Risky Business #760 – Microsoft to make MFA mandatory

Presented by

Patrick Gray
Patrick Gray

CEO and Publisher

Adam Boileau
Adam Boileau

Technology Editor

On this week’s show, Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s security news including:

  • Microsoft did a good thing! Soon all Azure admins will require MFA
  • The three billion row National Public Data breach mess, courtesy Florida Man
  • US govt confirms that it was Iran that hacked the Trump campaign
  • Is TP-Link the next Huawei, or just not very good at computers?
  • Major Chinese RFID card maker has hardcoded backdoors
  • And much, much more.

This week’s episode is sponsored by Specter Ops, makers of Bloodhound Enterprise. VP of Products Justin Kohler joins to talk about how they’ve joined their on-prem AD and cloud Entra attack path graphs, so you can map out that juicy, real-world attack surface.

Risky Business #760 – Microsoft to make MFA mandatory
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Show notes

Announcing mandatory multi-factor authentication for Azure sign-in | Microsoft Azure Blog

phishing resistant mfa - Google Search

Microsoft will require MFA for all Azure users

NationalPublicData.com Hack Exposes a Nation’s Data – Krebs on Security

National Public Data Published Its Own Passwords – Krebs on Security

Bloomberg Law

How the government's proposed 'Trust Exchange' digital ID scheme would work - ABC News

German Cyber Agency Wants Changes in Microsoft, CrowdStrike Products After Tech Outage - WSJ

Joint ODNI, FBI, and CISA Statement on Iranian Election Influence Efforts — FBI

Crypto firm says hacker locked all employees out of Google products for four days

ZachXBT on X: "Seven hours ago a suspicious transfer was made from a potential victim for 4064 BTC ($238M)" / X

Bitcoin News Today: $238 Million Bitcoin Heist Linked to Genesis Global Trading

Routers from China-based TP-Link a national security threat, US lawmakers claim

Hardware backdoors found in Chinese smart cards

Unmasking Styx Stealer: How a Hacker's Slip Led to an Intelligence Treasure Trove - Check Point Research

Hardware backdoors found in Chinese smart cards

Man who hacked Hawaii state registry to forge his own death certificate sentenced to 81 months