Check out this article via web browser: Get started with passkeys in Microsoft 365 It’s here! A long-awaited feature in Microsoft 365 is finally there. Now, in public preview, organizations can add another phishing-resistant credential to their arsenal: device-bound passkeys. DISCLAIMER: This feature is currently in public preview. Everything you read in this blog post is subject to change and may be outdated soon. Always check the current documentation on Microsoft Learn to keep track of changes. Images in this post might be slightly different in reality. What is a device-bound passkey? Fir ..read more

Check out this article via web browser: How to simulate risk in Microsoft Entra ID Protection Entra ID protection is an excellent feature amongst the other services in the Entra Premium P2 license SKU. Microsoft Entra ID Protection detects identity-based risks so that admins can mitigate those risks. Users can also self-mitigate risk. To evaluate and asses this feature, you could, of course, simulate a bunch of risky events, as described here. Using a TOR browser and the developer tools in the browser, you can quickly bump up your sign-in risk to trigger the policies in Entra ID Protection. To ..read more

Check out this article via web browser: Viewing changes to Conditional Access policies just became easier! Today, a quick tip for all Entra admins out there. Conditional Access policies can be subject to change. When a policy is changed, its not very easy to see what changed. From the audit logs, this is how it looks: Let’s face it; that’s not very convenient to read. Well, here’s the good part: Microsoft released a new feature that can “visualize” changes to Conditional Access straight from the audit logs. This will show the changes side by side. You can also switch to Inline mode. From t ..read more

Check out this article via web browser: A Thread on Frosty Fiascos: Delving into the Microsoft Midnight Blizzard Hack This post is all about the hack on Microsoft by Midnight Blizzard (NOBELIUM, Cozy Bear, APT29) A lot has been said already, and this event has many angles. This post is focused on one part: What can Entra/Microsoft 365 admins do to prevent such an attack? I don’t have all the answers (certainly not!) but I feel the urge to bundle all the resources so that the community can find guidance during this snowstorm. I did not find any time to put something on paper myself, but this ha ..read more

Check out this article via web browser: Prevent AiTM with Microsoft Entra Global Secure Access and Conditional Access Microsoft Entra Global Secure Access brings a new control to Conditional Access. By installing the Global Secure Access Client on (hybrid) Entra joined devices and enabling Global Secure Access signaling for Conditional Access, admins can now work with a new condition: All Compliant Network locations (Preview) That means we can add another layer to our tenant to prevent token theft and replay. Let’s have a first look. Prepare the lab The first step is to activate Global Secure ..read more

Check out this article via web browser: Evilginx resources for Microsoft 365 Okay, let’s start with a disclaimer. This post is created for educational purposes and mainly focuses on red and blue teamers to protect their Microsoft 365 tenants. That being said, Evilginx can be used for all cloud services. Do not use Evilginx for nasty and illegal stuff. I won’t help to fix your Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok phishlets. Feel free to reach out for security tips on Microsoft 365 / Entra ID. This post will grow over time. If you have anything to add, please reach out to me so I can add it. The goal ..read more

Check out this article via web browser: Prepare for passkeys in Entra ID! Only a few months until Microsoft Entra ID will support device-bound passkeys stored on computers and mobile devices as an authentication method in preview, in addition to the existing support for FIDO2 security keys. This enables your users to perform phishing-resistant authentication using the devices that they already have.   What is a device-bound passkey? First, let’s zoom in a little on device-bound passkeys. This is a FIDO2 Discoverable Credential that is bound to a single authenticator. For example, FIDO2 securit ..read more

Check out this article via web browser: How to create a Temporary Access Pass using Logic Apps Now that more and more organizations are moving towards passwordless, a Temporary Access Pass becomes indispensable for onboarding and recovery. Using Logic Apps (or Power Automate), organizations can automate and integrate the creation of Temporary Access Passes in their current IT processes. Logic Apps can be triggered from customer service tools like ServiceNow or TOPdesk, to start fully automated workflows. In this blog post, you will learn how to create a Temporary Access Pass in Entra ID using ..read more

Check out this article via web browser: Enforce FIDO2 PIN complexity with Microsoft Entra Conditional Access Authentication Strengths. As you may or may not know, most FIDO2 security keys can be set up with easy PINs like 1111 or 123456. Just like passwords, users tend to come up with easy-to-remember PINs. Token2 recently announced their PIN+ series, a line of FIDO2 Security keys. These security keys feature advanced PIN complexity rules that set a new standard for security. PIN+ keys implement specific complexity rules for both numeric and alphanumeric PINs, which can be found here. With the ..read more

Check out this article via web browser: Manage user-preferred multi-factor authentication method in Microsoft Entra ID This post is all about setting the preferred multi-factor authentication method using Graph API. We already know the system-preferred multi-factor authentication method, where Microsoft Entra ID will use the strongest method of all the registered methods, but this time we take a look a the default method set by the user. At the time of writing, the default method can only be set by using the new authentication sign-in preferences in Graph API; however, some of the API’s are al ..read more