In any identity infrastructure attack, attackers are going after the "privileges". The more privileged account they own, the more damage they can do. There can be privileged accounts in a system that only used once a month to do a privileged task. In any IT system, we used to believe administrators are trustworthy people. Therefore, most of the time we do not really worry about what they…
In order to manage Azure AD, we use Azure Active Directory option in https://portal.azure.com. By default, any user under Azure AD can access this option event they do not have a Directory role. In my demo setup, I have a user called "Emily Braun". She doesn't have any Directory role assigned.
Then I log in to Azure portal https://portal.azure.com as the user and then go to…
Corporate applications may also hold critical operation data related to the company. By doing regular reviews, we can make sure only the relevant people have access to corporate applications. However, if we just use the native method, it will be mainly based on Enterprise app Sign-ins and audit log data. the only problem with this method is, it is so time-consuming. As it is all manual process…
Azure VM now have serial console access via Azure portal. It is not depending on the virtual machine’s network or operating system state. This is ideal for recover machines/data, modify system configurations & troubleshooting. Azure serial console access is only available via Azure portal. It is using COM1 port of the virtual machine. This works for both Windows & Linux VMs. In my…
