Security

A new feature has popped up in Azure AD: System-preferred multifactor authentication (MFA). This will allow administrators to enforce the most secure method for Azure MFA. For example, if a user has multiple methods registered, the most secure method will be prompted first. How do I know what method is the strongest, you may ask? Here is the current order from most to least secure methods, currently supported in Azure Active Directory: This list is dynamic and may change as… 

In this post, we look at managing Conditional Access policies and, in particular, duplicating existing policies. This can be super handy when you: This can be done in various ways, but today we use two different methods: Duplicate a policy using the Conditional Access UI Now in public preview, Microsoft refreshed the interface and enhanced the user experience with an updated design and a few new improvements. One of them is the ability to duplicate existing policies. Find your “source”… 

Security Defaults is the best thing since sliced bread. I mean, come on! It will enforce MFA for everybody, will block that dirty legacy authentication, and even gives you features that you normally would pay big money for (Azure AD Identity Security). Good enough for a lot of (smaller) organizations out there. Today’s post is about that feature and the use of break-glass accounts. For a lot of folks, this post might be obvious, as this is their daily job… 

I’ve got some exciting news to share today. Microsoft has launched a public preview called “Authentication Methods Policy Convergence.” I was part of the private preview program, and I’m very happy to see this feature going public. In this post, I will give you a brief introduction to this new feature and explain why this is such a big deal. Current situation A while back, I wrote this post where I explained that the SSPR and MFA settings are very… 

Update: Evilginx 3 is here! This post is based on Evilginx 2 and still works, as I forked the old repository to my personal Github, and did some tweaks to make it work. I recently created a newer version of the phishlet that only works for Evilginx 3. Read all about it here: Running Evilginx 3.0 on Windows – JanBakker.tech If you are a red-teamer, I recommend checking out the new Evilginx 3 framework, and learn how it works by… 

This news seems to be kept under the radar a little bit, but I wanted to point out a new feature in Azure AD that might help out some organizations with their Azure MFA implementations. Take a look at this list of supported authentication methods, and notice that passwordless methods can also be used as a form of verification for Azure AD Multi-Factor Authentication: Microsoft Authenticator app Windows Hello for Business FIDO2 security key OATH hardware token (preview) OATH software… 

Microsoft released a new public preview where admins can be alerted when assignments to Azure resources are made outside of Privileged Identity Management. This was already possible in combination with Azure AD roles, but the new preview now applies to Azure resources as well. Where alerts on Azure AD roles are enabled by default, alerts for Azure resources need to be enabled by an administrator first. This feature is extremely valuable when you want to govern your Privileged Access implementation,… 

Privileged Identity Management is a great feature within Azure AD to provide just-in-time access to your admin roles and Azure resources. But some roles may require an extra level of security, for the simple fact the role is highly privileged, and (hopefully) rarely used. With the current capabilities, you are able to activate an approval step, but that is only limited to one approver. In this article, I will show you how you can use Azure AD Identity Governance to create… 

I was recently invited by the Dutch Virtual Desktop User Group to present a session about Identity Security. Now, because this was in Dutch (my native language), I decided to do a ‘short’ write-up in English, so everybody can benefit from this. I shared 10 tips on how to secure your identities, but not before I showed how easy it is to phish Office 365 credentials, even if they are protected with MFA. You can also check the recording in… 

This blog post is for all those organizations out there with stale, overprivileged accounts having standing access to Azure AD roles, that nobody knows about, far away from the HR systems and on/offboarding processes. This is often a huge problem and the elephant in the (security) room. Now, what can we do about it? I assume you are already aware of Azure AD Privileged Identity Management, and the great features that it brings. In short: with PIM you can reduce…