"Newest Microsoft Report Issues Warning on Cloud 'Weaponization'"

A new report released by Microsoft, warns of increased weaponization of cloud services by cybercriminals and hackers. According to the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report, cloud weaponization is a method in which an attacker infiltrates and commands one or more virtual machines to perform a number of malicious activities such as executing brute force attacks against other virtual machines, reconnaissance through port scanning to find new targets, and more. These cloud-on-cloud attacks have been observed to be significantly covert and difficult to detect. This article further discusses findings shared within the report.

CyberScoop reports "Newest Microsoft Report Issues Warning on Cloud 'Weaponization'"