Microsoft Azure Cloud Vulnerability is the 'Worst You Can Imagine'

Microsoft Azure Cloud Vulnerability is the 'Worst You Can Imagine'

upstart writes:

Microsoft Azure cloud vulnerability is the 'worst you can imagine':

A flaw in Microsoft's Azure Cosmos DB database product left more than 3,300 Azure customers open to complete unrestricted access to hackers since 2019 when Microsoft added a data visualization feature called Jupyter Notebook to Cosmos DB. The feature was turned on by default for all Cosmos DBs in February 2021.

The Microsoft Database Hack Shows That Data Stored in the Cloud Must Always be Encrypted End-to-End.

upstart writes:

The Microsoft database hack shows that data stored in the cloud must always be encrypted end-to-end.:

IT security specialist Ami Luttwak from Wiz discovered the vulnerability in the Azure Cosmos DB Jupyter Notebook Featureon Aug. 9 and reported it to Microsoft three days later. Microsoft published this statement saying it immediately fixed the issue. Microsoft thanked the security researchers for their work as part of the coordinated disclosure of the vulnerability. Microsoft also told Wiz via email that it planned to pay out $40,000for reporting the vulnerability.

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