Dow Jones customer data exposed due to cloud misconfiguration
US-based publishing and financial information firm Dow Jones & Company is the latest casualty of a cloud database misconfiguration error. In late May, UpGuard’s …
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Exposed Verizon customer data could be a shortcut for hijacking many online accounts
Chris Vickery, director of cyber risk research at UpGuard, has discovered more sensitive information exposed on an unprotected “bucket” on an Amazon AWS server. …
Western Digital My Cloud NAS devices wide open to attackers
Western Digital My Cloud NAS devices have again been found wanting in the security department, as two set of researchers have revealed a number of serious flaws in the …
Evernote employees will be able to read notes only if users allow it
Evernote has recently announced that, starting on January 23, 2017, Evernote users’ unencrypted notes will be accessible to some Evernote employees. The change to the …
Hybrid cloud storage use to double in next 12 months
The use of hybrid cloud storage will accelerate rapidly over the next 12 months, according to Cloudian. Across 400 organisations surveyed in the UK and USA, 28% already use …
Shadow IT intensifies cloud security risks
Lack of visibility into an organization’s use of cloud providers can lead to unauthorized access to data, improper handling and storage of data and improper data removal. As a …
There’s a way to use encrypted data without knowing what it holds
Microsoft researchers have devised a way for third parties to make use the vast amount of encrypted data stored in the cloud by companies and individuals, without them …
Worldwide cloud IT infrastructure revenue grows to $6.6 billion
Vendor revenue from sales of infrastructure products (server, storage, and Ethernet switch) for cloud IT, including public and private cloud, grew by 3.9% year over year to …
Short URLs plus cloud services equal bad security
Short URLs are great when they lead to public websites, and documents and files that aren’t meant to remain private, but you should think twice about using them to lead …
Microsoft sues US govt for right to tell users when their data is accessed by feds
Microsoft has filed a new lawsuit against the US government, asking the court to permit them to alert their users when their online accounts and the data in them has been …
