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Cloud Security of Amazon Web Services bolstered by GuardDuty
As Cloud Service providers are finding it tough to secure their workloads from cyber attacks, Amazon Web Services has decided to stand out of the competition by introducing a new cloud security tool called GuardDuty exclusive to its Web Services customers. Technically speaking, Amazon GuardDuty is a threat detection and monitoring tool for customers using […]
Symantec to rely on AWS Cloud Security for serving its Global Customers
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced yesterday that Symantec has decided to shift its vast cloud workloads onto its strategic infrastructure to deliver cloud security to its global customers. By doing so, Symantec is working towards transitioning its offerings from legacy applications into cloud-based solutions, making the leap that many businesses are currently working towards. […]
Pentagon Contractor exposes US Web Monitoring Program by disregarding Cloud Security
A Pentagon Contractor has exposed the US military-sponsored Web Monitoring Program by accidentally revealing 1.8 billion social media posts stored on Amazon Storage Buckets. And this technical blunder happened when the contractor failed to configure the S3 bucket from the public to private. The incident was brought to the notice of the media when a […]
Hackers cyber attack Amazon Cloud to mine bitcoins!
Security firm RedLock has disclosed that Amazon cloud is being hacked by cyber crooks to mine bitcoins and to gather digital currency. The security intelligence company says that hackers are from Amazon Web Services to mine bitcoins and have so far succeeded in producing 7 BTC. These days as the Bitcoin rate is surging day […]
What if a cyber attack takes place on your Burglar Alarm?
Yes, you’ve have read it right! What if a cyber attack takes place on your burglar alarm which has been protecting your home from intruders? What if the thieves disable it and then invade your home..? Hard to imagine ….isn’t it? But this could possibly happen in near future. Recently, Cybersecurity Insiders have learned that […]
Amazon Storage leaks personal data of 14 million Verizon Customers
Personal data of more than 14 million Verizon customers was leaked on Tuesday this week due to a misconfiguration on Amazon Web Services storage bucket. Hence, cyber incidents such as this highlight the importance of data protection practices on cloud platforms. The security lapse was discovered by a research firm called UpGuard. And as per […]
Check your Amazon S3 permissions. Someone will.
This post was originally published here by UpGuard. Nearly all large enterprises use the cloud to host servers, services, or data. Cloud hosted storage, like Amazon’s S3, provides operational advantages over traditional computing that allow resources to be automatically distributed across robust and geographically varied servers. However, the cloud is part of the internet, and […]
Google highlights its Cloud Security capabilities for Enterprises
Google has highlighted its cloud security abilities once again by launching new tools to protect enterprise applications. This includes offering granular access to applications, better management of encryption keys and implementing strong authentication mechanisms for applications operating on Google Cloud. On an additional note, Google has also stepped into a new cloud platform territory named […]
