The activity expands on research…
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Hackers Use Compromised Service Principals to Delete Azure Storage and Steal Cloud Credentials
Microsoft has uncovered an Azure-focused destructive campaign linked to JADEPUFFER, a threat actor the company tracks as Storm-3168. The group abused compromised service principals to map cloud resources, delete Azure Storage accounts and application components, attack recovery controls, and collect storage account access keys that could support later data theft. The activity expands on research…
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Hackers Use Compromised Service Principals to Delete Azure Storage and Steal Cloud Credentials
Microsoft has uncovered an Azure-focused destructive campaign linked to JADEPUFFER, a threat actor the company tracks as Storm-3168. The group abused compromised service principals to map cloud resources, delete Azure Storage accounts and application components, attack recovery controls, and collect storage account access keys that could support later data theft. The activity expands on research…
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Hackers Use Compromised Service Principals to Delete Azure Storage and Steal Cloud Credentials
Microsoft has uncovered an Azure-focused destructive campaign linked to JADEPUFFER, a threat actor the company tracks as Storm-3168. The group abused compromised service principals to map cloud resources, delete Azure Storage accounts and application components, attack recovery controls, and collect storage account access keys that could support later data theft. The activity expands on research…
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Hackers Use Compromised Service Principals to Delete Azure Storage and Steal Cloud Credentials
Microsoft has uncovered an Azure-focused destructive campaign linked to JADEPUFFER, a threat actor the company tracks as Storm-3168. The group abused compromised service principals to map cloud resources, delete Azure Storage accounts and application components, attack recovery controls, and collect storage account access keys that could support later data theft. The activity expands on research…
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Hackers Use Compromised Service Principals to Delete Azure Storage and Steal Cloud Credentials
Microsoft has uncovered an Azure-focused destructive campaign linked to JADEPUFFER, a threat actor the company tracks as Storm-3168. The group abused compromised service principals to map cloud resources, delete Azure Storage accounts and application components, attack recovery controls, and collect storage account access keys that could support later data theft. The activity expands on research…
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Hackers Use Compromised Service Principals to Delete Azure Storage and Steal Cloud Credentials
Microsoft has uncovered an Azure-focused destructive campaign linked to JADEPUFFER, a threat actor the company tracks as Storm-3168. The group abused compromised service principals to map cloud resources, delete Azure Storage accounts and application components, attack recovery controls, and collect storage account access keys that could support later data theft. The activity expands on research…
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Hackers Use Compromised Service Principals to Delete Azure Storage and Steal Cloud Credentials
Microsoft has uncovered an Azure-focused destructive campaign linked to JADEPUFFER, a threat actor the company tracks as Storm-3168. The group abused compromised service principals to map cloud resources, delete Azure Storage accounts and application components, attack recovery controls, and collect storage account access keys that could support later data theft. The activity expands on research…
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Hackers Use Compromised Service Principals to Delete Azure Storage and Steal Cloud Credentials
Microsoft has uncovered an Azure-focused destructive campaign linked to JADEPUFFER, a threat actor the company tracks as Storm-3168. The group abused compromised service principals to map cloud resources, delete Azure Storage accounts and application components, attack recovery controls, and collect storage account access keys that could support later data theft. The activity expands on research…
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Hackers Use Compromised Service Principals to Delete Azure Storage and Steal Cloud Credentials
Microsoft has uncovered an Azure-focused destructive campaign linked to JADEPUFFER, a threat actor the company tracks as Storm-3168. The group abused compromised service principals to map cloud resources, delete Azure Storage accounts and application components, attack recovery controls, and collect storage account access keys that could support later data theft. The activity expands on research…
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Hackers Use Compromised Service Principals to Delete Azure Storage and Steal Cloud Credentials
Microsoft has uncovered an Azure-focused destructive campaign linked to JADEPUFFER, a threat actor the company tracks as Storm-3168. The group abused compromised service principals to map cloud resources, delete Azure Storage accounts and application components, attack recovery controls, and collect storage account access keys that could support later data theft. The activity expands on research…
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Hackers Use NeedyMantis to Maintain Long-Term Access in Breached Networks
Hackers have used a malware family called NeedyMantis to maintain long-term access to networks they had already breached, Microsoft said in a technical analysis.The malware has been seen in a small number of targeted intrusions at telecommunications organizations, universities, medical nonprofits, intergovernmental organizations, and government contractors. Its use goes back to at least First seen…
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16-year-old researcher breaks into Microsoft analytics service with access to 17 trillion rows of data
A flaw in Titan, an internal Microsoft analytics service, could have let an attacker read employee records and Bing search analytics, a 16-year-old security researcher has … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/09/28/microsoft-titan-jwt-signature-flaw/
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Deaktivierte Lizenzen: Microsoft stoppt optionales Update für Microsoft 365
Eigentlich soll das Update veraltete Installationen aktualisieren. Stattdessen hebt es die Produktaktivierung auf oder deinstalliert die Microsoft-Anwendungen. First seen on golem.de Jump to article: www.golem.de/news/deaktivierte-lizenzen-microsoft-stoppt-optionales-update-fuer-microsoft-365-2609-213497.html
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Storm-3168, Linked to JADEPUFFER, Abused Stolen Azure Identities
Microsoft details Storm-3168, the JADEPUFFER-linked actor that used stolen service principals to delete Azure storage in minutes and harvest keys. Microsoft just published the first detailed look at what JADEPUFFER does inside Azure. Sysdig first spotted the group’s activity in July 2026 and called it the first documented agentic ransomware operation. Microsoft tracks the same…
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Microsoft Entra TrustSink Attack Uses Rogue MFA Provider to Steal Passwords
TrustSink, a post-compromise credential-phishing technique that abuses Microsoft Entra External Authentication Methods (EAMs) to place a rogue password prompt inside an otherwise legitimate Microsoft sign-in flow. The attack enables an adversary with elevated tenant privileges to capture plaintext passwords while returning a valid signed token to Entra, allowing the victim’s login to complete without an…
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JADEPUFFER-Linked Attackers Used Compromised Service Principals to Delete Azure Resources
The threat actor known as JADEPUFFER has been observed orchestrating destructive actions within a Microsoft Azure environment using compromised service principals.Microsoft, which is tracking the activity under the name Storm-3168, has called it an evolution of the threat actor’s tradecraft. The attack took place in early June 2026 over a period of about 18 hours.”The…
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12 Best Azure Security Tools Compared (2026): Features Pricing
For most Azure estates, Microsoft Defender for Cloud is the best starting point its free foundational tier plus published per-resource plans make it the only major platform you can price from a public rate card. Wiz is the best third-party addition once finding volume demands attack-path prioritization. This comparison covers 12 of the best Azure…
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Microsoft pauses KB5002907 update after Office license deactivations
Microsoft has paused the rollout of the KB5002907 Microsoft 365 update after users report that it deactivated, or in some cases completely removed, perpetual Office 2016 and Office 2019 installations. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-365-kb5002907-update-paused-after-office-license-deactivations/
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SharePoint RCE and MikroTik RouterOS Flaws Actively Exploited in the Wild
Tags: cve, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, infrastructure, injection, kev, microsoft, office, rce, remote-code-execution, vulnerabilityThe U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Friday added two security flaws impacting Microsoft SharePoint and Mikrotik RouterOS to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation.The vulnerabilities in question are as follows – CVE-2026-65660 (CVSS score: 8.8) – A code injection vulnerability in Microsoft Office SharePoint First seen on…
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Windows 11 Update Causes Black Screen and Desktop Loading Issues After Sign-In
Microsoft has confirmed a Windows 11 issue that can leave users with a black screen after sign-in or prevent the desktop from loading automatically. The problem affects devices that installed the August 2026 non-security preview updates and potentially later cumulative updates, with Azure Virtual Desktop environments using FSLogix profile containers most frequently affected. The issue…
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Storm-3168 Hackers Abuse Compromised Service Principals to Destroy Azure Cloud Resources
Microsoft has uncovered a destructive Azure campaign linked to Storm-3168, also known as JADEPUFFER, in which attackers abused compromised service principals to map cloud environments, delete critical resources, target recovery safeguards, and obtain storage-account credentials. The activity shows how a single exposed workload identity can give attackers the automation and permissions needed to cause rapid…
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U.S. CISA adds Microsoft SharePoint and Mikrotik RouterOS flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
Tags: cisa, cve, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, infrastructure, injection, kev, microsoft, vulnerabilityU.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Microsoft SharePoint and Mikrotik RouterOS flaws flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added the following vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog: CVE-2026-65660 is a code-injection vulnerability in Microsoft SharePoint Server that allows an authenticated, low-privileged attacker to execute arbitrary…
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Microsoft expands Middle East cloud and AI footprint with $10bn commitment
Regional strategy combines infrastructure investment, cyber security partnerships and skills development to support national AI agendas First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366651294/Microsoft-expands-Middle-East-cloud-and-AI-footprint-with-10bn-commitment
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Microsoft plans to deprecate Windows Deployment Services
Microsoft announced it will deprecate the Windows Deployment Services (WDS) server role starting with the next Windows Server release. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-to-deprecate-windows-deployment-services-after-windows-server-2025/