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Proton launches free, privacy-focused Google Docs alternative

Proton has launched 'Docs in Proton Drive,' a free and open-source end-to-end encrypted web-based document editing and collaboration tool.
- Bill Toulas
- July 03, 2024
- 06:00 AM
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BBC suffers data breach impacting current, former employees

The BBC has disclosed a data security incident that occurred on May 21, involving unauthorized access to files hosted on a cloud-based service, compromising the personal information of BBC Pension Scheme members.
- Bill Toulas
- May 30, 2024
- 10:02 AM
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Google Workspace rolls out multi-admin approval feature for risky changes

Google is rolling out a new Workspace feature that requires multiple admins to approve high-risk setting changes to prevent unauthorized or accidental modifications that could reduce security.
- Bill Toulas
- April 10, 2024
- 03:13 PM
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Microsoft to shut down 50 cloud services for Russian businesses

Microsoft plans to limit access to over fifty cloud products for Russian organizations by the end of March as part of the sanctions requirements against the country issued by EU regulators last December.
- Bill Toulas
- March 23, 2024
- 10:14 AM
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CISA, NSA share best practices for securing cloud services

The NSA and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have released five joint cybersecurity bulletins containing on best practices for securing a cloud environment.
- Lawrence Abrams
- March 07, 2024
- 06:05 PM
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- February 28, 2024
- 02:09 PM
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Russian hackers shift to cloud attacks, US and allies warn

Members of the Five Eyes (FVEY) intelligence alliance warned today that APT29 Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) hackers are now switching to attacks targeting their victims' cloud services.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- February 26, 2024
- 12:31 PM
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Hackers abuse Google Cloud Run in massive banking trojan campaign

Security researchers are warning of hackers abusing the Google Cloud Run service to distribute massive volumes of banking trojans like Astaroth, Mekotio, and Ousaban.
- Bill Toulas
- February 21, 2024
- 04:07 PM
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Ongoing Microsoft Azure account hijacking campaign targets executives

A phishing campaign detected in late November 2023 has compromised hundreds of user accounts in dozens of Microsoft Azure environments, including those of senior executives.
- Bill Toulas
- February 12, 2024
- 02:16 PM
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Leaky Vessels flaws allow hackers to escape Docker, runc containers

Four vulnerabilities collectively called "Leaky Vessels" allow hackers to escape containers and access data on the underlying host operating system.
- Bill Toulas
- February 04, 2024
- 10:17 AM
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Docker hosts hacked in ongoing website traffic theft scheme

A new campaign targeting vulnerable Docker services deploys an XMRig miner and the 9hits viewer app on compromised hosts, allowing a dual monetization strategy.
- Bill Toulas
- January 18, 2024
- 06:00 AM
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Hacker spins up 1 million virtual servers to illegally mine crypto

A 29-year-old man in Ukraine was arrested this week for using hacked accounts to create 1 million virtual servers used to mine $2 million in cryptocurrency.
- Bill Toulas
- January 13, 2024
- 10:09 AM
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Online museum collections down after cyberattack on service provider

Museum software solutions provider Gallery Systems has disclosed that its ongoing IT outages were caused by a ransomware attack last week.
- Bill Toulas
- January 02, 2024
- 02:01 PM
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Ubiquiti users report having access to others’ UniFi routers, cameras

Since yesterday, customers of Ubiquiti networking devices, ranging from routers to security cameras, have reported seeing other people's devices and notifications through the company's cloud services.
- Lawrence Abrams
- December 14, 2023
- 03:38 PM
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Google shares “fix” for deleted Google Drive files

Google says it identified and fixed a bug causing customer files added to Google Drive after April-May 2023 to disappear. However, the fix isn't working for all affected users.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- December 08, 2023
- 03:36 PM
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Hackers start exploiting critical ownCloud flaw, patch now

Hackers are exploiting a critical ownCloud vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-49103 that exposes admin passwords, mail server credentials, and license keys in containerized deployments.
- Bill Toulas
- November 28, 2023
- 11:14 AM
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Google Drive users angry over losing months of stored data

Google Drive users are reporting that recent files stored in the cloud have suddenly disappeared, with the cloud service reverting to a storage snapshot as it was around April-May 2023.
- Bill Toulas
- November 27, 2023
- 09:52 AM
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- November 27, 2023
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Critical bug in ownCloud file sharing app exposes admin passwords

Open source file sharing software ownCloud is warning of three critical-severity security vulnerabilities, including one that can expose administrator passwords and mail server credentials.
- Bill Toulas
- November 24, 2023
- 01:14 PM
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Hackers exploit Looney Tunables Linux bug, steal cloud creds

The operators of the Kinsing malware are targeting cloud environments with systems vulnerable to "Looney Tunables," a Linux security issue identified as CVE-2023-4911 that allows a local attacker to gain root privileges on the system.
- Bill Toulas
- November 06, 2023
- 03:26 PM
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