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Amazon Web Services Launches Independent European Cloud as Calls for Data Sovereignty Grow
2023-11-01 17:10

Amazon Web Services has launched an independent cloud for Europe designed for public sector customers and companies operating in highly regulated industries within the European Union. The AWS Sovereign Cloud will operate both "Physically and logically" separate from AWS's existing cloud regions and has been engineered specifically to meet the data residency and regulatory requirements of European customers.

Helping you bridge the cloud security gap
2023-10-24 08:15

Sponsored Post The job of the cyber security professional is never easy, and it gets progressively harder with the movement of sensitive data and applications across the multiple different on and off premise systems that make up modern hybrid cloud environments. That's why SANS has created a training and certification curriculum devoted specifically to cloud security, designed to help those responsible for implementing effective cloud security measures within their organisation to broaden their knowledge and skills.

New Netskope Report Exposes Increasing Use of Cloud Apps to Spread Malware
2023-10-17 20:14

A new report from Netskope detailing the top techniques used by cybercriminals to attack organizations found that cloud apps are increasingly being used by threat actors, representing 19% of all clicks on spearphishing links. Netskope recently reported that Microsoft OneDrive is the most popular cloud app used in enterprises, so it is not a surprise that attackers leverage this target a lot, alongside Microsoft Teams, SharePoint and Outlook.

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...