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47% of corporate data stored in the cloud is sensitive
2024-07-05 04:00

As the use of the cloud continues to be strategically vital to many organizations, cloud resources have become the biggest targets for cyberattacks, with SaaS applications (31%), cloud storage...

Get a Lifetime of 1TB Cloud Storage for Only $80 With FolderFort
2024-07-01 09:59

TL;DR: Get speedy, secure and user-friendly cloud storage with a lifetime subscription to the FolderFort 1TB Storage Pro Plan - it's currently on sale at 68% off for just $80. Cloud data storage is one of the most useful and convenient developments in technology for businesses. Though it's certainly been around long enough, plans offering large amounts of storage still tend to be either slow or pricey.

Enterprises increasingly turn to cloud and AI for database management
2024-06-27 03:00

Across various tasks, from predictive analytics to code generation, organizations in all sectors are exploring how AI can add value and increase efficiency. In this Help Net Security video, Ryan Booz, PostgreSQL Advocate at Redgate, discusses the key findings of Redgate's State of the Database Landscape Report.

VMware Issues Patches for Cloud Foundation, vCenter Server, and vSphere ESXi
2024-06-18 08:24

VMware has released updates to address critical flaws impacting Cloud Foundation, vCenter Server, and vSphere ESXi that could be exploited to achieve privilege escalation and remote code...

Managing Cloud Security Posture: Continuous Monitoring and Hardening for Visibility and Compliance
2024-06-17 16:00

Cloud adoption is not slowing down, and neither is the cloud threat landscape. Despite delivering many goodies, API endpoints hosted in the cloud can be susceptible to at least 12 security issues.

Scattered Spider hackers switch focus to cloud apps for data theft
2024-06-14 15:04

The Scattered Spider gang has started to steal data from software-as-a-service applications and establish persistence through creating new virtual machines. While there are reports about Scattered Spider being an organized gang with specific members, the group is actually a loose knit collective of English-speaking individuals that work together to carry out breaches, steal data, and extort their targets.

Microsoft bigwig says the Feds catching Chinese spies in Exchange Online is the cloud working as intended
2024-06-14 00:40

Your profile can be used to present content that appears more relevant based on your possible interests, such as by adapting the order in which content is shown to you, so that it is even easier for you to find content that matches your interests. Content presented to you on this service can be based on your content personalisation profiles, which can reflect your activity on this or other services, possible interests and personal aspects.

Apple Launches Private Cloud Compute for Privacy-Centric AI Processing
2024-06-11 10:10

Apple has announced the launch of a "groundbreaking cloud intelligence system" called Private Cloud Compute (PCC) that's designed for processing artificial intelligence (AI) tasks in a...

Cloud migration expands the CISO role yet again
2024-06-11 04:30

The CISO role used to be focused primarily on information security - creating and implementing policies to safeguard an organization's data and IT infrastructure from cybersecurity threats. As organizations rapidly migrate to cloud environments, the responsibilities and challenges for CISOs have expanded significantly.

Vulnerability in Cisco Webex cloud service exposed government authorities, companies
2024-06-05 19:17

The vulnerability that allowed a German journalist to discover links to video conference meetings held by Bundeswehr and the Social Democratic Party of Germany via their self-hosted Cisco Webex instances similarly affected the Webex cloud service. "The cause of the vulnerability is again Cisco does not use random numbers to assign numbers used for meetings," Netzbegrünung explained.