News in the Cloud category

Sneaky Doki Linux malware infiltrates Docker cloud instances

Attackers are targeting misconfigured cloud-based docker instances running on Linux distributions with an undetectable strand of malware.
- Ax Sharma
- July 29, 2020
- 05:13 PM
- 0
Flaw in mIRC App Allows Attackers to Execute Commands Remotely

A vulnerability was discovered in the mIRC application that could allow attackers to execute commands, such as the downloading and installation of malware, on a vulnerable computer.
- Lawrence Abrams
- February 20, 2019
- 03:00 AM
- 0
Cloud Product Accidentally Exposes Users' TLS Certificate Private Keys

A severe issue was addressed on Monday, an issue that under certain conditions could be used to expose the private keys for TLS certificates used by companies running their infrastructure on cloud servers.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- August 21, 2018
- 12:25 PM
- 0
DHS Warns of Impending Cyber-Attacks on ERP Systems

Today, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued an alert warning of increased activity from nation-state hackers, criminal groups, and hacktivists against Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- July 25, 2018
- 11:16 AM
- 1
Microsoft Forcing Multi-Factor Authentication on Azure AD Admin Accounts

Microsoft will soon enable multi-factor authentication (MFA) for all high-privileged Azure AD accounts, the company said on Friday.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- June 25, 2018
- 02:07 PM
- 1
Over 22,000 Container Orchestration Systems Connected to the Internet

The admin consoles of over 22,000 container orchestration and API management systems are currently exposed online, according to a report published on Monday by Lacework, a company specialized in cloud security.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- June 19, 2018
- 06:31 AM
- 0
17 Backdoored Docker Images Removed From Docker Hub

The Docker team has pulled 17 Docker container images that have been backdoored and used to install reverse shells and cryptocurrency miners on users' servers for the past year.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- June 13, 2018
- 02:40 PM
- 0
Adobe to Acquire Magento E-Commerce Platform for $1.68 Billion

Adobe announced yesterday plans to buy the Magento e-commerce platform for $1.68 billion. While the Magento brand is mostly known for the open source online store CMS of the same name, Adobe was mostly interested in Magento Commerce, an online-store-as-a-service platform.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- May 22, 2018
- 04:32 AM
- 1
Amazon Follows Google in Banning "Domain Fronting"

Two of today's biggest cloud service providers are now blocking a technique called "domain fronting" that has been used by websites and applications to avoid government-based censorship, but also by malware to secretly siphon stolen data to covert servers.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- May 01, 2018
- 11:51 AM
- 2
Federal Agencies Hit With More Data Breaches Than Other Sectors - 330 Million at Risk

According to Thales e-Security's 2018 Data Threat Report—Federal Government Edition, US federal agencies are experiencing more data breaches than other sectors.
- Candice Lanier
- April 17, 2018
- 08:35 AM
- 0
Russia Bans 1.8 Million Amazon and Google IPs in Attempt to Block Telegram

Roskomnadzor, Russia's telecommunications watchdog, banned today over 1.8 million IP addresses belonging to Amazon and Google's cloud infrastructure.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- April 16, 2018
- 08:15 PM
- 5
CoinMiner Campaigns Move to the Cloud via Docker, Kubernetes

After becoming a scourge inside browsers, on desktops, and on servers, cryptocurrency-mining malware is now invading the cloud, and it appears to be quite successful.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- March 22, 2018
- 03:10 PM
- 0
Tesla Internal Servers Infected with Cryptocurrency Miner

Hackers have breached Tesla cloud servers used by the company's engineers and have installed malware that mines the cryptocurrency.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- February 20, 2018
- 11:58 AM
- 0
Amazon Mistakenly Sends AWS Budget Emails Forecasting Free Tier Overages

In what appears to be a New Years glitch, Amazon has sent out a barrage of emails to AWS users that state recipient's free tier services are forecasted to breach free limits. These alerts are being sent to customers who have active services and even those who do not currently have any running services with Amazon.
- Lawrence Abrams
- January 01, 2018
- 06:28 PM
- 0