Jun 11, 2021 | Cloud Consultancy News
Executive Summary This great report has been put together by Paloalto Networks ( https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/ ) Unit 42 has spent the past four months following the activities of Prometheus, a new player in the ransomware world that uses similar malware and...
Jun 10, 2021 | Cloud Consultancy News
One year after Apple shipped its first M1-based Macs, Microsoft plans to finally update OneDrive to run natively on that hardware. “We are thrilled to announce that later this year, we will be updating OneDrive for Mac to run natively on M1-powered Macs,” Microsoft’s...
Jun 9, 2021 | Cloud Consultancy News
You can’t be serious. Norton 360, the somewhat-frustrating antivirus software that comes preinstalled on many Windows computers, will soon have a built-in Ethereum cryptominer. In its press release, NortonLifeLock says that Norton Crypto will empower people to mine...
Jun 8, 2021 | Cloud Consultancy News
Microsoft is working on a major upgrade for OneDrive that is set to arrive later this year which will give users greater control over how they share files using the company’s cloud storage software. According to four separate posts on the Microsoft 365 Roadmap,...
Jun 7, 2021 | Cloud Consultancy News
High-end audio-tech specialist Bose has disclosed a ransomware attack, which it said rippled “across Bose’s environment” and resulted in the possible exfiltration of employee data. The incident began on March 7, according to a disclosure letter sent to the Attorney...
Jun 4, 2021 | Cloud Consultancy News
There are higher incidents of ransomware because new threat models are emerging and bad actors are participating more frequently in ransomware as a service, said United Airlines VP and CISO Deneen DeFiore. “There is an evolution happening,” said DeFiore,...
Jun 3, 2021 | Cloud Consultancy News
DarkSide, the hacker group behind the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack earlier this month, received $90 million in bitcoin payments following a nine-month ransomware spree, making it one of the most profitable cybercrime groups. “In total, just over $90...
Jun 2, 2021 | Cloud Consultancy News
Mozilla has begun rolling out a new security feature for its Firefox browser in nightly and beta channels that aims to protect users against a new class of side-channel attacks from malicious sites. Called “Site Isolation,” the implementation loads each...
Jun 1, 2021 | Cloud Consultancy News
Criminals are exploiting advances in technology to drive serious and organised crime, the NCA says in the 2021 National Strategic Assessment – with increased online usage leading to a rise in offending. The National Crime Agency has released the 2021 National...
May 31, 2021 | Cloud Consultancy News
In July 2018, when Guizhou-Cloud Big Data (GCBD) agreed to a deal with state-owned telco China Telecom to move iCloud data belonging to Apple’s China-based users to the latter’s servers, the shift raised concerns that it could make user data vulnerable to...
