Security News

Critical Vulnerabilities Uncovered in Open Source CasaOS Cloud Software
2023-10-17 14:37

Two critical security flaws discovered in the open-source CasaOS personal cloud software could be successfully exploited by attackers to achieve arbitrary code execution and take over susceptible...

How organizations can combat rising cloud costs with FinOps
2023-10-16 04:00

When it comes to the cloud, many organizations prioritize speed over spend. Spending on public cloud services is forecasted to grow 21.7% to a total of $597.3 billion in 2023, according to Gartner.

530K people's info feared stolen from cloud PC gaming biz Shadow
2023-10-13 18:57

Shadow, which hosts Windows PC gaming in the cloud among other services, has confirmed criminals stole a database containing customer data following a social-engineering attack against one of its employees. Customers can also access remote PC instances for development work and other tasks as well as cloud storage.

Cloud security and functionality: Don’t settle for just one
2023-10-11 03:00

Which is why I'm pleased to announce that the Center for Internet Security has tested its CIS Hardened Images with two popular cloud services: Azure Update Manager and Amazon EC2 Image Builder. Making sure the essentials are covered to help YOU. The CIS Hardened Images are virtual machine images that are pre-hardened to the security recommendations of the CIS Benchmarks.

Exploit writers invited to probe Chrome’s V8 engine, Google Cloud’s KVM
2023-10-09 09:51

Google is asking bug hunters and exploit writers to develop 0-day and n-day exploits in Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine and Google Cloud's Kernel-based Virtual Machine. The exploit writers should make their exploitation attempts against a V8 version running on Google infrastructure.

Microsoft: Hackers target Azure cloud VMs via breached SQL servers
2023-10-04 14:53

Hackers have been observed trying to breach cloud environments through Microsoft SQL Servers vulnerable to SQL injection. The attacks Microsoft observed start with exploiting an SQL injection vulnerability in an application in the target's environment.

Microsoft Warns of Cyber Attacks Attempting to Breach Cloud via SQL Server Instance
2023-10-04 10:18

Microsoft has detailed a new campaign in which attackers unsuccessfully attempted to move laterally to a cloud environment through a SQL Server instance. "The attackers initially exploited a SQL...

LUCR-3: Scattered Spider Getting SaaS-y in the Cloud
2023-10-02 11:21

LUCR-3 overlaps with groups such as Scattered Spider, Oktapus, UNC3944, and STORM-0875 and is a financially motivated attacker that leverages the Identity Provider (IDP) as initial access into an...

How to avoid the 4 main pitfalls of cloud identity management
2023-09-28 04:50

One of the core benefits of the cloud is the ability to move fast and innovate rapidly, which means teams may just throw in the towel and grant admin privileges to their entire cloud identities instead of tackling the massive deluge of individual requests for access. Cloud identity management is a real challenge, but organizations are capable of preventing identity risk exposure and identity threats, especially if they avoid the four common pitfalls.

Cloud service inefficiencies drain IT budgets
2023-09-27 03:00

While the cloud has brought benefits such as flexibility, scalability, agility, and cost efficiency to organizations in recent years, there are still unforeseen costs. 52% of IT professionals admitted their organizations have wasted significant IT spend due to inefficiencies with cloud platforms and services.