Vulnerability of Bing allow snooping of email of its users
This week a known hacker find a security risk in Bing, the browser own by Microsoft, this vulnerability make possible for outsider to alter the search results and to snoop the email and other data of users.
The alert was announced by wiz a cloud security company that provides cloud infrastructure security solutions. The company offers a platform that enables organizations to monitor, identify, and remediate security risks and threats in their cloud environments.
Wiz uses advanced machine learning and AI algorithms to detect and analyze security threats in real-time. The platform also provides detailed insights into security risks, compliance issues, and vulnerabilities, enabling organizations to take proactive measures to protect their cloud infrastructure.
The company was founded in 2020 by a team of former cybersecurity experts from Microsoft, and it has quickly gained recognition for its innovative approach to cloud security.
The error is a common misconfiguration in Azure Active Directory that compromised multiple Microsoft applications, this misconfiguration allowed to hacker to snoop email and other data.
Snooping is the act of secretly observing or eavesdropping on someone without their knowledge or consent. It is a type of intrusive behavior that can violate someone's privacy and personal space.
Snooping can take many forms, such as looking through someone's personal belongings, reading their emails or text messages, monitoring their online activity, or listening in on their private conversations..
After the report was made public, Microsoft make the changes need it and as stated by the company this errores were fixed.
Bing is a web search engine owned and operated by Microsoft. It was launched in 2009 as a successor to Microsoft's previous search engine, Live Search, and has since become one of the most popular search engines in the world, with a market share of around 3%.