Security News

Cloud providers aren’t delivering on security promises
2025-03-24 05:00

Security concerns around cloud environments has prompted 44% of CISOs to change cloud service provider, according to Arctic Wolf. This is being driven by the fact that 24% don’t believe their...

Oracle Cloud says it's not true someone broke into its login servers and stole data
2025-03-23 21:09

Despite evidence to the contrary as alleged pilfered info goes on sale Oracle has straight up denied claims by a miscreant that its public cloud offering has been compromised and information stolen.…

Google to purchase Wiz for $32 billion in cloud security play
2025-03-18 16:00

Google has announced it entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Wiz, a leading cloud security platform, for $32 billion in an all-cash transaction. [...]

Google Acquires Wiz for $32 Billion in Its Biggest Deal Ever to Boost Cloud Security
2025-03-18 14:00

Google is making the biggest ever acquisition in its history by purchasing cloud security company Wiz in an all-cash deal worth $32 billion. "This acquisition represents an investment by Google...

Amazon to kill off local Alexa processing, all voice requests shipped to the cloud
2025-03-17 21:12

Web souk says Echo hardware doesn't have the oomph for next-gen AI anyway Come March 28, those who opted to have their voice commands for Amazon's AI assistant Alexa processed locally on their...

SANS Institute Warns of Novel Cloud-Native Ransomware Attacks
2025-03-17 11:00

The latest Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 Cloud Threat Report found that sensitive data is found in 66% of cloud storage buckets. This data is vulnerable to ransomware attacks. The SANS Institute...

Malicious PyPI Packages Stole Cloud Tokens—Over 14,100 Downloads Before Removal
2025-03-15 05:55

Cybersecurity researchers have warned of a malicious campaign targeting users of the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository with bogus libraries masquerading as "time" related utilities, but...

India wants backdoors into clouds, email, SaaS, for tax inspectors
2025-03-09 23:58

PLUS: Malaysia teams with Arm for local chip designs; NTT warns of possible breach; Samsung strikers settle; and more Asia in Brief India’s government has proposed giving its tax authorities...

Cloud security gains overshadowed by soaring storage fees
2025-03-07 15:00

Storage fees in general (e.g., API calls, operations, data access) comprise 49% of an average user’s service bill, compared to the actual stored capacity, according to a study conducted by Vanson...

Fix Inventory: Open-source cloud asset inventory tool
2025-03-05 06:00

Fix Inventory is an open-source tool for detecting compliance and security risks in cloud infrastructure accounts. It was built from the ground up for cloud-native environments and provides broad...