cloud security

MTN Group has emerged as a trailblazer in Africa's digital transformation narrative, making headlines for certifying over 1,250 employees through the Microsoft Enterprise Skills Initiative (ESI) in a single year—more than any other Microsoft customer on the continent. This unprecedented internal...

A digital storm rumbled through India’s energy and technology sectors when Microsoft temporarily cut off cloud access to Nayara Energy, the country’s second-largest oil refiner, triggering an international debate on sanctions compliance and digital sovereignty. This episode, rooted in Nayara’s...

A surge of concern ricocheted across the open-source software community last week when Mike Kaganski, a prominent LibreOffice developer, found himself locked out of his Microsoft account for seven frustrating days. This event, echoing recent reports of arbitrary account lockouts affecting...

Microsoft’s abrupt suspension of cloud service access to Nayara Energy, a leading Indian oil refiner, has sent shockwaves through the global technology and energy sectors, shining a spotlight on the increasingly complex interplay between geopolitics, corporate structure, and digital sovereignty...

Attackers have found a chillingly effective way to subvert defenses integrated into the heart of enterprise email security. According to new research from Cloudflare, threat actors are actively exploiting “link wrapping” services—offered by reputable vendors like Proofpoint and Intermedia—to...

Cybercriminals are once again redefining the threat landscape, this time by exploiting trusted email security mechanisms to compromise Microsoft 365 accounts. In a sophisticated new campaign, threat actors have weaponized link-wrapping services—previously considered pillars of safe email...

Microsoft’s abrupt disconnection of Nayara Energy, a major Indian oil refinery operator, from its cloud services sent ripples throughout the global tech and energy sectors—a move spurred not by technical woes, but by geopolitical sanctions issued by the European Union. The incident, emblematic...

As emergency services across the globe face a surge in operational demands and heightened expectations for rapid, reliable response, the race to modernize IT service management (ITSM) infrastructure is on. Against the backdrop of relentless workload fluctuations, budgetary constraints, and...

Cybercriminals have once again proven their adaptability by leveraging trusted technology—from cybersecurity companies themselves—to bypass email defenses and target Microsoft 365 users. In a revealing discovery, threat actors have been exploiting link-wrapping services from well-known vendors...

Leveraging trusted internal channels has long been a gold standard for cybercriminals seeking to evade organizational defenses, but a recent campaign uncovered by Proofpoint signals a new level of ingenuity in exploiting a familiar Microsoft 365 feature: Direct Send. This functionality, designed...

As cyber threats continue to evolve, organizations leveraging cloud-based productivity suites like Microsoft 365 face novel forms of attack that exploit the platform’s very architecture. Recently, security researchers unveiled a troubling trend: hackers are weaponizing Microsoft 365’s Direct...

The evolution of phishing campaigns in the cloud era has introduced a new breed of attacks that are increasingly hard to spot, even for seasoned security professionals. Among these, a recent campaign targeting Microsoft 365 logins stands out for its cunning use of Microsoft OAuth applications...

Phishing campaigns continue to evolve, adapting to security systems and adopting new tactics to dupe even vigilant users. Recent findings have uncovered a sophisticated Microsoft MFA phishing scheme that leverages the OAuth authorization framework—specifically, Microsoft OAuth applications—to...

From a single spark at a Microsoft conference to the glow of a billion-dollar unicorn, Nerdio’s journey is a powerful illustration of how expertise, risk-taking, and an unwavering commitment to customer centricity can disrupt even the most complex corners of enterprise IT. Nerdio, co-founded in...

Threat actors in 2025 have harnessed a new caliber of cyberattack, subverting enterprise identity and trust by weaponizing Microsoft OAuth applications to bypass even the most robust multi-factor authentication (MFA) defenses. This emerging campaign, tracked by Proofpoint and other leading...

Threat actors are increasingly exploiting Microsoft 365’s Direct Send feature to conduct highly convincing internal phishing campaigns, eroding trust within organizations and challenging the efficacy of traditional security defenses. This emergent attack vector, recently highlighted by...

Phishing campaigns have always shaped themselves around the contours of new technology, but the latest surge targeting Microsoft OAuth applications marks a seismic shift in both attacker strategy and the effectiveness of their exploits. In 2025, security researchers uncovered a wave of hybrid...

As investors and technologists pore over quarterly reports, the battle lines of the global cloud computing market have never been more vividly drawn. The latest round of earnings disclosures by the tech titans—Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Oracle—offers not only a fresh glimpse into their...

Phishing campaigns have always evolved in tandem with advances in enterprise security, but the latest wave targeting Microsoft OAuth applications represents a stunning leap in both sophistication and effectiveness. This ongoing campaign, first identified in early 2025, exemplifies a new breed of...

Sophisticated cyber adversaries have shifted tactics in recent months, exploiting fake Microsoft OAuth applications in tandem with advanced phishing toolkits such as Tycoon and ODx to compromise Microsoft 365 accounts worldwide. These attacks, tracked by researchers and security vendors...