​​Zero Trust Workshop: Advance your knowledge with an online resource

Credit to Author: Mike Adams| Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2024 17:00:00 +0000

​As part of Microsoft’s ongoing efforts to support security modernization and the Zero Trust principles, we’ve launched Zero Trust Workshop, an online self-service resource. Read our latest blog post for details. ​

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Canadian Man Arrested in Snowflake Data Extortions

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2024 17:10:04 +0000

A 26-year-old man in Ontario, Canada has been arrested for allegedly stealing data from and extorting more than 160 companies that used the cloud data service Snowflake. On October 30, Canadian authorities arrested Alexander Moucka, a.k.a. Connor Riley Moucka of Kitchener, Ontario, on a provisional arrest warrant from the United States. Bloomberg first reported Moucka’s alleged ties to the Snowflake hacks on Monday. At the end of 2023, malicious hackers learned that many large companies had uploaded huge volumes of sensitive customer data to Snowflake accounts that were protected with little more than a username and password (no multi-factor authentication required). After scouring darknet markets for stolen Snowflake account credentials, the hackers began raiding the data storage repositories used by some of the world’s largest corporations.

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