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Incident Analysis

Microsoft Breached by Midnight Blizzard: Russian Hackers Read Executive Emails

In January 2024, Microsoft disclosed that the Russian state-sponsored group Midnight Blizzard had been reading emails of senior executives and security team members since November 2023, using a password spray attack against a legacy test account.

Feb 11, 20267 min read
Threat Intelligence

Midnight Blizzard Breaches Microsoft: What the Exchange Online Attack Means for Everyone

Russian state actors compromised Microsoft executive email accounts through a password spray attack on a legacy test tenant. The breach exposed how identity misconfigurations cascade.

Feb 11, 20266 min read
Case Studies

Microsoft's Secure Supply Chain Practices

How Microsoft rebuilt its security posture after years of high-profile incidents, implementing supply chain controls that now protect one of the world's largest software ecosystems.

Feb 3, 20267 min read
Vulnerability Analysis

Follina (CVE-2022-30190): The Microsoft Zero-Day That Bypassed Macro Protections

A Word document, no macros enabled, and full remote code execution. Follina exploited the Microsoft Support Diagnostic Tool via ms-msdt protocol handlers, rendering years of macro-blocking defenses irrelevant.

Jan 10, 20267 min read
Incident Analysis

Microsoft LAPSUS$ Breach: Source Code Access and the Limits of Perimeter Security

LAPSUS$ claimed access to Microsoft's source code repositories, leaking 37GB of code from Bing, Cortana, and other projects. The breach showed that even tech giants have access control gaps.

Jan 7, 20266 min read

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