How to protect against Device Code Flow abuse (Storm-2372 attacks) and block the authentication flow
Since August 2024 there has been a sophisticated phishing campaign actively leveraging the device code authorization flow. Currently, there is a wide range of attacks targeting a wide range of sectors including government/ IT services and critical industries. The attack…
How to use Automatic Attack Disruption in Microsoft 365 Defender (BEC, AiTM & HumOR)
Last year Microsoft announced a new feature called; Automatic attack disruption which uses correlated insights from the Microsoft 365 ecosystem and powerful AI models to stop sophisticated attack techniques while the attack is in progress. Automatic attack disruption supports the…
How to mitigate MFA fatigue and learn from the Uber breach for additional protection
Hackers are more frequently using social engineering attacks to gain access to corporate credentials and breach large networks. With the rise of more default protection with the use of multi-factor authentication the MFA Fatigue technique is rising. In the past…
Tips for preventing against new modern identity attacks (AiTM, MFA Fatigue, PRT, OAuth)
Identity attacks are currently changing and focussing on new techniques. In the past years, many organizations protected accounts with MFA/ FIDO2 and configured additional controls like Conditional Access and disablement of legacy authentication. After some years Microsoft starts finally the…
Protect against AiTM/ MFA phishing attacks using Microsoft technology
In the last couple of weeks, many researchers warns of a new large-scale phishing campaign that is using the adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) techniques to bypass multi-factor authentication. Following Zscaler researchers Sudeep Singh and Jangadeeswar Ramanukolanu the campaign is designed to reach…
MFA prompt spamming/ MFA fatigue – What can you do to prevent/ detect attacks?
MFA prompt spamming/ MFA fatigue is a quite new term and seeing more after the LAPSUS$ attack. Currently there are many MFA options including SMS, One Time Passwords (OTP), and push notifications from the Microsoft Authenticator app. And while the…
Identity Protection Risk Analysis workbook: Get more Azure AD Identity Protection insights
During Ignite ’21 Microsoft announced multiple new functionalities, renames, and new products. In the upcoming weeks, more blogs are coming with new features which are in preview or GA. This blog is all about the new Identity Protection Risk Analysis…
Stream Azure AD Identity Protection events to Microsoft Sentinel/ Log Analytics
Microsoft recently added a new function that gives the option for stream events from Azure AD Identity Protection into Microsoft Sentinel. In this blog the instruction for export user risk events from Azure AD Identity protection into Microsoft Sentinel. Identity…
Protecting against password spray attacks with Azure Sentinel and Azure AD
A Password Spraying Attack is a type of brute force attack where a malicious actor attempts the same password on many accounts before moving on to another one and repeating the process. In this blog the explanation of detection and protection…
Azure AD Identity Protection: User Risk and Sign-in Risk protection with automation
Azure AD Identity Protection is one of the security tools available in the Microsoft E5 license. With Azure AD Identity Protection it is possible to protect users based on the Microsoft signals. Azure AD Identity protection is all about risk,…
