Microsoft 365 to Let SecOps Lock Hacked Active Directory Accounts Microsoft is updating Microsoft Defender for Identity to allow security operations (SecOps) teams to block attacks by locking a compromised user’s Active Directory account. Microsoft Defender for Identity (previously known as Azure Advanced Threat Protection or Azure ATP) is a cloud security service that leverages on-premises
Microsoft Warns of Critical PowerShell 7 Code Execution Vulnerability Microsoft warns of a critical .NET Core remote code execution vulnerability in PowerShell 7 caused by how text encoding is performed in .NET 5 and .NET Core. PowerShell provides a command-line shell, a framework, and a scripting language focused on automation for processing PowerShell cmdlets. It runs on all
Microsoft Shares Mitigations For Windows PrintNightmare Zero-day Bug Microsoft has provided mitigation guidance to block attacks on systems vulnerable to exploits targeting the Windows Print Spooler zero-day vulnerability known as PrintNightmare. This remote code execution (RCE) bug—now tracked as CVE-2021-34527—impacts all versions of Windows per Microsoft, with the company still investigating if the vulnerability is exploitable on all