Security News

Wipro’s Business Unit to leverage Microsoft’s technologies to meet customers’ cloud needs
2020-03-20 02:30

Wipro, a leading global information technology, consulting and business process services company, announced the launch of its Microsoft Business Unit. "Bhanumurthy B.M, President and Chief Operating Officer, Wipro Limited said,"Our newly formed Microsoft Business Unit will aid organizations in accelerating their innovation and modernization journey by leveraging Wipro's deep domain expertise along with Microsoft's futuristic enterprise-class offerings.

Telarus named master agent for Avaya Cloud Office, an all-in-one collaboration solution
2020-03-20 00:15

Avaya Holdings announced that Telarus, master agent of business cloud infrastructure and contact center services, has been named as a master agent for its Avaya Cloud Office by RingCentral offering. Avaya Cloud Office is an all-in-one collaboration solution providing seamless communications, file sharing, and collaboration capabilities across unified voice, video, messaging, digital customer engagement, and meetings.

Cloud Misconfig Mistakes Show Need For DevSecOps
2020-03-19 14:01

Making better cloud infrastructure deployment choices upfront - and a shift from DevOps teams to DevSecOps - will help businesses better secure information, said Olson. We've been expanding new directions, writing reports about cloud vulnerabilities, cloud threats, IoT vulnerabilities and IoT threats, all sorts of stuff.

Azure Red Flag: Microsoft Accidentally Fixes Cloud Config ‘Bug’
2020-03-18 21:14

UPDATE. Researchers are shedding light on a Microsoft Azure misconfiguration bug that leaked sensitive access tokens, which could have given hackers access to virtual machine instances and cloud-based storage buckets. According to CyberArk, it found the bug in September and Microsoft "Unintentionally" fixed it within two weeks as part of a regular update to its Azure platform.

Tech Companies Partner to Securely Connect IoT to Cloud
2020-03-17 18:52

With billions of IoT devices transferring data to and from the cloud, ensuring security requires both the IoT cloud service and the device to trust the received data. Mutual authentication ensures that the device and the cloud trust each other, but the fragmentation of the IoT market means that security services scalability and duplication are very limited.

Cloud + BYOD + IoT = major security gaps
2020-03-13 05:30

That's the finding from a survey from Axonius, which reveals how trends including the ever-increasing number of end-user devices, rapid cloud adoption, and the looming IoT explosion are leading to increased complexity and risk and decreased visibility. Pressure on IT and security teams to deal with major security gaps.

InterCloud bolsters its hybrid and multi-cloud application transport services in Europe
2020-03-13 01:30

InterCloud, the leader in fully managed software-defined cloud interconnect services, announced a new investment to bolster InterCloud's premium and secure hybrid and multi-cloud application transport services in Europe. This agreement will supply InterCloud with a multi-100Gbps core backbone capacity across Europe and will activate connectivity to over 420 data centers, accelerating and simplifying deployment of last mile access to InterCloud customer's sites.

Perimeter 81 raises $4.5M to accelerate cloud-agnostic network security offerings market adoption
2020-03-13 00:00

Perimeter 81 simplifies network security for the modern and increasingly remote and mobile workforce. Named a Deloitte Technology Fast 500 for EMEA and a Gartner Cool Vendor, Perimeter 81 has gained immediate market traction and quickly acquired more than 620 clients - including Fortune 500 companies and some of the most prominent organizations in government, entertainment, technology and AI. "Legacy network infrastructure has proven unable to support the modern security requirements of the modern workforce, creating a global need for unified security and network platforms that are cloud based and easy to use," said Perimeter 81 CEO and Co-Founder Amit Bareket.

$100K Paid Out for Google Cloud Shell Root Compromise
2020-03-12 14:20

Google has awarded its inaugural annual top prize for the Google Cloud Platform, for vulnerabilities found in the Google Cloud Shell. The find - a container escape that leads to host root access and the ability to use privileged containers - has earned $100,000 for Dutch researcher Wouter ter Maat.

Google Offering Higher Bonuses for Cloud Platform Vulnerabilities
2020-03-12 11:42

Google announced on Wednesday that it's prepared to pay out an extra $313,337 for interesting Cloud Platform vulnerabilities submitted in 2020. Researchers who find vulnerabilities in Google Cloud Platform and disclose them through the company's Vulnerability Reward Program can earn up to $31,337.