Kieran Jacobsen is the Head of Information Technology at Readify, a Microsoft MVP and regular speaker at conferences throughout Australia.
I want to start by making an acknowledgement. This post is based upon my experience as a white cisgender gay man. I acknowledge that I have significant privilege due to my race and gender identity. Everyone’s journey is different, and the experience of every LGBTQIA+ person is different. I was extremely lucky to have a positive coming out experience, something that not everyone is fortunate enough to have.
A new version of the AzurePublicIPAddresses module has been released. This includes support for 8 new regions: UAE, South Adrican, Chile, and Brazil.
A recent Bleeping Computer article reported that email security company Proofpoint, had observed a massive increase in credential spraying attacks that target Office 365 and G Suite. These attacks leverage legacy email protocols (IMAP) and credential dumps to bypass the multifactor controls provided by these platforms.
Last weekend I spoke at CrikeyCon VI. I am always excited to attend and present at CrikeyCon, the attendees are fantastic and overall the organisers have created an amazing conference ❤.
I am excited to announce that tickets are now avavailable for the Global Azure Bootcamp - Melbourne! This year the bootcamp will be on Saturday 27th of April 2019.
I forgot to post in December that the video from my NDC Sydney session, The Boring Security Talk, is available on YouTube and Vimeo.
In January, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) took the unusual step of issuing an emergency directive (EN 19-01) about Mitigating DNS Infrastructure Tampering. Several days, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) which is part of the UK Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) also issued an alert on DNS Hijacking activity.
The 7th Edition of the Global Azure Bootcamp - Melbourne, Australia. This year the bootcamp will be on Saturday 27th of April 2019.
