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| What a Pain in the Azzz-ure: Microsoft Azure, SharePoint, Etc. Knocked Offline by DNS Blunder | The Register | Yesterday Microsoft's Azure cloud was up and down globally due to a DNS configuration mishap. The platform-wide outage knackered all sorts of Redmond-hosted systems around the world, from Azure SQL databases and App Services to multi-factor authentication, Microsoft 365 and Teams, Dynamics, SharePoint Online, and OneDrive. | [Webinar] 4 Insider Threats That Should Keep You Up at Night | BetterCloud | Threats from external actors are scary, but so are vulnerabilities created by well-meaning yet negligent insiders. Today users are accessing, sharing, and exposing SaaS data in new ways you might not be aware of—and it's happening more frequently. What if you had a way to detect and mitigate that risk? Join BetterCloud on May 16 at 1pm ET for a deep dive on how to use our platform to protect your data. Register right here. (If you can't make it, register anyway to get the recording.) | Hackers Impersonate Microsoft More Than Any Other Brand in Phishing Attacks | TechRepublic | Cybercriminals change tactics throughout the week when waging phishing attacks, as social media services like Facebook are targeted more during the weekend, according to a new report. | Why Are We Still Celebrating World Password Day? | Dark Reading | Intel started the first World Password Day in 2013. By the looks of it, many in the industry want to make yesterday's celebration one of the last. |
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