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Microsoft Mitigates Vulnerability in Jupyter Notebooks for Azure Cosmos DB

Summary Microsoft recently fixed an authentication bypass vulnerability in Jupyter Notebooks for Azure Cosmos DB (currently in preview) reported by Orca Security.  Customers not using Jupyter Notebooks (99.8% of Azure Cosmos DB customers do NOT use Jupyter notebooks) were not susceptible to this vulnerability. The bug was introduced on August 12th and fully patched worldwide …

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Microsoft Mitigates Vulnerability in Jupyter Notebooks for Azure Cosmos DB

Summary Summary Microsoft recently fixed an authentication bypass vulnerability in Jupyter Notebooks for Azure Cosmos DB (currently in preview) reported by Orca Security. Customers not using Jupyter Notebooks (99.8% of Azure Cosmos DB customers do NOT use Jupyter notebooks) were not susceptible to this vulnerability.
The bug was introduced on August 12th and fully patched worldwide on Oct 6th, two days after it was reported.

Reflecting on Cybersecurity Awareness Month: At its Core, Cybersecurity is all about People

As Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2022 comes to a close, I’m grateful for the impact it has had in bringing cybersecurity to the forefront since it began in 2004. Though the month may be over, our work in cybersecurity is never done. Often, we think about cybersecurity as a complex technology problem, but at its core, …

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Reflecting on Cybersecurity Awareness Month: At its Core, Cybersecurity is all about People

As Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2022 comes to a close, I’m grateful for the impact it has had in bringing cybersecurity to the forefront since it began in 2004. Though the month may be over, our work in cybersecurity is never done. Often, we think about cybersecurity as a complex technology problem, but at its core, it’s really about people: the customers and communities we work to protect and defend, the current and future cybersecurity professionals on the front lines of the fight, and the larger security community coming together to strengthen cybersecurity for all.