All news with #azure entra id tag

🔔 A threat actor is using voice-based fake security calls to trick Microsoft 365 users into enrolling a malicious Entra passkey. The attacker directs victims to realistic phishing pages that mimic the Microsoft enrollment flow and uses an operator-controlled PHP kit to capture credentials and MFA responses in real time. Okta attributes the campaign to O-UNC-066, linked to the extortion group Pink, which targets multiple industries and quickly exfiltrates data after account takeover.

🛡️ Microsoft will enable the Windows settings backup and restore tool by default on Microsoft Entra-joined and Entra hybrid-joined enterprise devices when they upgrade to Windows 11 version 26H2. The feature, introduced as opt-in at Ignite 2024 and GA in August 2025, previously required admins to turn it on after installing the September 2025 cumulative update. Default-on applies only to eligible devices outside DMA-regulated regions and not in sovereign cloud environments, and explicit admin policies via Intune or Group Policy still take precedence. Restore remains disabled by default and requires explicit admin configuration.

🔒 AI is accelerating cyberattacks, increasing speed and scale across the attack chain while identity remains a primary entry point. Microsoft highlights integrated visibility and response through Microsoft Entra and Microsoft Defender, including a unified identity risk score and an updated Entra ID Protection experience. New features aim to reduce fragmentation, enable least-privilege response roles, and automate policy optimization to help teams prevent, detect, and respond faster.

🛈 Amazon S3 Access Grants are now available in the AWS European Sovereign Cloud (Germany) Region. The feature maps identities from directories like Microsoft Entra ID and AWS IAM principals to S3 datasets, enabling automated, scalable data permission management. This simplifies granting S3 access to end users based on corporate identities. Check the AWS Region Table for full regional availability and refer to the product page for details.

🔒 The FBI warns of phishing campaigns using Kali365 to harvest Microsoft 365 OAuth access tokens and bypass multi-factor authentication. Attackers trick users into entering a code on a legitimate Microsoft page, which instead authorizes the attacker’s device to access the victim’s account. The FBI advises IT teams to deploy conditional access policies and block authentication transfer to reduce exposure.

🔍 ROADtools is an open-source Python toolkit for red teams and researchers that attackers have repurposed to target Microsoft Entra ID. It enumerates tenants, registers devices, and acquires or manipulates OAuth2/OpenID Connect tokens while using legitimate Microsoft APIs and configurable request attributes to evade detection. Nation-state actors have used ROADtools for discovery, persistence and defense evasion, and Palo Alto Networks outlines detection queries, mitigation recommendations and protections available via Cortex Cloud, Cortex XDR and Unit 42 services.

🔒 Microsoft announced a set of security enhancements designed to protect agents, data, and identities as organizations scale AI. Highlights include the general availability of Microsoft Purview DSPM, expanded investigation capabilities with OCR and custom examinations, and a new Entra ID Account recovery flow for restoring organizational access. Public preview of Windows 365 for Agents and integration with Microsoft Agent 365 aim to govern and secure agent workloads in managed Cloud PCs.

🔐 Microsoft has reached general availability for Entra-Only identities for Azure Files SMB, enabling native Microsoft Entra ID authentication for SMB file shares using cloud-only identities. This eliminates the need for on-premises Active Directory, Entra Connect, or managed domain controllers, simplifying architecture and reducing operational overhead. Entra acts as the Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC), issuing Kerberos tickets while preserving SMB protocol compatibility, and supports VDI scenarios with FSLogix, Managed Identities, macOS clients, and NTFS ACL editing. The capability is supported across HDD and SSD shares, available at no extra cost, and is being extended to sovereign cloud regions.

🔒 A high-severity authentication bypass (CVE-2025-14510, CVSS 8.1) affects ABB Ability OPTIMAX systems that use Azure Active Directory Single Sign-On, potentially permitting an attacker to bypass user authentication remotely. Affected builds include all 6.1 and 6.2 releases and 6.3/6.4 builds prior to 6.3.1-251120 and 6.4.1-251120. ABB has published fixes (for example, 6.3.1-251120); administrators should follow the ABB PSIRT advisory, apply available updates, and implement network segmentation and secure remote access controls while performing impact analysis prior to changes.

📋 This blog by Rico Mariani outlines eight practical best practices for CISOs conducting risk reviews, focusing on identifying assets, applications, and access controls to shape review scope and priorities. It emphasizes good quality authentication (tokens and issuers like Microsoft Entra), robust authorization, network isolation, detection, and auditing to enable proactive security. The post also highlights commonly overlooked areas such as backups, support, and development systems to ensure comprehensive risk coverage.

🔧 AWS updated the Transfer Family Terraform module to include end-to-end examples demonstrating integration with Okta and Microsoft Entra ID as custom identity providers. Built on the open-source Custom IdP solution and example repositories, the module automates deployment of Transfer Family endpoints while leveraging existing identity infrastructure. Included security controls—MFA, audit logging, and per-user IP allowlisting—help organizations meet operational and compliance requirements; consult the Terraform Registry and the Transfer Family Custom IdP user guide for implementation details and regional availability.

🔐 AWS IAM Identity Center centralizes workforce access and can consume session tags from external SAML providers such as Microsoft Entra ID to enable fine‑grained, attribute‑based access control (ABAC) across multiple AWS accounts. By mapping directory group attributes to session tags, administrators can dynamically apply permissions and runtime configuration—examples include selecting an AWS Glue usage profile or configuring Systems Manager Session Manager run‑as behavior. The post walks through SAML and SCIM setup, creating a custom permission set, mapping claims (for example AccessControl:glue:UsageProfile), testing job creation in the Glue console, and validating session tags via CloudTrail AssumeRoleWithSAML events.

🔒 Researchers at Silverfort discovered that Microsoft’s Agent ID Administrator role could modify and take ownership of unrelated service principals, allowing role holders to create credentials and authenticate as compromised applications. The flaw stemmed from scope enforcement failing in the Agent Identity Platform, where agent identities share primitives with applications. Microsoft deployed a fix by April 9, 2026; organizations should audit role assignments and service principal ownership and monitor for unexpected changes.

🔐 Microsoft will roll out Entra passkey support for phishing‑resistant passwordless authentication on Windows devices starting in late April, with general availability expected by mid‑June 2026. The capability enables device‑bound FIDO2 passkeys stored in the Windows Hello container and used via face, fingerprint, or PIN on corporate, personal, and shared devices, including unmanaged Windows machines. Administrators can control rollout and access through Conditional Access and Authentication Methods policies.

⚠️ Microsoft has traced an ongoing Universal Print sharing failure to a code change in the Microsoft Graph API, which increased Entra ID directory replication latency and exposed a pre-existing race condition that causes intermittent “Sharing Print Failed” errors when creating certain printer shares. The issue (UP1287359) affects shares created with the "Allow all users in my organization" toggle or when specific users/groups are selected. Microsoft is deploying a corrective code change and published a 13-step workaround that involves creating the share without assigning members initially, waiting for propagation, and then adding users or security groups manually.

🔒 A high-severity authentication flaw in Azure SRE Agent exposed agent activity streams to unauthorized tenants, researcher Yanir Tsarimi of Enclave AI reported. Tracked as CVE-2026-32173 with a CVSS score of 8.6, the vulnerability stemmed from an Entra ID app registration configured as multi-tenant and a WebSocket hub that accepted tokens without tenant authorization checks. The hub broadcast agent prompts, internal reasoning, commands and outputs to all connected clients. Microsoft applied a server-side fix and says no customer action is required, but organizations that ran the agent during preview should review any credentials or sensitive data that may have traversed agent interactions.

🔒 AWS Managed Microsoft AD can now forward Kerberos Encryption audit event logs (Event IDs 201–209) to Amazon CloudWatch Logs. These logs provide visibility into whether clients and services negotiate RC4 or AES encryption, helping you decide whether to upgrade clients for stronger protection or retain compatibility. Enable log forwarding from the directory's Network and Security tab in the Directory Service console. This feature is available in all AWS Regions offering the service except UAE and Bahrain.

🛡️ Stryker reported a large-scale disruption after thousands of employee devices were remotely wiped and many users were unable to log in, saying the issue appears contained to its internal Microsoft environment and that there is no indication of malware at this time. The pro-Iranian group Handala claimed responsibility and employees reported seeing its logo on affected machines. Analysts say the pattern is consistent with a compromise of Microsoft Intune and Entra-based admin controls, which would permit remote wiping without deploying traditional malware, and recommend tightened admin verification and credential protections.

🔐 Microsoft is introducing passkey support in Microsoft Entra for Windows, enabling phishing-resistant, passwordless sign-ins via Windows Hello. The opt-in feature enters public preview worldwide from mid‑March through late April 2026, with government clouds (GCC, GCC High, DoD) following mid‑April through mid‑May. Passkeys are device-bound, stored in the Windows Hello container, and never transmitted over the network, preventing credential theft and MFA bypass. IT administrators must enable the Passkeys (FIDO2) authentication method, create a passkey profile including the required Windows Hello AAGUIDs, and assign the profile to appropriate groups to enroll devices.

🔐 Bitwarden now supports logging into Windows 11 using passkeys stored in the Bitwarden vault, enabling phishing‑resistant, passwordless sign-in across devices. The capability is available on all plans, including the free tier, and uses a QR scan and mobile confirmation to release a vault‑stored Entra ID passkey. Required: Entra ID–joined devices, FIDO2 sign‑in enabled, and a registered Entra ID passkey in the vault. Microsoft will roll out the Windows support this month, subject to Entra configuration.