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Q&A: Sophos poll shows how attackers are taking advantage of cloud migration to wreak havoc

The Last Watchdog

Cloud migration, obviously, is here to stay. But there’s no doubt that the exodus to a much greater dependency on hybrid cloud and multi-cloud resources – Infrastructure-as-a-Service ( IaaS ) and Platforms-as-a-Service ( PaaS ) – is in full swing. We recently released an article about a malware we dubbed Cloud Snooper.

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Q&A: The lesser role VPNs now play for enterprises, SMBs — in a post-pandemic world

The Last Watchdog

VPNs encrypt data streams and protect endpoints from unauthorized access, essentially by requiring all network communications to flow over a secured pipe. LW: What about SMBs; how does a traditional VPN service fit as cloud migration deepens? Related: Deploying human sensors. For SMB you see more SonicWall and Fortinet.

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Cloud-to-Cloud Migration: How to Detect Security Issues

Spinone

However third-party apps installed on employees’ own devices are usually not enterprise-ready, and data may not be encrypted to a sufficient level during transfer or while in storage. Insecure cloud services may be attacked by cyber criminals, which puts any data stored with the service at risk of being leaked.

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The Role Zero Trust Plays in Combating Privileged Credential Attacks

CyberSecurity Insiders

Once obtained, they enable adversaries to download and install tools and malware to explore and map out the broader network, scan for vulnerabilities, identify and side-step security controls, and move laterally from system to system, looking for the crown jewels.

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Top Cloud Security Issues: Threats, Risks, Challenges & Solutions

eSecurity Planet

The focus of threat management is mitigating these dangers in order to protect cloud assets effectively. Some of the biggest threats in cloud security are DDoS attacks, cloud storage buckets malware, insider threats, and APT attacks. This botnet is a collection of malware-infected machines that coordinate the attack.

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The Difference Between Human and Machine Identities

Security Affairs

For example, threat actors frequently hide attacks in encrypted traffic. For many enterprises the need is compounded by digital transformation initiatives such as cloud migration and expanding DevOps processes. But poorly managed machine identities can also become a path for infiltrating networks and stealing data.

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Cloud Ransomware Protection for Top Cloud Storage Solutions

Spinone

However, while public cloud file storage with top cloud storage solutions offer tremendously powerful platforms to store data, they are in of themselves not a protection against ransomware corrupting your data. Top Cloud Security Concerns Let’s explore the impact of cloud computing on cyber security.