Cloud Computing Platform as a Service (PaaS) Security

Cloud Computing Platform as a Service (PaaS) Security News

September 20, 2021 20 Sep'21
Microsoft details 'OMIGOD' Azure vulnerability fixes, threats

Microsoft fixed the open source OMI software during last week's Patch Tuesday, but the tech giant has struggled to get the updated agents to Azure customers.
September 15, 2021 15 Sep'21
‘OMIGOD’ vulnerabilities put Azure customers at risk

OMI, the software agent at the center of a remote code execution flaw, is "just one example" of silent, pre-installed software in cloud environments, according to one researcher.
September 09, 2021 09 Sep'21
'Azurescape': New Azure vulnerability fixed by Microsoft

The Azure Container Instances vulnerability would have allowed malicious actors to execute code on other customers' containers, but there have been no reports of exploitation.
January 23, 2020 23 Jan'20
Microsoft misconfiguration exposed 250M customer service records

Microsoft exposed 250 million customer support records on five Elasticsearch servers that had misconfigured Azure security rules, a Comparitech security research team found.

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