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Top 7 Cloud Storage Security Issues & Risks (+ Mitigations)

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Downtime limits incident response, increases the risk of data breaches, and can be used as leverage for DDoS attacks. Collaborate with external cloud security specialists or managed service providers to enhance internal capabilities. Backup files: Regularly back-up public cloud resources.

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How to Prevent DNS Attacks: DNS Security Best Practices

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Featured Partners: Cybersecurity Software Learn more Learn more Learn more 3 General DNS Attack Prevention Best Practices Although DNS servers make all connections to the internet, they also resolve hostnames and IP addresses for all local devices (Ex: printers) on the local network. Local backups for quick access.

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Vulnerability Recap 5/27/24 – Google, Microsoft & GitLab Fixes

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If your system is already exposed to a DDoS attack, explore our guidelines on how to perform DDoS attack prevention in three stages. May 22, 2024 Veeam Addresses Vulnerabilities in Backup & Replication Update Type of vulnerability: Authentication bypass, privilege escalation, NTLM relay attack, and more.

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2024 State of Cybersecurity: Reports of More Threats & Prioritization Issues

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The vendor reports show that most attackers want credentials, most malware development is in credential-stealing software, and the market for stolen credentials is booming: Cisco: Found 54% of organizations experienced a cybersecurity incident; and of those incidents, 54% involved phishing and 37% involved credentials stuffing.

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How Secure Is Cloud Storage? Features, Risks, & Protection

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When assessing the overall security of cloud storage and choosing a solution tailored to your business, it helps to determine its features, potential risks, security measures, and other considerations. DDoS Attacks DDoS attacks flood cloud services with traffic, overwhelming capacity and causing service outages.

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How to Secure the 5 Cloud Environment Types

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DDoS Attacks How they occur: Distributed Denial of Service ( DDoS ) attacks overload cloud and network systems, interrupting access and triggering service disruptions. Regular Updates and Patching: Protect your cloud environment by upgrading and patching software and apps on a regular basis to prevent known vulnerabilities.

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Vulnerability Recap 4/15/24 – Palo Alto, Microsoft, Ivanti Exploits

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Threats range from severe weaknesses in Ivanti’s VPN appliances to zero-day exploits in popular software such as Palo Alto Networks’ PAN-OS and Telegram’s Windows client. Typically, these vulnerabilities result in remote code execution or denial-of-service attacks, posing major dangers to users’ data security.

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