Microsoft Cracks Down on Websites Generating Millions in Fraudulent Accounts

Last week, Microsoft disrupted a Vietnam-based threat group called Storm-1152. Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) gained control of the domains used by the group to sell millions of fraudulent Microsoft accounts to other cybercriminals. The DCU team has obtained a court order from the Southern District of New York to take down the US-based digital…

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Secure authentication method for creating an Excel data connection to SQL Server

My company has a website with data stored in Microsoft SQL Server on the production server. The production server is not in Active Directory. The firewall allows connections to the production SQL server from the company offices.
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Windows AD – Fake User Account with Multiple Passwords to Detect Password Spray

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I’m trying to implement a fake user account that has multiple sets of credentials that can be used. Instead of a specific password, any one password from a list of them could be used to authenticate to the account. By doing so, we c… Continue reading Windows AD – Fake User Account with Multiple Passwords to Detect Password Spray

Ignite 2023: Microsoft 365 Universal Print Gets macOS Support, Security Features

Microsoft announced some important updates for the Universal Print service at its Ignite 2023 conference today. The cloud-based print service is getting macOS support, allowing users to print from any Mac app without installing third-party drivers or software. Universal Print now supports the pull printing functionality that lets employees securely release their print jobs from…

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Get-ADComputer: The PowerShell Command for Managing Active Directory Computers

The Get-ADComputer PowerShell cmdlet is a powerful tool for managing AD computers. It can be used to retrieve information about computer objects, search for computer objects based on specific criteria, and perform various actions on computer objects. What is Get-ADComputer used for? Get-ADComputer is a PowerShell cmdlet that retrieves one or more computers from Active…

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