Category: Privacy

Microsoft 365 administrators fail to implement basic security such as MFA. The survey survey found that approximately 78% of Microsoft 365 administrators did not activate multi-factor authentication (MFA). According to SANS, 99% of data breaches can be prevented with MFA. This is a huge security risk, especially at a time when so many employees are working remotely.

As Microsoft’s Office 365 usage grows – including services such as Exchange, Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive and more – the sheer amount of data stored in the cloud appears to be a tempting target for some of the world’s most advanced hacking operations, according to cybersecurity researchers at FireEye Mandiant. “The amount of data in Office 365 is just huge, and attackers are clearly interested in data. But they now also have access to that data from virtually anywhere in the world,” Doug Bientock, chief counsel at Mandiant, told ZDNet ahead of the investigation. presented at the virtual security conference Black Hat USA.

Security researchers have discovered critical vulnerabilities that allow attackers to bypass multi-factor authentication (MFA) for Microsoft 365. According to security researchers at Proofpoint, vulnerabilities in MFA deployment compromise users’ security and privacy while interacting with cloud-based services. Attackers may be able to gain full access to their victim’s account information, including emails, files, and contacts.