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May 04, 2026 • Athina Thomas
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Microsoft Purview Data Protection

Your company’s data has a leak. Here’s how Microsoft is trying to fix it.
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Feb 10, 2026 • Athina Thomas
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Defeating the “Midnight” 🌚 Breach | Microsoft CCP Blue Team CTF

Participating in the Microsoft CCP Blue Team CTF provided a deep dive into a sophisticated multi-stage attack involving credential theft, lateral movement, and cloud exfiltration. Below is a detailed breakdown of the investigation, from the initial phishing email to the...
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Feb 10, 2026 • Athina Thomas
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Azure Attack Vectors 🤺

Azure Attack Vectors: Identity, Infrastructure, and Persistence
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Dec 20, 2025 • Athina Thomas
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My Experience with the Ninjas of Microsoft 🥷🏾

Hackathon
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May 11, 2024 • Athina Thomas
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Turning an Interview Rejection into a Learning Opportunity

Sure, that initial rejection email can sting but let me tell you about a recent Cloud Security Engineer interview that turned into a valuable learning experience.
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Previous Articles

2026

  • May 04, 2026 Microsoft Purview Data Protection azure cloud
  • Feb 10, 2026 Defeating the “Midnight” 🌚 Breach | Microsoft CCP Blue Team CTF azure cloud
  • Feb 10, 2026 Azure Attack Vectors 🤺 azure cloud

2025

  • Dec 20, 2025 My Experience with the Ninjas of Microsoft 🥷🏾 microsoft azure cloud

2024

  • May 11, 2024 Turning an Interview Rejection into a Learning Opportunity Career

2022

  • Jul 19, 2022 Terraform in Azure azure cloud
  • Jul 15, 2022 A Security Trio in Azure azure cloud
  • Jul 07, 2022 Troubleshooting AWS Network Connectivity: Security Groups and NACLs aws cloud
  • Jul 04, 2022 CatPipeline: Building an AWS CI/CD Pipeline aws cloud
  • Jul 04, 2022 Identity and Access Management (IAM) aws cloud
  • Jul 04, 2022 AWS Secrets Manager aws cloud
  • Jun 13, 2022 IAM Privilege Escalation by Policy Rollback aws cloud
  • May 25, 2022 Flaws.Cloud CTF Writeup aws cloud
  • Jan 31, 2022 Network Analysis - Malware Compromise labs
  • Jan 23, 2022 Network Analysis ~ Ransomware labs
  • Jan 17, 2022 Deep Blue labs

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