Re:Microsoft actions following attack by nation state actor ...
by juggertao on Friday January 19, 2024 @08:49PM
(#39063835)
They mention it was a password spray guess.
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Re:Microsoft actions following attack by nation state actor ...
by deelowe on Friday January 19, 2024 @09:17PM
(#39064008)
I'm guessing they don't know what a password spray is?
Re:Microsoft actions following attack by nation state actor ...
by tommica on Saturday January 20, 2024 @01:47AM
(#39065303)
What is it? Just spam a form with passwords?
Re:Microsoft actions following attack by nation state actor ...
by tgv on Saturday January 20, 2024 @02:51AM
(#39065548)
Well, your "legacy non production test tenant" can be opened by just guessing passwords, and it allows access to "very much in use production non-test" tenants, then you could say MS has a vulnerability. It may not be a buffer overflow, but it is a vulnerability nonetheless.
Re:Microsoft actions following attack by nation state actor ...
by booi on Saturday January 20, 2024 @03:15AM
(#39065635)
Yes, and I think most people would consider it a vulnerability if an authentication system doesn't rate-limit or otherwise slow/stop "password spray" attacks.
Re:Microsoft actions following attack by nation state actor ...
by oezi on Saturday January 20, 2024 @03:27AM
(#39065691)
You can rate limit individual users but password spray attacks use a large number of accounts to remain undetected in a authentication system used by an even more users.
Re:Microsoft actions following attack by nation state actor ...
by mattigames on Saturday January 20, 2024 @04:04AM
(#39065840)
We are getting 10000x times the number of wrong passwords than average, I'm sure it's nothing to worry about.
Re:Microsoft actions following attack by nation state actor ...
by Towaway69 on Saturday January 20, 2024 @04:27AM
(#39065938)
It was a legacy test system connected to a production system so it doesn't count. Obviously. /s
Re:Microsoft actions following attack by nation state actor ...
by Jedd on Saturday January 20, 2024 @08:40AM
(#39067470)
{rolls eyes}
This is precisely the kind of 1990's level basic heuristic that this company cites as part of their Sentinel security system.
Trying to excuse a breach by 'the attacker tried a few passwords against lots of different accounts' is not compelling.
Re:Microsoft actions following attack by nation state actor ...
by paxys on Saturday January 20, 2024 @01:25PM
(#39070663)
My point is that if one can guess the password on a random test box and through that gain access to critical internal systems, you have lost the right to call your system "not vulnerable".